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Well the title is rarther self explanitory, I wouold like to know which motherboard chipsets support SLI, as I could well be upgrading to SLI later, however, I Iwas goinig to get a X38 board, however it seems like they don't support SLI, therefore, I would like to know which ...


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Old 25th Apr 2008, 10:18
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Default Which chipsets support SLI?

Well the title is rarther self explanitory, I wouold like to know which motherboard chipsets support SLI, as I could well be upgrading to SLI later, however, I Iwas goinig to get a X38 board, however it seems like they don't support SLI, therefore, I would like to know which chipsets do support SLI, and opinions on whether it actually is worth it.

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Old 25th Apr 2008, 10:39
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Default Which chipsets support SLI?

only the nforce chipsets
780i 680i 650i and 750i aswell at 790i
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Old 25th Apr 2008, 11:41
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Default Which chipsets support SLI?

ok, thanks, are any of those chipsets any good? do they do everything else as good as a p35 or X38 chipset?
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Default Which chipsets support SLI?

yep i have the evga 780i board
its great
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Default Which chipsets support SLI?

whats the advantages/disadvantages of the different chipsets? Is there a comparison somewhere?
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Old 25th Apr 2008, 15:32
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Default Which chipsets support SLI?

well 780i only supports sli and x38 is corssfire and x48 is newer than the x38
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ok, is the x48 only crossfire too?
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Default Which chipsets support SLI?

yep only the nvidia chpisets are sli (nforce)
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