Does SLI enabled gpu run on NON sli Motherboard?? needs quick suggestions

...i have a zebronics n61m2 [mcp61] mobo...{16x pciex} [cpu- amd athlon64 x2 4200+,RAm 2gb]
...i want to buy xfx 8800gt alpha dog {PVT88PZHF4} 1GB graphics card...
...will my mobo be able to run it smoothly... without overclocking..
...can non sli mobo run sli enabled gpu???...
...if no which gpu will run good ????....will 8800gt 512 series run..???
...help me plz...

the non sli will work fine

u also need to have a 600 watts smps minimum

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yes it can run and u need a decent psu..for a single card a 450W corsair \ cooler master is just fine.

there is nothing called SLI enabled GPU. all post geforce 7xxx series cards can be connected in SLI. any GPU should work fine on you rmotherboard.

considering your processor, 8800gt would be a bit too much. you should consider 9600gt, it would be a better deal.

it will run for sure.

i dont think 1gb 8800gt, is a good idea. for that money, you can get 8800gts, maybe even 9800gtx.

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and alpha dog is known to run hot..switch to EVGA or MSI 512mb overclocked card..that would be better.

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Cool Buddy said:
there is nothing called SLI enabled GPU. all post geforce 7xxx series cards can be connected in SLI. any GPU should work fine on you rmotherboard.

I think anything below 8600gt(ie 8500gt etc) dont support SLI.Anyway dont buy 8800 gt 1 gb better go for 8800gt 512 MB.
8800gt>radeon 3870>9600gt>3850.

Anything above 3850 may be bottlenecked by ur cpu depending upon the game of course & the resolution u intend to run it.But 8800gt can be futureproof(u can sli when u buy a new mobo).

I would have understood even if you would have written just once. I've seen people posting twice due to connection problems, but thrice???

Anyways, good point, didn't think of it before although I had an idea.

I run my SLI card on a crossfire mobo.....just ensure that u have good PSU

Hrithan2020 said:
I think anything below 8600gt(ie 8500gt etc) doesnt support SLI.Anyway dont buy 8800 gt 1 gb better go for 8800gt 512 MB.
8800gt>radeon 3870>9600gt>3850.
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9600GT comes in between 3870 and 8800gt

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Cool Buddy said:
I would have understood even if you would have written just once. I've seen people posting twice due to connection problems, but thrice???

Anyways, good point, didn't think of it before although I had an idea.

Sorry about that.Had some connection prob as u guessed rightly.

@ionicsachin
AFAIK,in most games 3870 beats 9600gt.(only nfs pro street etc,where ati cards dont fare well).

@hrithan2020
.....no ...3870 beats 9600gt only in a very few games(and that too marginal)....i ve googled a lot before buying it...read some online reviews...

*www.techspot.com/article/88-geforce-9600gt-versus-radeon-hd3870/

Check this....when AA/AF are off...most of the times 3870 is faster....but when u on AA/AF 3870 brings it down...9600GT becomes faster.....

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ionicsachin said:
@hrithan2020
Check this....when AA/AF are off...most of the times 3870 is faster....but when u on AA/AF 3870 brings it down...9600GT becomes faster.....

Agree with u on that.Have also read that when AA/AF is on,the fps decreased considerably since it doesnt have a dedicated hardware for that purpose.But,I wouldn't enable AA if the resolution is very high cause due to supersampling the quality is already high.