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^Ghost
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Posted: 02-08-2011 08:15 PM

i was at the computer store i go to (microcenter) today and i noticed that they had some bfg gtx 275 in stock.. now i know they dont make this series anymore, and im thinking of bridging my shit.. i know they gfx cards have to be the exact same to sli, but different brand names???

its the exact same one i have (evga gtx 275/896mb ddr3) but a different brand (bfg gtx 275/896mb ddr3)

does it matter that its a different brand name, or does it have to be exact to the T.

this is the one i have.... http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0309888
and this is the one i was looking at http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0309737

and a bit off topic.. and what i was a bit confused by... the freaking bfg gtx 275 is about 40$ more than the gts 450?? isnt the 450 better than the 275? why would it be more expensive?

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Posted: 02-08-2011 09:47 PM

^Ghost wrote:

and a bit off topic.. and what i was a bit confused by... the freaking bfg gtx 275 is about 40$ more than the gts 450?? isnt the 450 better than the 275? why would it be more expensive?

From what I can gather, the GTX 275 outperforms the GTS 450 fairly well. The 450 is a lower budget card. The 275 simply has more horsepower, but it's DX10 whereas the 450 is DX11.

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Posted: 02-08-2011 10:50 PM

GTS are the budget line.

Cards of different brands are usually fine as long as they are based on the same reference designs. I think they also have to be the same clock speeds, though you can probably down-clock one of them to match the other. Make sure your PSU is beefy enough to run both cards.

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Posted: 02-08-2011 11:44 PM

The 2xx series of cards are all really tolerant of this - You can SLi cards from different manufacturers, with different bios revisions, even based on different clocks and different manufacturing processes.

I just strapped a pair of 260s together from different manufacturers and produced more than a year apart, at different clocks. Biggest headache was getting enough 6-pin power connections into both cards.

After that I discovered that the fans on both cards were quite different - The standard 40% idle speed on one card was 1500rpm and quiet, but the 40% idle on the othre was 2500rpm and loud as hell. Used RivaTuner to dial the speed back on the loud card.

You can also use GPU-z to get a bucked of info about the cards once they're in your system, and you can stress-test the whole lot with BarsWF.

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Posted: 02-09-2011 10:02 AM

i was reading something online about getting a co-op gfx card that can support different brand names, thats why i was asking, my currently evga gtx 275 is not co-op, does it matter? or if i ever decided to sli would i have to get a co-op gtx 275?

and thanks for the input on the gts 450

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Posted: 02-09-2011 12:31 PM

They'll work fine together, just make sure the faster card is on your primary PCI-E slot.

The 275GTX is a kick-ass card, it'll run Crysis at 1680x1080 on max settings without a hitch. I still have mine sitting around, should probably sell it or something.

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Posted: 02-09-2011 12:48 PM

Captain Mazda wrote:
The 275GTX is a kick-ass card, it'll run Crysis at 1680x1080 on max settings without a hitch. I still have mine sitting around, should probably sell it or something.

yeah thats how i blew my first power supply lol.

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GTS are the budget line.Cards of different brands are usually fine as long as they are based on the same reference designs. I think they also have to be the same clock speeds, though you can probably down-clock one of them to match the other. Make sure your PSU is beefy enough to run both cards.

i was reading something online about getting a co-op gfx card that can support different brand names, thats why i was asking, my currently evga gtx 275 is not co-op, does it matter? or if i ever decided to sli would i have to get a co-op gtx 275?and thanks for the input on the gts 450

They'll work fine together, just make sure the faster card is on your primary PCI-E slot.The 275GTX is a kick-ass card, it'll run Crysis at 1680x1080 on max settings without a hitch. I still have mine sitting around, should probably sell it or something.

Captain Mazda wrote:The 275GTX is a kick-ass card, it'll run Crysis at 1680x1080 on max settings without a hitch. I still have mine sitting around, should probably sell it or something.yeah thats how i blew my first power supply lol.

GTS are the budget line.

Cards of different brands are usually fine as long as they are based on the same reference designs. I think they also have to be the same clock speeds, though you can probably down-clock one of them to match the other. Make sure your PSU is beefy enough to run both cards.

i was reading something online about getting a co-op gfx card that can support different brand names, thats why i was asking, my currently evga gtx 275 is not co-op, does it matter? or if i ever decided to sli would i have to get a co-op gtx 275?

and thanks for the input on the gts 450

They'll work fine together, just make sure the faster card is on your primary PCI-E slot.

The 275GTX is a kick-ass card, it'll run Crysis at 1680x1080 on max settings without a hitch. I still have mine sitting around, should probably sell it or something.

Captain Mazda wrote:
The 275GTX is a kick-ass card, it'll run Crysis at 1680x1080 on max settings without a hitch. I still have mine sitting around, should probably sell it or something.

yeah thats how i blew my first power supply lol.