[JoeLo]

I know the software comes from PCI conventional as shown by the Voodoo 2's. But can any card be run or just those programmed to? I.E. I have a Radeon 9250 if I bought another exact same model would it work? I am aware of the disadvantidges, but it would be a cheap fun experiment.

[Unknown Target]

...do you have some sort of difficulty with understanding that you need to use the right parts to do something?
You need an SLI-capable card in order to run in SLI.

[CP5670]

I know the software comes from PCI conventional as shown by the Voodoo 2's. But can any card be run or just those programmed to? I.E. I have a Radeon 9250 if I bought another exact same model would it work? I am aware of the disadvantidges, but it would be a cheap fun experiment.

Simply put, no.

[karajorma]

You need to stop trying to MacGyver yourself a top of the line PC out of cast offs. These things never end well unless you have a mullet and are in the 80's. 

[Sandwich]

Ouch.

[StratComm]

You need to stop trying to MacGyver yourself a top of the line PC out of cast offs. These things never end well unless you have a mullet and are in the 80's. 

In which your best case scenario is you with a terrible hairstyle and a computer that can barely play pong.  Worth trying for the entertainment value alone.

[JoeLo]

Until last week I had a mullet. I also have a black leather jacket, and I did fix a computer with duct tape and a screw driver. (not really for the last one)

[Grey Wolf]

There are three variants of the two video card concept. There's the 3dfx SLI, nVidia SLI, and ATi Crossfire. The only one of the three that will work on PCI is the 3dfx SLI, assuming you can find paired Voodoos.

[an0n]

I thought most PCI-e cards could be used in SLI, even if it wasn't explicity said so?

Or was that that other dual-card thing?

[CP5670]

You can have multiple cards for running several monitors, but that's not SLI.

You need to stop trying to MacGyver yourself a top of the line PC out of cast offs.

Hey, it works with some things, just not in this case.

[aldo_14]

I know the software comes from PCI conventional as shown by the Voodoo 2's. But can any card be run or just those programmed to? I.E. I have a Radeon 9250 if I bought another exact same model would it work? I am aware of the disadvantidges, but it would be a cheap fun experiment.

Are you building a PC by raiding peoples' bins?

[JoeLo]

No I just only have PCI slots on my current computer, and I like experimenting. I build comps for $25 a comp. I almost have enough to get my own gaming computer.

[Grey Wolf]

You know, I'm trying to figure out what Fair Trade for Africa has to do with any of this (it's one of the Google ads that comes up for me)

[phatosealpha]

Could be something about the whole 'donate' broken old pc equipment to third world countries cause it's cheaper then recycling it thing.

[Grey Wolf]

Possibly. Personally, I keep them to use as parts bins. The floppy in my computer, for example, is about 10 years old.

[WMCoolmon]

No I just only have PCI slots on my current computer, and I like experimenting. I build comps for $25 a comp. I almost have enough to get my own gaming computer.

Either go all-out and buy a 7800GT for PCIE, or go conservative and buy a GF6600GT

Either way, you will get much more gaming done, rather than...uhm...well, I'm not exactly sure what you would get done with two or more 9250s on a PCI channel. That's like trying to run a home stereo system off a 9v battery.

[Grey Wolf]

Wait a few weeks. The 7800GTs should fall in price with the release of the 7900GTs.

[Sandwich]

The floppy in my computer, for example, is about 10 years old.

Funny how we all love to hate the decrepit floppy, love to hate how we're STILL dependent on it to install a Windows OS under certain not-rare conditions (such as installing to an SATA drive), and yet, in the end, the floppy drive itself is the most reliable thing we've ever had in a computer, dust and all. Even CRTs die out after 7-8 years, but I've never heard of a floppy drive (not disk, mind you, which is another story entirely) going belly-up.

[WMCoolmon]

Really? I remember building computers out of spare parts, and having trouble finding a floppy drive that worked.

[Grey Wolf]

The floppy in my computer, for example, is about 10 years old.

Funny how we all love to hate the decrepit floppy, love to hate how we're STILL dependent on it to install a Windows OS under certain not-rare conditions (such as installing to an SATA drive), and yet, in the end, the floppy drive itself is the most reliable thing we've ever had in a computer, dust and all. Even CRTs die out after 7-8 years, but I've never heard of a floppy drive (not disk, mind you, which is another story entirely) going belly-up.

I really don't have a problem with the floppy drive. It's dependable, provides a nice way to transfer documents, and is useful for tampering with things such as the BIOS. I trust BIOS flashing from a floppy far more than the in-Windows BIOS flashes.