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Old 07-10-09   #1 (permalink)
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Hey guys, I currently have this card:


And I'm thinking of getting this exact card:


Would I have to flash the 8800GT to a 9800GT to run them in SLI?
If so, how would I go about doing it?


Also, a bad flash is easy to fix...right?





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Yes, you need 2 of the same cards to run in SLi. You can recover from a bad flash if you have 1) The card's original bios and 2) a PCI Graphics card.
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Why would you need a PCI graphics card?

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to run windows while flashing the other? Just guessing

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so you can boot using that as a the main card then get into the flash utility. you dont want to flash the wrong PCI-e card now do you?
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Whats the best utility to use for flashing? I plan to flash it on my P5Q which I can throw in a crappy card into the PCI-e x1 slot while flashing.

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Whats the best utility to use for flashing? I plan to flash it on my P5Q which I can throw in a crappy card into the PCI-e x1 slot while flashing.
nvflash. It's DOS based, so you'll need a flash/floppy drive. The extra card isn't necessary (you can flash blindly), but it's easier to do when you can see what you're doing.
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Do I flash to the same bios as my MSI 9800GT?




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Do I flash to the same bios as my MSI 9800GT?




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I'm not sure how 8800GT <-> 9800GT flashing works, but you don't have to use two of the same vendor's cards. Any 9800GT based bios should allow you SLI (assuming it works).
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