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

Mussels · Feb 28, 2010

this modification only allows SLI to work on non-SLI certified motherboards. you still have to follow nvidias rules for SLI otherwise.

That means two matching cards with the same amount of ram - no exceptions.

mcflops · Feb 28, 2010

but i can use a powerless one for physX ?
can i combine for example a 8600gt (phisX) with a gts 250 ?

Mussels · Feb 28, 2010

mcflops said:
but i can use a powerless one for physX ?
can i combine for example a 8600gt (phisX) with a gts 250 ?

yes. but that has nothing to do with SLI.

mcflops · Feb 28, 2010

and thats possible with this patch ?
aah okay thanks

Mussels · Feb 28, 2010

mcflops said:
and thats possible with this patch ?
aah okay thanks

it has nothing to do with this patch.

mcflops · Feb 28, 2010

hmm okay but when i use my gts 250 and my 7600 gt at the same time the system crashes after thel welcome screen !

Iching · Feb 28, 2010

Mussels said:
it has nothing to do with this patch.

As Mussels said it has nothing to do with the patch and SLI. EOD.

Iching · Feb 28, 2010

I would like to cofirm the patch works flawlessly.

My setup:

Asus P5Q Deluxe
Q9550 @ 4Ghz
EVGA GTX260 216 65mn
BFG GTX260 55 Maxcore OC
Windows 7 Professional 64.

Thank you again!!!

SetsunaFZero · Feb 28, 2010

mcflops said:
hmm okay but when i use my gts 250 and my 7600 gt at the same time the system crashes after thel welcome screen !

as far as i know 7600gt don't has cuda support = no physx acceleration

r3b00t3r · Mar 2, 2010

New Nvidia drivers! 196.75 WHQL!

Haven't tried it yet... Anyone has it?

anatolymik · Mar 2, 2010

r3b00t3r said:
New Nvidia drivers! 196.75 WHQL!

Haven't tried it yet... Anyone has it?

sli works

Velvet Wafer · Mar 2, 2010

anatolymik said:
sli works

thats a fact, it also works for me,with the new drivers!

Regamaster · Mar 2, 2010

Velvet Wafer said:
thats a fact, it also works for me,with the new drivers!

I second this, worked great for me.

Iching · Mar 3, 2010

anatolymik said:
sli works

Hi!

Do I have to uninstall the old 196. drivers or I can just install 196.75 over the old ones?

Thank you again , BOSS!

Iching · Mar 3, 2010

Regamaster said:
I second this, worked great for me.

What did you do it? Download latest drivers and install them over the old ones?

Thank you!

anatolymik · Mar 3, 2010

All of you simply have to install the drivers as usual in normal mode

galeuk · Mar 4, 2010

Hi

Thanks for your hard work on this patch.

I have a problem i installed 2 9600GT ( msi in master, gainward in slave) on a P7P55D-LE (16x + 4x). I installed last nvidia driver and applied 0.7a patch sli.

I rebooted but no sli activated... Where is the problem ?
Maybe the loader ? I choose the good option at the boot, i don't understand what's wrong...

Thanks for help

Edit : GPUZ detect the 2 card but SLi disable....

galeuk · Mar 4, 2010

Please an idea for my problem ?

Mussels · Mar 4, 2010

galeuk said:
Please an idea for my problem ?

wait. this is an international forum. give people time to wake up and get home from work.

galeuk · Mar 4, 2010

ok sorry. thanks for all

Velvet Wafer · Mar 4, 2010

galeuk said:
Hi

Thanks for your hard work on this patch.

I have a problem i installed 2 9600GT ( msi in master, gainward in slave) on a P7P55D-LE (16x + 4x). I installed last nvidia driver and applied 0.7a patch sli.

I rebooted but no sli activated... Where is the problem ?
Maybe the loader ? I choose the good option at the boot, i don't understand what's wrong...

Thanks for help

Edit : GPUZ detect the 2 card but SLi disable....

use windows 7 x64, and not xp professional

galeuk · Mar 4, 2010

I use Win7 x64.... Why do you say i'm using WinXP pro ?

Velvet Wafer · Mar 4, 2010

galeuk said:
I use Win7 x64.... Why do you say i'm using WinXP pro ?

i also encountered that error with win xp professional once,and therefore thought that you might use XP (its still more common also

).... if you use win7 x64,tho, it may be another problem. you may need to wait for anatolymik or sweetsnelda... they are the masters, if someone knows, why it wont work,then its them

galeuk · Mar 4, 2010

Thanks for all. I wait the masters

Mussels · Mar 4, 2010

galeuk said:
Thanks for all. I wait the masters

it will really help if you edit your system specs to let us see your hardware.

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

Processor	Intel Q9550 E0 @ 3825MHz
Motherboard	Asus P5Q Deluxe
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 Black + 10 X Noctua P12
Memory	2X2GB GSkill Ripjaws 1200MHz 1.9V @ 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	2 X EVGA GTX260 Core 216 55 nm SuperClocked @ SLI
Storage	1 X SSD GSKILL FALCON I 128GB + 1 X Samsung F3 2TB + 2 X Samsung F3 1TB @ RAID1
Display(s)	Samsung 223BW
Case	modded Lian Li A77
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	Corsair HX620
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	about P22000 in 3DMark Vantage

System Name	Nexus PC
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3, 3600 MHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3
Cooling	Thermalright Macho V2
Memory	24GB DDR3, 1400MHZ CL8
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon R9 290
Storage	Samsung EVO 960 250gb, EVO 850 250gb, Vertex 3 128gb. 2 TB of Rotational.
Display(s)	1xAsus MX299, 2x Asus MX239, Oculus Rift CV1
Case	Sunflower Tower
Audio Device(s)	C-Media CMI8738/C3DX
Power Supply	Corsair TX850
Mouse	Cyborg R.A.T. 7
Software	Win7 64Bit Ultimate

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