6600 SLI rig

StimpE

StimpE

lol, Internet!
I built a computer the other day, with an SLI setup with two 6600's. I forget the manufacturer of the card, but in all the pictures I see in online reviews, there is an Adapter-synchronizer which connects the two cards, and each card had pins at the top for them. However, on the cards I installed, there were no pins at the top of the card, so I couldn't use the Adapter-synchronizer provided with the mobo. When I booted into windows, downloaded the nvidia drivers, and enabled SLI support, all went well. My question is, why does these cards not require the Adapter-synchronizer connectors between the two cards?
 
Well, originally, the 6600's were not supposed to be SLI capable, but nVidia changed their tune later on and supported it through drivers. I'd have to read up on the bridge connector, but I believe that it's there for the cards to sync with each other.
 
Big B said:
Well, originally, the 6600's were not supposed to be SLI capable, but nVidia changed their tune later on and supported it through drivers. I'd have to read up on the bridge connector, but I believe that it's there for the cards to sync with each other.
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I did not see any place to insert the bridge connector though.

Oh and also, the model is Leadtek WinFast PX6600 TD, here's a picture.

*edit* Oh crap, is it on the side of the pci-e connectors?
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv43-2.html <- it says that it doesn't support SLI? I'm confused, because the nvidia driver panel said it was compatible.
 
weird. You should have to use that connector bridge to enable SLI. My guess is that only one card is being used right now in that PC while the other just sits and waits for instructions.
 
ninja fetus said:
weird. You should have to use that connector bridge to enable SLI. My guess is that only one card is being used right now in that PC while the other just sits and waits for instructions.
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here's the manufacturer's site, notice it says SLI compatible. Does anyone know if SLI is capable without the bridge? It's a lower end card, so can't it be possible that it sync's through the mobo?
 
ninja fetus said:
it says SLI is Not Available for WinFast PX6600 TD, but it is for the WinFast PX6600 GT TDH
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I'm not exactly sure which one it is, but say the PX6600 TD was installed, would the nvidia driver panel still say it was SLI compatible? Because it did lol.
 
It might just because every 6600 built now is SLI compatible or it just detects two video cards.
 
ninja fetus said:
It might just because every 6600 built now is SLI compatible or it just detects two video cards.
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Thanks for the help, I just wish I had a definite answer. Where's AT, he knows everything!
 
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