SLI 780ti Ref card and non ref

[darket]

Up till now i've been running a Gigabyte 780ti ref card , its a superb clocker and quite happily tanks along at 1280 core for 24/7 gaming

My question is that i'm thinking about getting another 780ti, and maybe picking up the Asus rog 780ti tomorrow.

Is there any drawback in running a ref and non ref card , how does SLI and overclocking work ?

Am i just better off looking for another ref card ?

These are probably silly questions, but its been a long time since i've run sli and all the info on the net is confusing and contradictory.

Many thanks as always

Ed

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

I ran a ref 780 and an MSI Lightning 780 in SLI... If I hadn't WC'd then it would have been fine but because the blocks didn't match up it was a bit of a pain so I sold the ref card on.

SLI worked flawlessly though.

 

[Resa69]

Tbh just get another reference card, it looks 10x better and you won't be regretting it if you decide to watercool it

 

[thefogo]

I'd get another reference card if I was you.

 

[Resa69]

I'd get another reference card if I was you.

+1

 

[darket]

+1

Thanks guys really appreciate the advice , a ref card it is !!

 

[Resa69]

Thanks guys really appreciate the advice , a ref card it is !!

Just out of interest, what brand are you going with?

 

[darket]

Just out of interest, what brand are you going with?

Not sure yet , but as its ref probably whatever is the best price , its only going to get flashed with the skynet bios anyway