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    Question Quick SLI question!

    Just a quick (and im sure basic question) - ive got a 7800gt of which it is a fairly obscure make and looks pretty much like a reference design card - so am i likely to have any issues buying a similarly 'generic' 7800gt to run in sli even if its not the identical manufacturer?
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    I dont think so - I think newer drivers enable 2 cards of the same type (e.g. 2 7800GT's) to work in SLI regardless of Manufacturer (I think the BIOS version on each card has to be the same aswell though).
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    yeap any driver since release 80 supports SLI with cards from 2 different manufacturers. As long as they are the same GPU you will be fine.

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    Thank you!
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    If there are different clockspeeds, the faster core will downclock to the lower, but other than that, you shouldn't have any problems.
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