Pci Express Sli
Pci Express Sli

Can I have PCI and PCI-Express video cards running in SLI?
I have a motherboard with only 1 PCI-Express slot and 1 PCI slot and I want to boost the performance of my computer with another video card and I was wondering if I could run 1 PCI video card and 1 PCI-Express (x16) video card in SLI. I also have 2 PCI-Express (x1) slots and I was wondering if I could run SLI with the x1 and x16 PCI-Express slots.
This is my motherboard (scroll down for picture)
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01357119&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=ca&lang=en&product=3809125
These are my specs:
~Compaq Presario Desktop PC
~Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
~320Gb SATA Hard Drive running at 7600 rpm
~Intel Pentium Dual core 2.20GHz Processors
~3 Gb of RAM
~4 Gb flash drive running Ready Boost at 3.8 Gb
~XFX Geforce XFX 9800 GT, 512mb, GDDR3 Video card (PCI-Express) (Overclocked)
I do not want to replace the motherboard either.
Thanks
No you can't. SLi is a technology limited exclusively to PCI-Express.
Also cards that are SLi'd together have to be the same model. (E.g. You can't mix a 7800GT and a 8800GTX, but you can have 2x 7800GTs)
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