SLI Hacking a Gigabyte 970A-DS3P. Is it even possible?

[Brandi Jackinowicz]

Hello! Thanks in advance for reading this and offering your advice/opinions.
I have the motherboard listed in the title, and it only supports Crossfire. When purchasing this motherboard, I didn't realize that SLI and Crossfire weren't the same thing. I've always been a fan of Nvidia, and I got a superclocked GeForce 760. It works completely fine, and this is why I was wanting to get another one so they can SLI. My friend is selling a similar Gigabyte Windforce (which is also a GeForce 760, but with a higher clock speed) for $90 off the retail price.
Now here's the problem: My motherboard only supports AMD Crossfire, and I didn't know that it wasn't the same as SLI at the time of purchasing either component. My question is, what's the main difference between SLI and Crossfire other than one being AMD and the other Nvidia? What makes them so different? And how can I make my motherboard support SLI, if there even is a way to? I saw this video on YouTube** where this guy managed to do a 3-way SLI on an AMD motherboard, so I know it *can* be done... but how can I do it with my Gigabyte 970A-DS3P motherboard?

*Link to Motherboard: [Click!]
**Link to video on YouTube: [Click!]

 

[vrumor]

No, you cant SLI on a motherboard that is only Crossfire. AMD boards do come with SLI, just not yours.

 

[Brandi Jackinowicz]

No, you cant SLI on a motherboard that is only Crossfire. AMD boards do come with SLI, just not yours.

I'm sorry, I should have rephrased this better. The guy whose video I found on YouTube had a Crossfire-only board and was able to SLI his three Nvidia cards together. Can you explain what is so different about SLI/Crossfire?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/SLI-vs-CrossFire/391
Explained ^

 

[Brandi Jackinowicz]

Alright, I've found this link right here [Click!] that allows me to enable my motherboard for SLI. I read around the thread and it lead me to a newer version here. [Click!] It seems pretty darn simple, and it can work with any setup so long as the GPU chips are the same. I don't have the other video card on-hand right now, but when I get it and try to set it up, I'll let you all know how it works.

Again, thanks for the advice. I should update this post in a couple of weeks.

 

[vrumor]

You are basing this off info that is 4 years old in 1 article and in the other it doesnt even deal with SLI on non SLI boards. It deals with using different cards SLId together. Just buy another motherboard with SLI on it. Kinda silly to try out methods that worked 4 years ago on cards that were 4-6 years old already when they did it.