1) Do I need to do anything to get the SLI working on Windows 8.1? 2) What bloatware will I need to remove? Is there a good guide online anywhere?
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1) Nope. I personally just downloaded the latest drivers from NVIDIA's website and it works fine. I thought it didn't at first, because the first thing I ran was Furmark to stress test it, and the second GPU wasn't working with it. However, it works fine in all my games. Runs like a champ! 2) There is a lot of CD burning software, McAfee (if you don't care for it), and a few miscellaneous things. I pretty much took off everything with the exception of a few Lenovo things (OneKey Recovery, Veriface, EasyCamera). Just go to Control Panel and uninstall them from there. Other than that, you should be fine.
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You can but why? This adapter will reduce the bus speed from 16x to 1x, a dramatic reduction in speed. SLI is for those who crave SPEED. Just put 2 GPU's in your computer and be happy. This adapter is for crypto-currency (bitcoin, litecoin, etc) miners.
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From what i understand you need 2 identical cards to run SLI you can not run 2 different cards. sorry mate, but you might be able to run the second card for physics.i would do more research to find out.
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I would check with Nvidia's main page (http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html) to see if there is driver support for Windows 8. I would assume that it will work, Windows OS often has base drivers meant for older cards.
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If you bought nvidia 760 yes that card doesn't appear to have sli capabilities
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No SLi *but* you are free to run as many cards as you have slots. This will give you more real estate. The card has commendable Phys-x abilities, but you could dedicate another card to Phys-x. Mind your addressable memory on 32 bit Systems though.
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The motherboard supports 16x/16x SLI or Crossfire and quad 8x mode for quad SLI/Crossfire. The only limitation of being able to handle multiple video cards will be your Power Supply if you run cards that are power hungry. Having different cards controlling different displays is something Windows controls. Also many cards these days come with multiple video out ports so you can drive more than one display off a single card. As with all motherboards there is a option to select which display adapter as your primary boot display. This won't affect things once it gets to Windows. ASrock is pretty responsive, you can contact them if you must, but this feature has been around for well over a decade now. It'll work.
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It will be fine but you can't do SLI for Nvidia if you want to go that route just single card. Great board btw.
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I just got a SLAY7 used like new from Eagle Eye, appears he still has another one. I have not installed yet, but it is suppose to be plug and play with my HP Home Server.LJ
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Last machine I ran it on was a win7 republic of gamers laptop. It had to run in compatability mode, but I was able to play it (with minimal hicups, but some graphical degradation) I was using a beefy spec rig though, your mileage may vary. I havent tested it on windows 8/8.1
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I'll be frank, there aren't really any single card solutions for 4k Ultra settings gaming yet. However, this will get you closer than any other for the price. Go dual Sli and you can play the most demanding games at nearly 60 fps, or better if you take AA down a notch.
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The GTX 650 does not have SLI support, but some GTX 650 Ti versions do - you may have looked at a Ti model during your research.
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You can't, this card doesn't support sli but for a budget card it works for what its meant to do.
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This card won't work in SLI with another non Ti. You need identical cards to run them in SLI if you want to have good results, this includes using the same manufacturer and model number, clock speeds etc.
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Dear all, NVIDIA Quadro 2000 by PNY in working on my machine perfectly. Note that my PC configuration is (Gigabyte GA-P61 + Intel Core i3 3.1GHz + 4GB RAM). I tryed both Windiws 8 and Windows 7 "64 bit" on SolidWork 2013 and it's all perfect.
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Hi j. If you want it for surround it's fantastic but if you use it in one screen even 1440p I would recommend 780ti unless you go sli like me. I ran 3 lg 1440p then get red of them. I now using two screen 27" lg 1440p 60hz for work on it and 27" asus 1080p 144hz for heavy gaming. It is like dream. But in my opinion right now go fo 980 it will be 15% higher than 780ti and the price around 500-600. You can go sli around 1200$. GoodLuck
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I cannot be sure about this, but it's been globally known that whenever you have an AMD main board, it's always best to install ATI VGA, but some around the world said it worked normally, but I think that with the new products ( 2013 and up ) should work without problems, especially since AMD had some down market in the last few years, I don't think they will force the people to buy their ATI VGA to work on AMD main board.That's still an opinion, but if one Geforce worked on the AMD main board, I think SLI will work as well.