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hemoglowen

Originally Posted by DarkLord7854

Um, you have the little bracket thingy connecting the two cards right? I think that would be what it is

yah ive got the little connector, but when i looked up PCI bridge they seem to talk about like, networks cards and whatever....so i was kinda confused.ALSO: my mobo says its SLI ready, so that means i do not need to take out any chips and place them upside down or whatever?..ya know what im saying?

DarkLord7854

Originally Posted by hemoglowen

yah ive got the little connector, but when i looked up PCI bridge they seem to talk about like, networks cards and whatever....so i was kinda confused.ALSO: my Motherboard says its SLI ready, so that means i do not need to take out any chips and place them upside down or whatever?..ya know what im saying?

Nope, your motherboard doesn't require that.

Did you try both cards individually yet?

hemoglowen

Originally Posted by DarkLord7854

Nope, your motherboard doesn't require that.

Did you try both cards individually yet?

no not yet, im working on chemistry homework now..lolol.

ill have my friend do it for me....but i was looking more into that PCI bridge device, and it seems that might be a problem. I dont kone where to get drivers for that though...because i thought that is worth a shot......ill get back to you in a few, thanks for the help!

hemoglowen

Ok, i have finished and the answer is yes, both cards work fine.

thats a good thing, but now. i think its the pci bridge device...just a hunch...lol...ill google some more

Derekjerry · 07:45 PM

well i think the pci bridge device is reffering to one of your graphics cards. im probably being ignorant but you do have an sli bridge dont you? and both of the cards are totally identical?

hemoglowen

Originally Posted by Derekjerry

well i think the pci bridge device is reffering to one of your graphics cards. im probably being ignorant but you do have an sli bridge dont you? and both of the cards are totally identical?

lol yeah, thats what i was thinking, i was hoping it was something simple like the connecter between cards, but yeah i do have one and they are identical cards....

hemoglowen

Originally Posted by Derekjerry

well i think the pci bridge device is reffering to one of your graphics cards. im probably being ignorant but you do have an sli bridge dont you? and both of the cards are totally identical?

ahhh derek, i finally got the pci bridge device error thing in device manager to go away, but it makes no difference in my system. AHHH SOMONE HELP ME

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AND:
i saw there was an 8800gs for sale on newegg.

Newegg.com - XFX PVT88SFDD4 GeForce 8800GS 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

its really cheap and i was thinking about buying two to run sli, but im not sure if that would be wise since i cant even get these 7600's to work...