sli a msi gaming gtx 970 with a gigabyte g1 970?

[gokitty199]

is this possible, i think their the same model but im not %100 sure. my friend has a msi gaming 970 and i have the gigabyte g1 and i want to sell my card to him to run in sli so i can have $$$ towards a 980ti. will those cards work together?

 

[Darkseiders]

No they won't. The drivers aren't the same, and I don't think the G1 Gaming uses a reference PCB.

 

[gokitty199]

No they won't. The drivers aren't the same, and I don't think the G1 Gaming uses a reference PCB.

your 100% sure? ive read a few post of people saying sure it will and encouraging the OP to do it but no one is giving a 100% definite answer

 

[ko888]

Does your friend have an SLI capable motherboard (i.e. SLI capable motherboards will include an SLI bridge connector in their motherboard package) and a PSU that has the capability to handle two GeForce GTX 970 cards? If yes then take the card with you to test in their system.

 

[gokitty199]

Does your friend have an SLI capable motherboard (i.e. SLI capable motherboards will include an SLI bridge connector in their motherboard package) and a PSU that has the capability to handle two GeForce GTX 970 cards? If yes then take the card with you to test in their system.

hes getting a new cpu/motherboard/psu, his current motherboard is not sli compatible i think, havent checked. we also dont live near each other

 

[sizzling]

It will work with no problem, as long as it's 2x970 the make, model or anything else does not matter

 

[migronesien]

Sure they will work together. Why wouldnt they? @Darkseiders

As long as it's the same model, there won't be any problems going SLI. Manufacturer and clock speed differences don't matter. Only thing to look for is that they got the same amount of VRAM, but since any 970 got 4gb that's nothing to worry about.

So, yes, they will work just fine.

 

[Darkseiders]

But they aren't. They both use custom PCBs.

 

[sizzling]

Darksriders is talking rubbish. They don't use different drivers

 

[mp5mafia]

Both cards are gm204 and will work together no matter which company are they branded and sold by.
both are still the same gpu though and can run in sli no problems.

 

[migronesien]

But they aren't. They both use custom PCBs.

Since when does this matter lol? Or drivers dafuq? EVERY 970 uses the exact same Nvidia drivers.

They will work together 100%.

 

[10tacle]

There is a fair to good chance they will NOT. I had two different EVGA 970s and they did not work in SLI (EVGA has a chart that shows what models are SLI compatible with each other and what ones are not). My second SLI was a newer card with a new PCB design (more power phases, lower voltage requirements, etc.) than my original reference designed first one.

I actually wound up selling my original reference card and getting two of the same newer 970s (SSC ACX 2.0+). Just because both cards are 970s does NOT mean they will work in SLI. Nvidia will recognize them in SLI, but that doesn't guarantee they won't crash and won't play nice with each other.

http://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmmain.aspx?faqid=59534

 

[migronesien]

More than likely they will NOT. I had two different EVGA 970s and they did not work in SLI (EVGA has a chart that shows what models are SLI compatible with each other and what ones are not). My second SLI was a newer card with a new PCB design (more power phases, lower voltage requirements, etc.) than my original reference designed first one. I actually wound up selling my original reference card and getting two of the same newer 970s (SSC ACX 2.0+)

Just because both cards are 970s does NOT mean they will work in SLI.

http://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmmain.aspx?faqid=59534

Then EVGA messed up the vbois on the different GPUs. First time i ever heard about that.
I'm still 100% sure that the MSI and the gigabyte one will work together.

 

[gokitty199]

im starting to think i need to contact msi/gigabyte support

 

[10tacle]

Then EVGA messed up the vbois on the different GPUs. First time i ever heard about that. I'm still 100% sure that the MSI and the gigabyte one will work together.

Physically they will work and register as SLI in the Nvidia control panel, but some people have reported having problems among different card manufacturers of the same cards (crashes in games, one card being used at a higher % than the other, etc.). Some are successful, others are not. Depends on the seemingly infinite combinations of the various 970 models between EVGA, MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, and the other OEMs.