Wokeh, I've noticed there are a lot of people using SLI in LYN now n quite a few fellas have been asking me to start a thread for the SLI users. So here it is. All SLI users please come in n share ur user experience, tips, performance issues, driver issues, games issues. Just anything n everything about SLI.

Just to start off the thread. I'll post up pictures of my SLI rigs.


King Kong rig.





Thermalright benching rig with 8800GTX SLI.









GT40 rig.








My loooooooovely Zotac AMP 8800GT in the dark. Double Dragons breathing fire at night.






Mali mali mali, all SLI users come in n share ur set ups, tips, basically anything n everything to do with SLI.

This post has been edited by ianho: May 17 2009, 04:02 AM

w00t

reporting in!!!




with new IFX-14 CPU HSF


BFG 8800 GTS OC2 320MB SLI

edit: oops...forgot to put OC2

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Jan 10 2008, 07:16 PM

o.O awesome thermalright rig. How do you mount the hr03, I thought it was suppose to be larger than that?
And what case fan are those, looks sleek.

The HR03 is gigantic. Just looks small in that pic coz everything else is very big too, especially the 8800GTX is so big oso. Lemme show u just how big the HR03 is at a different angle.















HR03 compared to Intel 775 HSF.

Now that's huge. The 1st pig angle doesn't shows.

What fan is that in the IFX14?

Evercool aluminum fan on the IFX14. The fans I used for the HR03 Plus is also Evercool 70x10mm size so I use it in SLI. Normal size fan wont fit on the HR03 for SLI use.

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Added on January 10, 2008, 6:40 pmI just tried the Crysis patch 1.1. I did the Crysis built in GPU n CPU bench b4 I patched it. Then I benched again after the patch. Guess what? It made absolutely no difference. It's supposed to improve performance for SLI but there was no diff in the bench. Any1 else tried it?

This post has been edited by ianho: Jan 10 2008, 06:40 PM

Ahh, my dream GTSes on SLI

XFX 8800GTS XXX SLI user reporting in
err... must show pic one ar?

This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Jan 10 2008, 07:26 PM

LOL. Verification process mar. Show us ur latest 3DM06 scores with the Q6600 man.

Sure, man. Let those great cards out for us to drool over.

i patched mine too. have to agree that there's no difference at all. and i realize that the performance is better in my rig when i disable my SLI. this goes the same with CoH v1.71 too. im using 163.75 drivers.

i havent tried the crysis patch yet.....

but what about th bioshock patch?? anyone tried?? ive patched it but havent re-played to try it yet

just realize that i din quite take any sexy pic of SLI attached to my rig. prolly this is the best pic avail so far. its taken quite some time ago thou....





din post any bench scores in 3dm using q6600 coz p5n32e mobo is quite handicapped when oc-ing quads.

have anyone SLI 2 diffrent brand of graphic card but same model ?
or a diffrent model but in same series card ? let say a 8600GT and a 8600GTS/GTsonic ?

SLi-ing 8600GT with 8600GTS not sure. But if SLi 8600GT or GTS but different brand is possible from what i;ve heard. I yet to try SLi my 2 Asus and Leadtek 8600GT to test out heh.

u can sli any with same vga model, like 8800gt with other 8800gt even diff brand...

i'm sli winfast 8800gt and msi 8800gt OC, work well

can work well but not very sure SLI between GT n GTS..

GT 92 n GTS 80 can ar?

It would seems interesting to find out more about SLI.

How about this scenario:

A Zotac Geforce 8800GT AMP and a MSI Geforce 8800GT?

Because both card have different clockspeeds for both memory and core. Would it be possible to SLI those two cards?

Cheers

can use rivia tuner tu tune both at same speed n clock i think

let's say two 8800GT with 660mhz and 700mhz.

use the slower one to put at first lane and faster one at second lane so that the faster one will downclock to 660mhz to catch up the speed.

this is to prevent anything happen cause we never know whether the 660 one can go to 700mhz or not.

i did this with my master and slave 1900XTX last time,with slower core on master and faster core on slave,i'm not sure whether this work on SLi or not but it works on Cross-fire.

different brand can do SLi no problemo.

SLi cannot run Dual Display.....got something as 1 to 2 head deviece i dunno what name.....but can make SLI run dual display....LYP got sell deviece?

, pig kaaa?

this is nice... too bad, i'm going to Crossfire instead of SLI, later la, i'll SLI with my old 7300GT if any , still SLI what...

yes, the HR-03 is montrous VGA cooler and @uncle... damn nice those ThermalRight city

psst... i'm going to create Crossfire thread la like this...

U want to run dual screen with SLI then u need to do a set up like mine. Use a 3rd gfx card to power the 2nd monitor. Then u dont need to turn off SLI to run 2 screens

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Added on January 12, 2008, 11:17 amLOL. I may get 3870 n Crossfire in my Striker Extreme mobo oso. Can join u then. The HP VooDoo Striker Extreme BIOS is available oredi. So now all Striker Extreme users can oso Crossfire.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jan 12 2008, 11:17 AM

can be done...the faster card will auto downlclock to the same speed as the slower card.

So 3rd card in pci-E express can used cheap cheap one? i plan to get asus 8500 256mb silent.....

u need an ATI card as the 3rd card to be able to do SLI + dual monitors...else driver conflict or something like that.

u see ianho's siggy...his 3rd GC is a cheap cheap ATI card

Asus EA1050 256mb can be used?

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Added on January 12, 2008, 12:40 pmianho:
After i get my ATI Sapphire 2400pro ...what is the step i need to do?
Do i need take out both nvidia GC when installing this ATI 2400?

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Jan 12 2008, 12:40 PM

reporting : 8800GT SLI

Proc: E6600
Mobo :Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS
Vga : MSI 8800GT OC + Winfast 8800GT



3D Mark score : update soon

This post has been edited by arjuna_mfna: Jan 13 2008, 11:11 AM

sweeet, p5n32e SLI PLUS supports penryn dual core, where as p5n32e and Striker Extreme owners can sit down there and bang ballz.

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Added on January 13, 2008, 2:27 pmive tested asus 8800gts 320mb and XFX 8800gts xxx 320mb before. it will revert to the lower clock card regardless how you position the cards.

This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Jan 13 2008, 02:27 PM

U hafta go to the Nvidia site n search for 3 card dual monitor set up instructions. It's extremely complicated n many many many steps to follow.U need to do it in the exact order n it may not work the 1st time around too.





I cudn care less about the Penryns. As long as it's a Quad, I'm a happy camper. The later native quads come out then it'll get interesting.

supposedly the 680i can support dual cores....its the quad cores that we have to bang balls about...

even then the dual cores have no guarantees oso

omgh !! that's my msi nx8800gt
hahaha arjuna you different brand + different brand nice..

lol..need to faster grab 1 more 7300GT and SLI it in my bro comp and join here.

0168257061...omgh dont do that? lol 7300gt sli for fun or wat ...=_=

uncle ian, the voodoo bios available already ?? anyone reporting of using it already ??? this is a good news wor if want to build a benchrig, can alternativing between different graphic cards from different camp....

faster go get 2 pieces of 3870, would love to see ur king kong running it too......

All So Rich..............................

nvm, just buy 2 second hand 7300GTs and SLI them
then you can join lu~~

Ya HP Blackbird's Striker Extreme BIOS is available.

Old pic, old system..

7300GT SLi'ed

I am running 8600GT SLi now, but going to sell off one. Too tired of having to update driver for new games, somemore some games will take 1-2 driver release before having SLi support. Tired of playing around with nHancer too...

So anyone want to buy my Colorful 8600GT?

hi... a noob question here.. can i get 2 x Radeon 3850 run CrossFire on SLI motherboard?

general answer would be NO.

techie answer would be possible if got hacked drivers....or if got striker extreme (n680i) with HP Blackbird BIOS.

but since u ask a n00b question like that....it would be best for u to stick to NO for an answer.

EDIT: typo

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Jan 15 2008, 10:57 PM

what if i wanna run 2 x Radeon 3850 crossfire.. what motherboard you guyz recommend? i on.ly interested on AMD motherboard.
thanks

This post has been edited by lighter: Jan 16 2008, 02:31 PM

p35 or x38 mobo any brand also can . for full speed go for x38 coz if run at x16 + x16 speed.

Intel Skulltrail D5400XS Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4 AM2+ mobo can support CF as u wish Rm695 PC Zone Price

lighter most 100% probably owned a CrossFire mobo since its a 2 month question

the list will just increase in 3-6 month again i guess

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Mar 17 2008, 08:33 PM

just wonder what benefit does SLi brings to non games?

Hrm...SLi doesnt bring ani benefits in gaming ( so far for me lar )

Ermm...SLi sifu...jz wana ask some question...

anibody faced b4 the same problem as me right nw? i enable my 8800gts 512mb G92 in nvidia control panel , while in gpuz0.1.7 it stated Sli disabled...wat means ya? but in 3dmark 06 got 1-2k inprovements lar....my forceware driver 169.25

thanks for clarifying...

Advantage of have more display (LCD/CRT) for multimedia users

More score in 3dmark/aquamark for overclockers (overclockers not necessary a gamers )

This post has been edited by bulibulizaimon: Mar 18 2008, 05:41 AM

are you running SLi? if yes, at the bottom of the gpuz, select the 2nd card. then you'll see Sli "Enabled (2 GPU)"

The cheapest good SLI board for Intel still P5N32-e SLI. Any other option?

dude... SLi only support SINGLE monitor ler.... u wanna run 2 or more monitors u have to disable SLi in the control panel

try to source karom to bring the akimbo cooler..
anybody interested??

when you go the option of SLi
you have to choice
SLi for max system performance
or
de-SLi, which means you have 2 GC and 4 means of video output

whats the use?
well for me,
i could play s.t.a.l.k.e.r. SOC
while playing NCIS on the other monitor(my 29" TV to be precise)

used to do this connecting to one of the cards
but found that it would be stuttering to the game as well as the video playback

when i separate them both
the stuttering goes away..

this will be more pronounce once the HD media is wide spread

no ler bro...even i click the 2nd or the 1st oso remain the same sli disabled....still doubt whether i am running Sli o nt..hehe

Want to ask.. if i run 8800GTS SLI ... is it a must to have 1000w PSU to have sufficient power to run ?? or 450w PSU can alraedy ???

did the SLi indicator there when you play 3d stuff
even the customize 3d performance in nvidia control panel can show the SLI indicator

provided you turn it on and running in SLi



for 8800gt
minimally i think you require 600w of true power to maintain a stable system

get a pc power and cooling 750W
konperm can use

you have to first enable SLi from nvidia control panel like how mcchin explained. then restart pc and run gpuz and select the 2nd graphics card.

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Added on March 18, 2008, 6:48 pmbigger wattage PSU is always welcomed, depending how much budget you are willing to stretch for your PSU. for GTS SLi, around 600+w will suffice. for example, Enermax Infinity 650w can run Q6600 with 8800GTX SLI.

This post has been edited by VT-Ten: Mar 18 2008, 06:49 PM

Thanks alot for the reply ^^

if sli my 8800GT asus with other brand can huh? i thought that the bios version has to be the same to perform SLI?

the bios thing was only needed when SLi first first came out... now no need already...

u can SLi 8800GT 512MB Asus with any other 8800GT 512MB...can be different bios can be different brand and can be different clocks

YO every SLI pros here. just to share smthg about sli.
Im not an SLI user but planning for it, so i actually did some searches, googled, and came out with some mobos which are affordable and SLI capable.

(correct me if im wrong)
Talking about PCI-E, most of the SLI mobo can only provide the master gc with 16x while the slave, or second gc only performs at a speed of 4x, which means a performance less than one-third of its original for the 2nd gc. Yet, some other kinds are both running at 8x, which are also a waste of the true potential of SLI.

Few days back, i came across with the latest (latest for me, but it has been for months, lol, outdated) PCI-E technology, PCI-Express 2.0, which has TWICE bandwidth than the older PCI-Express 1.1. Here's an example of the PCI-E 1.1 mobo : http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/D5400XS/index.htm
it is extreame, it is octa-core-ready, but PCI-E 1.1, sad. Nothing against intel but, wouldn't it be perfect if all of the 4 slots are PCI-E 2.0?

While dreaming for the impossible octa-core board, there is actually some affordable mid-high-range mobo, running 2 PCI-E 2.0 16x at once, with Nvdia 750i/780i SLI chipset, at the price of RM600-RM800. lets take Asus for example, P5N-D is one of it, price ranging at only RM550-RM650, u can run sli in both 16x and PCI-E 2.0, sounds great huh? while for the Asus extreme version like striker ll formula or Asus P5N-T deluxe, both cost above 1k, 3 PCI-E 16x slots, but, only 2 "fully fuctioning" slots.

Hopefully this will be a guide for those searching for a suitable SLI mamaboard. cheers~ (again, correct me if im wrong)

This post has been edited by cosmiqeddie: Mar 20 2008, 01:39 AM

16x + 4x? thats the crossfire boards

SLi is either 16x + 16x or 8x + 8x

what bout if different memory sizes will it work also ?

in the case of the 8800GTS640MB and the 8800GTS 320MB... it wont work... even with the same core.. it seems that it wont work

bro.. how was the performance? the 3dmark?

Laptop Sli also counted ah ? heheheh


Specs in my SIg.

8.4k in 3dmark06.

hi SLI pros

can anyone help me recomend an SLI motherboard for 9800gtx sli???
my budget is RM700-800 thx

EVGA 750

totally recommended

EVGA 750i FTW! edition

Where to buy that?? Lowyat got sell?

ask karom..

really good mobo..

clocking 45 quads equally as good as the 790 mobo
and has no issue with 8gb's like the 790 ultra.

wanna ask here.. how about MSI P7N Platinum and Asus P5N-D?
is it worth it for me to buy one of dis mobo?
the price is cheaper compared to many2 SLI mobo..
to taiko2 SLI, i need some advice.. tq~

if got some extra budget try the evga 750i FTW edition lo... just read about it in other forums, quite impressive i must say, if i havent got my p35 and 3870, i sure get tis + 8800gt and future SLI the 8800gt...

Can someone show SLI performance of dual 8800gs sli or 9600gso sli?

If according to my sig, would it be sufficient to run sli? My guess it would be just insufficient.

Real power 550w isn't sufficient to run SLI cards on your rig,better get more powerful PSU.

I got 9600GT SLI. I think it's around the same performance as 8800GS SLI.

Performance (1440 x 900 widescreen)
15k on 3DMark06. (stock clocks on GPU with 3.6GHz E8400)
Crysis - ~40-45 FPS | High with Very High custom config | DX9
UT3 - avg 60 FPS with Vsync | Max settings | 8xAA
GoW - avg 60 FPS with Vsync | Max settings | DX10 AA
COD4 - around 80+, never drop below 40 before | Max settings | 4xAA
Oblivion - around 40 - 60 FPS outdoor | Max settings | 4xAA Forced | QARL Texture pack
Bioshock - avg 60 FPS | Max settings | DX10 | 8xAA | FPS limit to 60
CSS - Can't see the FPS but it's 3 digits | Max settings | 16xCSAA

This post has been edited by Demonic Wrath: May 27 2008, 11:16 PM

asus 8600gt sli on crosshair reporting in but damn ive burn 1 of my card hahahahahahha want to post pic but only running 1 other 1 rma sori

i wonder can sli between 9800gtx with 8800gts 512??

both using the same gpu..

Laptop Sli can ah?

Drivers are 175.63 with modded .inf file from laptopvideo2go.com , reinstalled a slipstreamed and pretuned Windows XP Sp2 .

Aquamark 3
Score : 122 330

CPU : C2D T7700 @ 2.35
RAM : DDR2 667 , Spd Timing , 5-5-5-15-2T
Mobo : Dell Propriety ( 965 Chipset )
GFX : MXM 8700GT Mobile SLi



3D Mark 06

Score : 8526

CPU : C2D T7700 @ 2.35
RAM : DDR2 667 , Spd Timing , 5-5-5-15-2T
Mobo : Dell Propriety ( 965 Chipset )
GFX : MXM 8700GT Mobile SLi

how much benefit on full bandwidth SLI 16x 16x compare to 8x 8x ? anyone had tested it b4 , or provided some usefull info ..

thx

Most probably about 1-2%.

Guys I want to ask.

I ordered nVidia Quadro FX 4500 with

nVidia Quadro FX5500.

Can both be SLi-ed together?? AFAIK, their GPU is the same? the only difference is the VRAM. So I wonder can it be SLi-ED together.

If yes... /gg

This post has been edited by sakurakinomoto: May 29 2008, 04:36 PM

dunno about ur 2 cards... but in the case of the 8800GTS 320mb and the 8800GTS 640mb which has the same situation i.e. same GPU core different vram....

the answer is...............................................

*gasp*

Okay, I will get those 2 cards. If cannot I really GG liao

Still no hybrid SLI like crossfire now can mix everything.

Helo guys..
Im new in this SLI universe.. hehe
JUst building my new sli rig. My rig spec as u all can see at the bottom. No pic yet, but soon will.

My prob is i just get only 12k to 13k point w 3dmark06, on res 1280x1024, no AA, OPTIMAL shader. OC the card w riva tuner and Ntune from 600/1500/900 to 630/1515/920. Afraid to push more coz using the stock cooler. ive just set the fan to 90% both. My card temp raise to 80degree when at full load. Is that good or normal or what?

Bro slayerxt said that the point was so low.. and i agree w that. COz ive read a review in the net, also here, said they can get 15k+++. How to do that?
Can anyone show me the rght way to set the configuration plss.. really noob in this sli world.

And i only get 25 to 30 Fps in crysis, w res set at 1280x1024 no AA, High details, DX9. that the same point i get w a single card. Using the newer driver now, ver 175.16 for XP. Dont want to use vista yet.
For ur info, ive mod the shader mode in crysis file, its like a crack configuration i got in the net which adjust the shader and all that. So when i change the graphic detail to high in crysis, actually it wiil set to very high. As we know that very high setting can only set in Vista DX10 rght?

My Rig spec as u all can see at the bottom..
So any help, opinion, ideas are very welcome here..
TQ TQ TQ

How bout u try email ASUS customer support for help. They may have suggestion or idea on ur problem.

can u try slightly higher cpu clock speed?for example 3.2?

need the same chip of both gpu then can SLI.>
correct if wrong.