Are only quadro GPUs SLI-ready (xw9400)?

[bzaurie]

Hello,

I'm planning to upgrade the workstation for gaming purposes and I have one doubt: is SLI capability limited to quadro cards? I've read somewhere it is due to license limitations, foisted upon HP by nvidia. If it is the case, can I pair ANY quadro card I choose?

If it is necessary, here are the specs of my machine:

• OS: arch linux
• CPU: 2 x opteron 2222
• PSU: 1050 W
• Motherboard: HP 0A1Ch (ver. E; I don't know what it means - I'm not too tech-savvy :))
• BIOS: 786D6 v 04.03 12/10/2009

If any other information is needed, I'll happily provide it.

Thank you for you attention

Yours, Piotrek

[DGroves]

HP (not nvidia) decided to only license SLI for SELECT quadro models (not all quadros) and the approved list changes for each workstation model you would also require a sec cpu for this

look at the xw9400 "quickspecs" to see the cards that will work in sli on your model

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01741499

this is not really a good gaming system it only has pci-e 1.0 (not 3.0)