SLI with different GPU's

[a giant fox]

Hi guys

Possible stupid but mostly hopeful question

Can you SLI with different ranges of GPU e.g. I current have a 470, could SLI work with say a 480 or 560 or 570 or does it just have to be another 470?

Thanks in advance

 

[paradigm]

SLI only works with like for like.

Crossfire is far more tolerant of card differences.

 

[Leo101b]

Don't MSI have those funny Fuzion boards that allow it? I mean it probably isn't practical for you now but if you were making a new build then I think you can slot in any 2 nVidia cards and they will run together.

Edit: Found it http://event.msi.com/mb/fuzionseries/fuzion_modes.html

 

[cmndr_andi]

Aye, fusion works with different card types (and even with an AMD card and a Nvidia card).

However, fusion scaling is currently a joke and you need to wait for infrequent driver releases before new games work with the fusion system.

I would strongly suggest giving fusion a miss.

You can currently buy a second GTX 470 for £150 and you would get a nice performance jump with two in SLI- just make sure your motherboard can support the second card (if you are using the board in your sig then this doesn't support SLI unfortunately).

 

[a giant fox]

Thanks guys, thought as much, yeah need to update my sig as have gone I52500K route and MSI mb