7900GX2 on CF board?

[Californian]

I was thinking if that's possible since I can get one for cheap

[Waymon3X6]

I dont think it will work. The 7950GX2 uses internal SLi as you know, and a board with a chipset that isn't nvidia's will limit it to 1 card.

To be honest, half of me says it will work and the other half says it wont - which makes more sense.

[mnewxcv]

i used 1 in a matx board with 1 pci-e 16x slot with an amd 690g chipset. i took my chances and it worked perfectly. no issues. idk if it will for you, but good luck

[Californian]

i used 1 in a matx board with 1 pci-e 16x slot with an amd 690g chipset. i took my chances and it worked perfectly. no issues. idk if it will for you, but good luck

So it worked fully (both cards active) ?

[mnewxcv]

So it worked fully (both cards active) ?

are you talking about 2 7950gx2's or 1(with 2 pcbs)?

i used 1 card and it scored just as well as most in all 3dmarks and games. the checkbox in the nvidia control center for sli was checked and enabled.

[Californian]

are you talking about 2 7950gx2's or 1(with 2 pcbs)?

i used 1 card and it scored just as well as most in all 3dmarks and games. the checkbox in the nvidia control center for sli was checked and enabled.

I ment 1 card with 2 PCB's

So it works with non SLi boards as long as you check and enable SLi from control center?

[mnewxcv]

I ment 1 card with 2 PCB's

So it works with non SLi boards as long as you check and enable SLi from control center?

i can only speak from my personal experience. I have NO idea if it will work for you or not. I wasnt sure if it would for me either but it was a good enough price that if it didnt i can sell it and break even.

edit: note i hate a 7950gx2, not the 7900gx2. i havent heard the best reviews of the 7900gx2.

[Californian]

Well I think I'll pass on 7900GX2 and buy some 1 core & cheap card because this is too risky

Thanks for the info

[happychappy]

It would work fine

[Waymon3X6]

Proof? Why/how?

[zanzabar]

it works it just uses 1 slot and has the sli controller on the maser cards pcb so it dont matter what board u use


proof, plenty of people have done it just look at the orb or ask some1 who had the card

[Polizei]

The card has internal SLI on it, so it doesnt need SLI on the motherboard to work.

The card will work fine on any Intel/ATI chipset thats set for Crossfire because the card doesnt need an SLI board to actually do its SLI.

[Flip_Lx]

that was the biggest selling point of that card. it worked sli on any mobo. you enable it in nvidia cp but it is not "normal" sli as in GPU-Z will still say its not active but its checked and working as per control panel

[Serra]

It will work because I'm using it right now on a CF board

[[XC] NetburstXE]

It will work. I've seen 7900GX2 cards being used in P35 boards and X38 boards, both of which are crossfire compatible.

[Dualist]

Yes it does work, it has it's own onboard sli controller, you just can't use two cards for quad sli.
I should know I've been using one for a year and a half

[ToTTenTranz]

Of course it does work, the sli-bridge is on-card, so no worries there.
That same way, the HD3870X2 works on every SLI motherboard and every 9800GX2 will work on every Crossfire motherboard.