How To: Enable SLI on pre-i7/i5 hardware

Solaris17 · Oct 29, 2010

elbubi said:
260.99 set works flawlessly with patch 0.9b

@Solaris

As AthlonX2 said, you must use latest patch version (v0.9b). If it does still not work, and you're not using it, I would advice you to try with the sli bridge on.

Regards and good luck

i did use 0.9b and an sli bridge then without (PCI-E) then with 2 bridges same effect. no option

johnspack · Oct 29, 2010

Hmm, guess I'll have to get my win7 install running again. Just ran a session of fallout:nv with the 260.99s, very nice performance, and I just leveled up again! I wonder if there is an issue with the win7 version of the driver?

soundood · Oct 29, 2010

running win 7 64 bit here with the 260.99 drivers, patched with the latest patch.

all fine, had a couple of crashes to desktop with BC2, but i think thats the game.

was also playing all day yesterday, so two crashes to desktop in 8 hours in no big thing really

johnspack · Oct 29, 2010

Yeah, the .99s seem stable to me, just finished a really long session in fallout:nv, yes another one... and no problems.

bbjayo · Oct 29, 2010

anyone tried 261.00 win 7 x64 yet?

anatolymik · Oct 29, 2010

30 october this year i will married man. thanks for your test. your patient. i'm really glad to see you have sli works. thanks again

soundood · Oct 29, 2010

anatolymik said:
30 october this year i will married man. thanks for your test. your patient. i'm really glad to see you have sli works. thanks again

congrats on your wedding, i wish you and your partner all the best for the future. may your babys wear diamonds (old Scottish saying)

speak soon

elbubi · Oct 29, 2010

anatolymik said:
30 october this year i will married man. thanks for your test. your patient. i'm really glad to see you have sli works. thanks again

CONGRATULATIONS Anatolymik!!! :roll:

Hope you'll have a very happy neverending marriage :toast:

Thank YOU for all your hard, great, patient, and kind support!

johnspack · Oct 29, 2010

Congrats Anotolymik! Now you have even harder work ahead!

Sinzia · Oct 29, 2010

Congratz on the wedding!

A side note- I just got an early xmas present, an MSI 470GTX Twin Frozr II, I've stopped using SLi for now, due to the fact that the 470 kills the SLi 9800GT's I had.

Thanks to everyone thats worked on the project!

johnspack · Oct 29, 2010

Giving a Homer Simpson face, hmmmmm, sli gtx470s!!!!

Sinzia · Oct 29, 2010

The prices should come down even more once they release the GTX 580 or whatever they're calling it, nvidia said that it does in fact exist and should be out soon. When the price falls even more, I'll get a second, maybe a third one even.

soundood · Oct 29, 2010

johnspack said:
Giving a Homer Simpson face, hmmmmm, sli gtx470s!!!!

yep i got to say 2 x 470's in SLI is one of the best chioces i made this year, both with EK waterblocks.

Velvet Wafer · Oct 30, 2010

Congratulations, Anatolymik!
May your lifes be long, and prosper!

mypg0306 · Oct 30, 2010

Congratulations Anatolymik! Thanks for your hard work.

gerv · Oct 30, 2010

Has anyone any idea if this works on an asus p5q-e? ive installed the patch but it still says "sli certification not present". Ive seen some posts saying that sometimes it says that untill a second card is installed (which i don't have yet, on the way). Seen one post in this thread saying that it says that even though sli is working. :confused:

wermad · Oct 31, 2010

still having the same issues I had w/ beta 0.9, wont come out of sleep mode, have to force to shutoff, and goes through startup recovery. switched back to 0.8b and 257.21. Thanks for the effort, Ill stick with the older patch and drivers until I switch to an i7 w/ native sli.

elbubi · Oct 31, 2010

Sad to hear that wermad, you are no the first one I read is having problems with CH-IV-F.

Just to think outloud, I would try to check if may be, just may be, any "loader" issue may be interfiering with patched profile (waking up issues are frecuently related to loaders), Shuting off problem is a different story, but I don't even have a clue of what story it is

.

Don't give up! Don't let Nvidia win this unfair war (if there is any "fair" one...)

If 09b+260.99 combo is working fine for a bunch of people, it should work for you too

Crossedfingers for your success

mypg0306 · Nov 1, 2010

gerv said:
Has anyone any idea if this works on an asus p5q-e? ive installed the patch but it still says "sli certification not present". Ive seen some posts saying that sometimes it says that untill a second card is installed (which i don't have yet, on the way). Seen one post in this thread saying that it says that even though sli is working.

I have the same problem with you even SLI is enabled. But until now, I still have no idea how to resolve this.

elbubi · Nov 1, 2010

gerv said:
Has anyone any idea if this works on an asus p5q-e? ive installed the patch but it still says "sli certification not present". Ive seen some posts saying that sometimes it says that untill a second card is installed (which i don't have yet, on the way). Seen one post in this thread saying that it says that even though sli is working.

mypg0306 said:
I have the same problem with you even SLI is enabled. But until now, I still have no idea how to resolve this.

Guys what tool do you use to check that info? Everest, right? Just curious to know what mines says

johnspack · Nov 1, 2010

Everest does not show the certificate with the newer patches. The only way to be sure is having both cards in, and seeing if the sli option shows up in the nvidia control panel. It's been that way since patch 0.7 I believe.

elbubi · Nov 1, 2010

Thanks for spreading your wisdom john

lokicat · Nov 1, 2010

Patch work with Lucid Hydra?

Hi All,

Has anyone had success with the SLI patch on a system that also has the Lucid Hydra solution?

I have an MSI Big Bang Fuzion running on Win7 x64 with 2x GTX 460 cards and cannot get the patch to work. Here is what I have tried:

1) Disabled the Hydra driver
2) Install 260.99 drivers
3) Run the 0.9B patch (confirms patch was installed)
4) Reboot and select the SLI option for Windows boot (SLI bridge installed)
5) Cannot see SLI option next to Physx option

While I can use Hydra for a psuedo SLI, it doesn't work that great on games even though it kicks butt on benchmarks. I also believe all x16 PCI slots go through the Hydra chip as a bridge similar to an NF200 chip.

Any suggestions or anyone have success with this configuration?

Thanks

mypg0306 · Nov 2, 2010

elbubi said:
Guys what tool do you use to check that info? Everest, right? Just curious to know what mines says

Yap, I checked with everest.

gerv · Nov 2, 2010

mypg0306 said:
Yap, I checked with everest.

Yup same here. Still waiting on my second card coming so ive no idea if its just a bug with Everest or my board won't work with sli. =/

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