Intel i975 & nVidia 7950gx2

[kojak71]

Will a 7950GX2 work properly on a Intel i975 motherboard. I know that SLI is not licensed to work on these boards, but I'm not sure whether this limitation applies to this card or only to a setup that has 2 physical cards occupying both PCI-e slots.

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

A single 7950gx2 will work fine but for sli, you'll need modified drivers

[kojak71]

Are you talking about quad-SLI?

So if I understood you correctly, the 7950gx2 is seen as a single card, but give you effectively the performance of a SLI setup.

[s_kinton]

Are you talking about quad-SLI?

So if I understood you correctly, the 7950gx2 is seen as a single card, but give you effectively the performance of a SLI setup.

The GX2 is seen as 2 graphics cards and will require sli to be enabled on the board to function correctly - otherwise you only get half the performance.

As for whether it will work on that board, i dont know, but a quick search on google seems to suggest it will

[kalniel]

Yep it will work as SLI (not quad SLI) fine. All the circuitry that is usually on an SLI motherboard is included with the GX2 card so you don't need an SLI motherboard.

[charleski]

The GX2 is seen as 2 graphics cards and will require sli to be enabled on the board to function correctly

No.

The GX2 card works fine in any motherboard that has a BIOS which understands the PCIe bridge on it, which is most of them. An SLI board is not needed. It shows up as 2 graphics cards, but the translation is handled on the card. There's a list of compatible boards on nvidia's website. I'm running a GX2 on an Intel D975XBX and just needed to update the BIOS to get it to run.

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

That is correct, The 7950gx2 is seen as single card so doesnt need sli to enabled and it'll work fine on any motherboard

[s_kinton]

No.

The GX2 card works fine in any motherboard that has a BIOS which understands the PCIe bridge on it, which is most of them. An SLI board is not needed.

It seems I miss worded my post. I meant that SLi had to be enabled for get full performance. Not enabling SLi in the control panel would only yield half the performance

[s_kinton]

The 7950gx2 is seen as single card so doesnt need sli to enabled and it'll work fine on any motherboard

It is seen as two cards, look in the device manager if you have one installed. Also, SLi does need to be enabled, otherwise you only use one core....