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    Simple SLI Question

    How similar do the cards have to be ?

    Would any two GTX 460s work or do they have to be exactly the same ?

    Would this EVGA work with this Gigabyte card ?

    Same GPU and memory but one is OCed slightly higher than the other (GPU and memory).

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    Re: Simple SLI Question

    yes they will work and both default to the slowest speed.

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    Re: Simple SLI Question

    What he said although its always best to get matching cards if possible as i know a few people who have problems with Xfire and SLI setups that have cards with different power phases working together.

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    Re: Simple SLI Question

    Yeah you can mix manufacturers, but you should stick with cards that have the same chipset and memory size.

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    Re: Simple SLI Question

    Make sure the slower card will be capable of doing the faster one's speeds safely or you will have a dead card

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