[crimsontears809739]

I feal like a total noob for asking this....

I know with hybrid SLi you can combine two different video cards in SLi mode.

Does any motherboard that supports regular SLi also support Hybrid SLi?

I have a Asus M2N-E (yes i know it's ancient) i want to know if i can run Hybrid SLi on it.

 

[Kal777]

by the looks of Asus's specs id say no, its a fairly old board and i dont think that hybrid was around when it was produced, also the nForce 500 series chipset doesnt seem to support it either.

Also if hybrid sli is anything like hybrid crossfire it would be useless as your fastest card would be limited to the speeds of the slower card when in sli mode

 

[windfire]

Hybrid SLI does not mean putting 2 different discrete graphics cards together to form SLI.
It means, putting an onboard Nvidia graphics chipset with another discrete graphics card to do SLI. See pic below.

And, as the Asus M2N-E does not have a built-in onboard graphics chipset, it cannot support Hybrid SLI.

Link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/hybrid_sli.html

 

[robwadeson]

So what's putting 2 different nvidia graphics cards in one system called? Is it even possible? I'm also interest in this question

 

[Stefy]

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Originally Posted by robwadeson;13029825
So what's putting 2 different nvidia graphics cards in one system called? Is it even possible? I'm also interest in this question

SLI.

And yes, it's very much possible.

 

[robwadeson]

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Originally Posted by Stefy;13029845
SLI.

And yes, it's very much possible.

I mean 2 different models e.g. gtx 460 and gtx 560 would SLI work?

 

[listen to remix]

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Originally Posted by robwadeson I mean 2 different models e.g. gtx 460 and gtx 560 would SLI work?

Nah, it will not work.

 

[The Fryer]

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Originally Posted by crimsontears809739 I feal like a total noob for asking this.... I know with hybrid SLi you can combine two different video cards in SLi mode. Does any motherboard that supports regular SLi also support Hybrid SLi? I have a Asus M2N-E (yes i know it's ancient) i want to know if i can run Hybrid SLi on it.

we have a club hear on ocn for your mobo. check it out. you can get a ton of useful information and help if needed.

http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherb...m2n32-sli.html

 

[crimsontears809739]

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Originally Posted by windfire Hybrid SLI does not mean putting 2 different discrete graphics cards together to form SLI. It means, putting an onboard Nvidia graphics chipset with another discrete graphics card to do SLI. See pic below.

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Originally Posted by robwadeson I mean 2 different models e.g. gtx 460 and gtx 560 would SLI work?

I did some reading and digging around, and you can combine two different cards in SLi. What i was thinking of was "mixed SLi" not "hybrid SLi".

"In an SLI configuration, cards can be of mixed manufacturers, card model names, BIOS revisions or clock speeds. However, they must be of the same GPU series (e.g. 8600, 8800) and GPU model name (e.g. GT, GTS, GTX).[20] There are rare exceptions for "mixed SLI" configurations on some cards that only have a matching core codename (e.g. G70, G73, G80, etc.), but this is otherwise not possible, and only happens when two matched cards differ only very slightly, an example being a differing amount of video memory, stream processors, or clockspeed. In this case, the slower/lesser card becomes dominant, and the other card matches. Another exception is the GTS 250, which can SLI with the 9800 GTX+, as the GTS 250 GPU is a rebadged 9800 GTX+ GPU."

 

[brettjv]

Okay, Crimson. So you meant 'mixed SLI' ... but now what is your question?

TTBOMK the only card you could SLi your 8800GT with is another 8800GT, or probably a 9800GT (although a bios flash on one of the cards may be required, not sure). Any SLi board supports 'mixed SLi', but there's very few cards that can be 'mixed' ... they both basically have to have the same GPU (such as 8800GT/9800GT or GTS250/9800GTX).

Then there's boards with the Hydra chipset (MSI Big Bang Fusion is one) that allow 'mixed SLi' with just about any two nV cards ... but the performance is really not on par with 'real' SLi from what I've seen.

 

[Shredicus]

I think the thing youre thinking of is Hydra.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2591

edit:

Actually here's a better article on Hydra.

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=785

 

[Soggysilicon]

Hybrid was a technology that became a selling feature as an upgrade option when the Nv chip set (on-board video) mobo's started to become popular. It is possible to SLi with an additional card with the on-board video chip set (ala the hybrid aspect) but the performance in comparison to today's cards (even sub par cards) is massive. Its simply not worth your time to try to do if your running a 2xxGTX card or better, using the on-board for something like PhysX would also come to mind, but that has been shown to also be a waste of time... not enough CUDA, and far to much CPU overhead.

Sadly yesterday's news, has led to confusion today... been there before myself.

 

[crimsontears809739]

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Originally Posted by brettjv Okay, Crimson. So you meant 'mixed SLI' ... but now what is your question? TTBOMK the only card you could SLi your 8800GT with is another 8800GT, or probably a 9800GT (although a bios flash on one of the cards may be required, not sure). Any SLi board supports 'mixed SLi', but there's very few cards that can be 'mixed' ... they both basically have to have the same GPU (such as 8800GT/9800GT or GTS250/9800GTX). Then there's boards with the Hydra chipset (MSI Big Bang Fusion is one) that allow 'mixed SLi' with just about any two nV cards ... but the performance is really not on par with 'real' SLi from what I've seen.

My friend is upgradeing her 9800 GT, and givieing it to me for free. I want to run it in SLi with my 8800 GT. Guess i should of been more specific. Thank you everyone.

Pretty much from what i have been reading, i should be fine.

 

[The Fryer]

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Originally Posted by crimsontears809739 My friend is upgradeing her 9800 GT, and givieing it to me for free. I want to run it in SLi with my 8800 GT. Guess i should of been more specific. Thank you everyone. Pretty much from what i have been reading, i should be fine.

it might work. but you need to know the cores are the same. some 8800gt was the g80 core and some the g90 if i remember right. and the 9800 is a g90 core.

 

[brettjv]

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Originally Posted by The Fryer;13044553
it might work. but you need to know the cores are the same. some 8800gt was the g80 core and some the g90 if i remember right. and the 9800 is a g90 core.

Pretty sure 8800 and 9800GT use 100% identical g92 cores, but ... I could be misremembering.