Is the Intel D975XBX2 an SLI capable motherboard? \ VOGONS

Is the Intel D975XBX2 an SLI capable motherboard?

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First post, by winuser3162

Posted on 2024-10-23, 11:37

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My regular SLI board (XFX 780i) has a few blown caps and won’t post (stuck on ff code)

I have an Intel D975XBX2 with a 975x express chipset lying around and I’m wandering if I can use this board as a temporary replacement for my 780i. I’m aware that Nvidia hasn’t always let Intel support SLI technology.

Both cards show up in dev manager but I don’t see a “set sli configuration” option under Nvidia control panel.

1. Pentium 2 400, Aopen HX45, Aopen AX6BC, 256MB RAM, Voodoo 2 16MB 2x, SiS 6326 AGP, SB AWE64, floppy super disk drive
2. Pentium 200 MMX, Diamond 3d V1, S3 Virge, 60MB RAM, SB Vibra 16, Aopen AP5VM
3.SGI octane, R12K 300 x2, MXE graphics, 2GB RAM,

Reply 1 of 2, by nhattu1986

Posted on 2024-10-23, 11:47

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i don't think the intel board support SLI.
from the review on the net, the board does support ATI crossfire only.

Reply 2 of 2, by havli

Posted on 2024-10-23, 12:43

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Intel chipsets before X58 don't support SLI. With exception of the Skulltrail board maybe.
But it is possible to use either modified drivers or there are tools to help you to mod the drivers yourself... and with that applied, SLI will run. For example I tried to run GF 6800 GS SLI on AMD 790FX board and it worked well.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/sl … t-cards.158907/

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