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gibbey531
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_ 		9. September 2007 @ 10:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hello all i'm trying to build my very first computer from scratch and so far no problems...except one. I ordered everything from tigerdirect.com and no worries, but they shipped me the wrong video card, so i don't have a moniter at all now. I was just wondering when i first install the video card and hook up the moniter to it am i going to need to set up anything for the videocard in the DOS menu at startup or will it be recognized as new hardware when i get the OS loaded up and everything? also, i didn't get a card that could connect to another video card(i think it's called SLI?) but just for curiosity what does that do graphically? I have 2 PCIe slots on my motherboard so would i be able to hook up another graphics card and have it do the same thing without connecting the 2?

thanks
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pcrepair
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_ 		9. September 2007 @ 10:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you can only 'sli' two identical graphic cards and to be honest there does not seem to be a great deal of improvment
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i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
gibbey531
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_ 		9. September 2007 @ 10:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so it wold be better to instead of getting another "identical" graphics card to use the money to get one really good one?
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_ 		9. September 2007 @ 11:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You need a motherboard with an NVidia nForce chipset to run SLI officially. There are workarounds, but they are hard to perform. Your card should be recognized by the OS automatically, just make sure you install the drivers after the OS installation.
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