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Faulty card SLI question/help

Vertex2

Vertex2

Vertex2

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Not a graphics card expert so I thought I'd ask for some opinions here- I found a faulty GTX 570 on ebay which apparently won't give output on its own but seems to work otherwise and the seller believes it could be used in SLI as a secondary card. This isn't a problem to me as SLI would be how I intend to use it in addition to my working 570 and it would allow me to grab a bargain (I can't really afford an upgrade otherwise) but unfortunately the seller isn't able to test it in SLI. I asked him about it and he said this (I think he's German or something hence translation):

"I'm not able to test in sli as i don't have other gtx570. But i have made some load test with Heavin and Valley benchmarks. I will explane how i do it.
When is single card does not give and output from dvi and hdmi on both of my pci-e , but when is second card. My primere is 8800gt from her i have display from dvi. Also i conected on same monitor and hdmi cable to 570. After it load up windows i disconect the dvi from from the 8800gt and i have output from the gtx570 and she become primery card. With that i were able to do Heavin and Vally load test. I don't seen any artifacts or other screen problem. That why i think it can be used as Sli card."

So to anyone with experience with this type of thing, obviously it's still a risk as it's not possible to test properly but do you think it would be likely to work as a second card in SLI based on this information?
 
I wouldn't risk it personally... if it is broken enough to the point that it won't output anything then it's possible it's not long for this world anyway

plus, at 1.25gb of VRAM, the amount of games now and going forwards where you'll actually be able to make full use of the 2 GPU's is becoming increasingly slim

you would be better off selling your 570 and getting a newer card with 2GB of VRAM
 
That's actually a good point that it may not last.
It's true the VRAM limitation is a bit of an issue but for £50 it could be a big step up in performance and like I say I can't really afford to upgrade right now so I'll probably just stick with what I've got- it's really just going to be a little bit of extra eye candy anyway if I was to upgrade, I don't really need any extra frames so it's not a big deal.
 
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