SLI with two different brands of video cards

[Trillionsin]

XFX Radeon HD 5830 1GB PCIe DDR5
EVGA 896-P3-1170-AR GeForce GTX 275 896MB

Can this be done? I have no experience with Sli, so any information will be helpful.

(maybe I am thinking of crossfire? ...not sure)

 

[Technochicken]

No, this will not work, unless you have a Lucid Hydra motherboard, which you don't.

If you want you can use the gtx 275 for PhysX, which will help out in some games

 

[Trillionsin]

No, this will not work, unless you have a Lucid Hydra motherboard, which you don't.

If you want you can use the gtx 275 for PhysX, which will help out in some games

Quickly looked up some info on PhysX. Is this is just a download, "middleware" ???

Is this what you are referring to?http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/NVIDIA-PhysX.shtml

Will this help is FPS games, MW2 for example? Edit: No, it wont.

 

[Technochicken]

Nvidia disabled PhysX support when an ATI card is present, but you can get around it. Here is a guide I found:
http://www.mymobile88.com/enable-ac...n-alternatives-patching-installation-guide-2/
If this one does not work, there are plenty others on the internet.
I do not know about MW2 in particular, but it should help in any game that uses PhsyX, if configured properly.

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Can this be done? I have no experience with Sli, so any information will be helpful.

No...just buy the same card...

 

[Trillionsin]

No...just buy the same card...

Yea, I suppose now I am trying to sell the old one.

 

[Trillionsin]

Nvidia disabled PhysX support when an ATI card is present, but you can get around it. Here is a guide I found:
http://www.mymobile88.com/enable-ac...n-alternatives-patching-installation-guide-2/
If this one does not work, there are plenty others on the internet.
I do not know about MW2 in particular, but it should help in any game that uses PhsyX, if configured properly.

Thank you Technochicken, your replies were very helpful. I appreciate it very much!