Can I use these two graphics cards

[Aidan_15]

I'm getting this motherboard, MSI Z97 Intel LGA 1150 DDR3 USB 3.0 ATX Gaming Motherboard, and I have a gtx 960 and i want to get an rx 480 8gb. will I be able to use an sli bridge on them even though ones amd and ones nvidia

 

[ThatVietGuy]

No, absolutely not.

 

[Slurpee12]

Well for DirectX12 game titles you can use both, but that's about it. Perhaps sell the 960 and get two 480's?

 

[Wolfshadw]

No.

SLI Requires two NVidia cards of the same model.
Crossfire requires two AMD cards of the same (or very similar) model.

-Wolf sends

 

[Martell1977]

SLI (nVidia) and Crossfire (AMD) are intended for 2 of the same cards.

AMD allows it's lower cards to be run with "Dual graphics" and paired with the integrated GPU in their APU's, but it didn't offer much of a performance boost. or Crossfire with cards that have the same GPU architecture.

nVidia is much stricter with SLI and it must be the same GPU and the motherboard has to run them no less than PCIe x8 slot.


While you can't run both, the 480 will be a very nice upgrade over the 960. The 960 was slower than the R9 380 and the 480 is around the 390 and 970 performance. You could sell the 960 and see if that gets you to maybe a GTX 1070, which would be a huge jump.