SLI setup

2008-12-22 15:43:55

#1

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6246|Toronto

Right-o.
So I got another gfx card from my brother's comp for me: a BFG 9800GT. My current rig has a 7950GT, which I've overclocked. Apparently the 9800 comes factory-OCd. Whatevs, I won't touch it for now. My question is, now that I've got that little bridge thingy on them (ASUS M2N32-SLI mobo), how do I set 'em up to run in SLI? I do have the latest drivers, too.
Thanks.

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2008-12-22 15:46:04

#2

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6755|Gogledd Cymru

You're trying to SLi a 9800 and a 7950?

If so, it wont work.

2008-12-22 15:46:33

#3

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

You want to SLi a 7950 and a 9800?

Cause you can't.

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2008-12-22 15:47:45

#4

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6246|Toronto

really?

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2008-12-22 15:48:24

#5

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6755|Gogledd Cymru

Yep.

2008-12-22 15:50:16

#6

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

Yarp.

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2008-12-22 15:52:26

#7

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6246|Toronto

and, pray, why's that?

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2008-12-22 15:52:34

#8

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

You have to wait for SLi 2.0 that Nvidia is developing, I doubt it will be backwards compatible though...

In 2.0 you will be able to run SLi with different cards, but now both cards have to be the same to run SLi

Could be a rumor but I think I remember reading it from a trustworthy source...

Last edited by FloppY_ (2008-12-22 15:53:30)

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2008-12-22 15:53:33

#9

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6755|Gogledd Cymru

Probably due to different architectures and the drivers for each different generation are different, let alone the fact one card is dx10 and one is dx9

2008-12-22 15:54:17

#10

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

The Sheriff wrote:
Probably due to different architectures and the drivers for each different generation are different, let alone the fact one card is dx10 and one is dx9

Fuck it, it's just easier if I quote you from now on.

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2008-12-22 16:09:28

#11

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6246|Toronto

Right. thanks.

I like pie.

2008-12-22 16:11:34

#12

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6755|Gogledd Cymru

Try and sell your 7950 and get another 9800GT, then you can SLi them bitches.

2008-12-22 16:13:35

#13

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6898

The Sheriff wrote:
Try and sell your 7950 and get another 9800GT, then you can SLi them bitches.

2008-12-22 16:25:20

#14

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Gooners wrote:
The Sheriff wrote:
Try and sell your 7950 and get another 9800GT, then you can SLi them bitches.

Even t'other way round, which would be easier financially, but less

2008-12-22 16:32:31

#15

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6898

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Gooners wrote:
The Sheriff wrote:
Try and sell your 7950 and get another 9800GT, then you can SLi them bitches.
Even t'other way round, which would be easier financially, but less

2008-12-22 16:35:33

#16

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6680|Finland

Gooners wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Gooners wrote:

Even t'other way round, which would be easier financially, but less

It's not worth to SLi any DX9 card tbh... SLi scaling sucked those days...

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2008-12-22 16:35:53

#17

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Gooners wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Gooners wrote:
Even t'other way round, which would be easier financially, but less

Sell the 9800 and SLI two 7950's.

Like I said, not as .

But cheaper.

If I could find a comparable benchmarks for the two specific cards, I'd comment more specifically on the cost to ness ratio, but I can't (and tbh, cba), so won't.

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2008-12-22 16:37:55

#18

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6898

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Gooners wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Even t'other way round, which would be easier financially, but less
Sell the 9800 and SLI two 7950's.

Like I said, not as .

But cheaper.

If I could find a comparable benchmarks for the two specific cards, I'd comment more specifically on the cost to ness ratio, but I can't (and tbh, cba), so won't.

I know what you meant, but I'm jus thinking theres no point, he should just save up and get another 9800gt, there's no point downgrading.

2008-12-22 16:37:57

#19

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6680|Finland

one 9800gt >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SLi 7950 tbh

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2008-12-22 16:40:14

#20

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

If I could find comparable benchmarks for the two specific cards, I'd comment more specifically on the cost to ness ratio, but I can't (and tbh, cba), so won't.

2008-12-22 16:40:16

#21

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6898

Exactly.

@ Panzer

Last edited by Gooners (2008-12-22 16:45:01)

2008-12-22 16:48:04

#22

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

7950GT 512MB SLI: 1684.80
9800GTX 512MB: 2982.70
8800GTS 512MB: 2940.10

Can't find 9800GT.

Tom's Hardware.

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2008-12-22 16:50:58

#23

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Cheez wrote:
7950GT 512MB SLI: 1684.80
9800GTX 512MB: 2982.70
8800GTS 512MB: 2940.10

Can't find 9800GT.

Tom's Hardware.

Yeah, that's as far as I got - Tom's, can't find 9800GT, meh. They can't be that shit (to score less than 1684.80), can they? But I'm not a stats nerd, so they could be.

2008-12-22 16:54:20

#24

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6170|CA

The only other card you can SLi w/ a 9800GT is an 8800GT, since they are practically the same card. Otherwise, the card has to be the same.

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2008-12-22 16:58:23

#25

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

TopHat01 wrote:
The only other card you can SLi w/ a 9800GT is an 8800GT, since they are practically the same card. Otherwise, the card has to be the same.

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