Does it matter what SLI Cable I use?

[eidairaman1]

Just get the best you can get and call it a day yeesh.

 

[R-T-B]

SLI was invented by

3dfx. Not nvidia. Just FYI.

 

[Ferrum Master]

3dfx. Not nvidia. Just FYI.

Scan Line Interleave is different than Scalable Link Interface.

 

[qubit]

I am currently looking for a low cost solution for my two GTX 660's so i can run them in SLI, Most of the stuff i can find says they are for specific cards only.
Do they mean by what they are used with or what they will only work with?

Not sure why you want to bother with SLI and on such old cards, especially as SLI is no longer supported by NVIDIA, but if you still do, just get the cheapest SLI bridge that you can, which should only be a few dollars. It's literally just a straight through pin to pin copper connection, so there's no performance benefit from LED bridges or anything else.

For the record, I did run SLI GTX 780 Ti cards back in the day. They were about as fast as a GTX 1080, but had the drawbacks of SLI and only 3GB RAM. I eventually got a GTX 1080 and didn't look back.

When you say your cards are non standard, do you mean that they are a third party brand like MSI or something, or that they're fake? I suspect the latter, because genuine manufacturers didn't add an extra SLI finger.

Good luck.

 

[Calenhad]

Dual SLi connectors are usually a triple SLi thing in most cases. I would just get a basic single SLi bridge and be done with it.

When you say your cards are non standard, do you mean that they are a third party brand like MSI or something, or that they're fake? I suspect the latter, because genuine manufacturers didn't add an extra SLI finger.

They sold two different GTX660 models. One of those used the highest quality GK106 chip. The other was the lowest quality GK104 chip, which is what OP says he got. This is the same chip as 660ti, 670 and 680, so I assume that also include the dual SLi connectors.

 

[Ruru]

Dual SLi connectors are usually a triple SLi thing in most cases. I would just get a basic single SLi bridge and be done with it.


They sold two different GTX660 models. One of those used the highest quality GK106 chip. The other was the lowest quality GK104 chip, which is what OP says he got. This is the same chip as 660ti, 670 and 680, so I assume that also include the dual SLi connectors.

It's practically a 760.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM Specs

NVIDIA GK104, 888 MHz, 1152 Cores, 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 2048 MB GDDR5, 1400 MHz, 256 bit

www.techpowerup.com

 

[qubit]

Dual SLi connectors are usually a triple SLi thing in most cases. I would just get a basic single SLi bridge and be done with it.


They sold two different GTX660 models. One of those used the highest quality GK106 chip. The other was the lowest quality GK104 chip, which is what OP says he got. This is the same chip as 660ti, 670 and 680, so I assume that also include the dual SLi connectors.

Ah, thankyou. I remember now how NVIDIA love to confuse naming conventions with different grades and gens of GPU for marketing purposes.

 

[Calenhad]

It's practically a 760.

Technically it is the other way round.

I have always said that the 760 is just a 670 where they swapped the two first numbers. I know this is not 100% accurate, but it is half jokingly what they did.

 

[Ruru]

Technically it is the other way round.

I have always said that the 760 is just a 670 where they swapped the two first numbers. I know this is not 100% accurate, but it is half jokingly what they did.

Actually 760 Ti (an OEM card) is a 670 rebrand so you were on the right tracks there.

 

[ShiBDiB]

For anyone wondering why I want to SLI these cards, I got both of these cards for $50 (Before Pandemic) and I don't really want to look for a better card as of right now when these are still capable.

So it's not just for fun and you're looking to maximize performance? If that's the case you're probably better off not SLI'ing as it's not gonna help in any meaningful way unless you're jury rigging new drivers to play old SLI profiles on old games.