ovyeminem

Hey,

I got a 9800GT and i would like to buy another one and sli them.

This is the one i have http://www.palit.biz/main/vgapro.php?id=1211 and i was wondering if performance will be lower w/o a bridge connection (since it doesnt have the slot to connect a bridge to it).

GeforceGTS

Without the bridge you CANNOT SLI. ;x

Heavy Light 117

It was my understanding that you need the bridge to enable SLI.

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T3h_Ch33z_Muncha

you must have an SLI bridge to run SLI. If the card doesn't have the fingers, it isn't possible.

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filipin0yboi

if you really wanna sli you need two cards that support the capability and perferably the same one. but i think if anything you might as well just do an upgrade to a gtx or something instead of trying to sli. and can you plz fill out your rig info? itll kinda help us to help you

Jtwizzle

I have heard different stories, some saying you cannot SLI at all without it, and some saying you will get far less performance without it. So i wouldn't take that chance.

And why no Sli connector?? It may be a shrunken pcb but still could have fit it me thinks,,

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ovyeminem

Thats what i thought, that u cant sli w/o a bridge, but look at their website, it says its sli ready and even on the box it came in it says it, so where an i suppose to connect the bridge? Im sure they wouldnt lie like that about it supporting sli when it actually didnt.

GeforceGTS

I wouldn't take much notice of the packing :P

My old palit 275 came in a GTS250 box with 275 stickers covering most of it...

But yeah, it's weird.. As far as I can see only the gainward/palit low power 9800's don't have the SLI conector, I tried googling for more info but I can't find anything :l

T3h_Ch33z_Muncha

haha, so true. My Palit 7600GS Sonic came in a regular box... champ that thing; 50% OC on core and mem on top of the factory OC

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ovyeminem

Well the box this came in is the right box no doubt and the card is identical to the 1 on the website i gave in the 1st post, so if you look you wont see any sli connector on it where its suppose to be.

I googled a bit, and some people said its possible to sli w/o a bridge, but i wanna be sure so i dont end up with 2x cards and not being able to sli them.