New to SLI... Compatability Question

CameronBRiggs · 10 Aug 2018 at 12:13

Hi guys,

A friend of mine gave me his old 650ti Boost and a PSU - the rest is history and i've built my first PC and have the bug.

I'm looking at running two cards in SLI to keep costs low (considering i've been given my first card for free from a friend) - can I run:

1x 650ti
1x 650ti boost

I'm unsure if the 'boost' statement is just marketing jargon that essentially means it's been OC'd from factory. Would obviously need an SLI bridge, and my MB is SLI compatible already.

Thanks in advance!

Cameron

foster grant · 10 Aug 2018 at 12:18

I was unaware people still went SLI ?

CameronBRiggs · 10 Aug 2018 at 12:22

foster grant said:
I was unaware people still went SLI ?

As above - i'm new. I take it from your comment that SLI is no longer worthwhile. Any reasons why?

orbitalwalsh · 10 Aug 2018 at 12:23

save your cash and save up for single most powerful card you can get in proportion to your monitor

people only SLi now a days with flagship cards to drive some games at 4k or very very high frame rates with expensive monitors

CameronBRiggs · 10 Aug 2018 at 12:26

orbitalwalsh said:
save your cash and save up for single most powerful card you can get in proportion to your monitor

people only SLi now a days with flagship cards to drive some games at 4k or very very high frame rates with expensive monitors

The only reason I ask this, is that obviously the card in question is seriously old and seriously cheap. I plan on upgrading to a single card in the coming months, but I just wondered if there was any benefit/availability to see any kind of gains through SLI-ing old cards.

A noob question for you - when you talk about GPUs in comparison to my monitor - how do I know what the best possible card is proportionally to the monitor?

pastymuncher · 10 Aug 2018 at 13:26

The question is rather mute anyway as you cannot SLI a 650ti. Only the 650ti boost cards can be run in SLI.

orbitalwalsh · 10 Aug 2018 at 13:32

CameronBRiggs said:
The only reason I ask this, is that obviously the card in question is seriously old and seriously cheap. I plan on upgrading to a single card in the coming months, but I just wondered if there was any benefit/availability to see any kind of gains through SLI-ing old cards.

A noob question for you - when you talk about GPUs in comparison to my monitor - how do I know what the best possible card is proportionally to the monitor?

going and buying a gtx 1080 ti £600+ card with a 1080p 60hz monitor etc

if you've got a 1080p 60hz screen, look to save up for gtx 1060 3/6gb or rx 580 card - should last a good while and not cost the earth

CameronBRiggs · 10 Aug 2018 at 13:44

pastymuncher said:
The question is rather mute anyway as you cannot SLI a 650ti. Only the 650ti boost cards can be run in SLI.

As per my first post, this was exactly my question. Ignoring the sarcasm above, thank you for answering.

CameronBRiggs · 10 Aug 2018 at 13:44

orbitalwalsh said:
going and buying a gtx 1080 ti £600+ card with a 1080p 60hz monitor etc

if you've got a 1080p 60hz screen, look to save up for gtx 1060 3/6gb or rx 580 card - should last a good while and not cost the earth

That makes a lot of sense now

Thank you for taking the time to educate. Much appreciated!