Z97 GD65 Gaming - SLI with GTX 970 works?

Hey whatsup guys, I was looking in the support about SLI compatibility in the Z97-GD65.
My specs is:
i7 4790k
16GB Corsair Vegeance
z97 GD65
Font 1000W Corsair
ssd 480gb Kingston
2T HDD
1x EVGA Geforce GTX 970 SC
Haf 942 X case
I wanna buy another GeForce EVGA GTX 970 SC to run on SLI in this motherboard, it will work?
- The GTX 970 is compatible in SLI with z97 GD65?
- I ask because I don't see in the support list for SLI GTX 970 of this motherboard z97 GD65.
- If its works anyone here already did a real test?

Quote from: geysonhelysson on 13-June-15, 02:10:48
Thanks Remus, you make idea how many percent the performance will be improved with another gtx 970?
25-75% depending on application (game).

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