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May 31st, 2011 07:00
T7500 SLI?
Picked up a refurb from Dell Outlet. Purchased upgraded video cards, (MSI OC Frozr II Nvidia GTX 560 Ti) these are SLI capable.
I had to pick up the SLI connector from Newegg, I have the cards installed in slots 14 and 16 which are both PCI-E x16.
In the Nvidia utility, I cannot select SLI. There is no option. I have read the guides and everything and I'm wondering if the T7500 even supports SLI? Both cards are properly installed in Device Manager, there is no options to enable and such in the BIOS or anything.
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speedstep
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June 6th, 2011 07:00
The INTEL 5520 Chipset is NOT an SLI chipset and therefore will NEVER support SLI.
Intel Tylersburg 5520 chipset is (not intended to run SLi)
Intel® 5500 and 5520 Chipset - Overview
The Intel 5500 series of chipsets supports Intel® QuickPath Interconnects at 6.4 GT/s, 5.86 GT/s, and 4.8 GT/s speeds. Additionally, this chipset delivers up to dual x16 or quad x8 PCI Express* 2.0 card support, and support for Intel® High Performance Solid State Drives on ICH10 and ICH10R.
Dual x16 is not the same as SLI.
If you want SLI you should find a system that uses nForce4 SLI x16
The NFORCE 4 core-logic provides two full-speed PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards.
NVIDIA nForce SLI-Ready Comparison Chart
wfbauerle
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January 18th, 2013 18:00
Wow, you really know how to hurt a guy... I have TWO very expensive Nvidia Quadros and now I wont get to fully utilize them... plus a $2,000 Dell system.. Maybe I'll just have to trash it and get something else like you said...
BUMMER
deadvirusllc
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February 11th, 2013 08:00
Hey I have the t7400 and I would like to use SLI. In order to do that you must get the riser card TK025. It has an Nvidia chipset which enables it. I read in another thread that you had to get some adapters to get your video card to work. Do you have pictures or part numbers of what you used?