Nforce4Ultra to SLI mod

Cota · 01-18-05, 03:32 PM

anandtech found a way to mod a dfi nforce4 ultra into SLI, and it performs quite well.

www.anandtech.com

**Mr_LoL** · 01-18-05, 03:42 PM

i have preodered the lanparty ultra d with dual xpress graphics whatever that is. some of the voltage options on those dfi boards are mad

CaptNKILL · 01-18-05, 04:31 PM

Thats pretty cool but I think they are making it out to be a bigger deal than it is. It isnt free performance. You still have to buy another video card to get that improvement. Anyone who is buying another video card can probably afford to spend another $100 on a real SLI board to get the full SLI speed (rather than losing ~15% performance using a mod).

Thats just my opinion though. If you have 2 identical PCI-E SLI-capable video cards laying around (

), and no SLI board then its a good choice. Otherwise, you might as well just go all the way and get a real SLI board if you have to buy all the parts now.

Heck, people spend hundreds more on high end CPUs to get far less than 15% improvement (ex. 3000+ vs. 3500+), yet they dont want to get full SLI speed for $100?

Crazy

|JuiceZ| · 01-18-05, 10:00 PM

Good point Capt, still think its pretty neat though. Pencil tricks are still teh 1337

**Mr_LoL** · 01-19-05, 05:30 AM

i wasnt planning on running sli though. i just want that board for the overclocking capabilities and mad voltages

01-18-05, 03:32 PM	#1
Cota Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 619	Nforce4Ultra to SLI mod anandtech found a way to mod a dfi nforce4 ultra into SLI, and it performs quite well. www.anandtech.com

01-18-05, 03:42 PM	#2
Mr_LoL Bush's Doppleganger Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangor North Wales UK Posts: 5,204	Re: Nforce4Ultra to SLI mod i have preodered the lanparty ultra d with dual xpress graphics whatever that is. some of the voltage options on those dfi boards are mad __________________ Core i5 2500K@ 4.5, KFA2 GTX 570, Gigabyte Z68, 8GB Corsair XMS 1600MHZ, Antec Truepower New 650w, Coolermaster Storm Sniper, 1TB Samsung F1, Yamakasi Catleap 27", Samsung 245B, Asus Xonar DG...blah blah blah

01-18-05, 04:31 PM	#3
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: Nforce4Ultra to SLI mod Thats pretty cool but I think they are making it out to be a bigger deal than it is. It isnt free performance. You still have to buy another video card to get that improvement. Anyone who is buying another video card can probably afford to spend another $100 on a real SLI board to get the full SLI speed (rather than losing ~15% performance using a mod). Thats just my opinion though. If you have 2 identical PCI-E SLI-capable video cards laying around (), and no SLI board then its a good choice. Otherwise, you might as well just go all the way and get a real SLI board if you have to buy all the parts now. Heck, people spend hundreds more on high end CPUs to get far less than 15% improvement (ex. 3000+ vs. 3500+), yet they dont want to get full SLI speed for $100? Crazy __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

01-18-05, 10:00 PM	#4
\|JuiceZ\| Registered User Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 3,285	Re: Nforce4Ultra to SLI mod Good point Capt, still think its pretty neat though. Pencil tricks are still teh 1337 __________________ primary MBP Core i5 2010 \| HR \| OCZ 120GB SSD gaming Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz w/ CM Hyper212+ \| MSI N560GTX-Ti TF II/OC \| MSI P67A-GD55 \| Silverstone FT02 \| X360 250GB \| Kinect htpc IONITX-A-U \| 2GB \| M350 \| XBMC Linux \| SABnzbd, sickbeard, couchpotato \| NAS Synology DS411J \| 4TB hometheater KURO PDP-5020 \| HK AVR2600 \| Definitive BP2006TL(2) & CLR2300 \| Polk R50(2) \| Sony S470 \| HarmonyOne

01-19-05, 05:30 AM	#5
Mr_LoL Bush's Doppleganger Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangor North Wales UK Posts: 5,204	Re: Nforce4Ultra to SLI mod i wasnt planning on running sli though. i just want that board for the overclocking capabilities and mad voltages __________________ Core i5 2500K@ 4.5, KFA2 GTX 570, Gigabyte Z68, 8GB Corsair XMS 1600MHZ, Antec Truepower New 650w, Coolermaster Storm Sniper, 1TB Samsung F1, Yamakasi Catleap 27", Samsung 245B, Asus Xonar DG...blah blah blah

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