Questions tagged [sli]
Scalable Link Interface (SLI) is a brand name for NVIDIA's solution for linking multiple videos cards together to make one output.
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Videos flicker during play back 2 GPUs Multi-Monitor setup
I have a multi-screen desktop. I have 4 screens in total. Three of them are in NVIDIA Surround setup. My issue is when playing any video on my right most screen the video will blink (only the video ...
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GTX 970 Zotac and MSI SLI: "Maximize 3D performance" option unavailable in Nvidia Control Panel
Attempt to pair a couple of GTX 970's with SLI is failing. One is a Zotac, the other an MSI.
From what I can gather from the many many posts I've read online now, the cards SHOULD be compatible. I do ...
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nVidia Control Panel Won't Recognize SLI
So yesterday I bought a brand new, 1,000W PSU to replace my 650W one and to allow for SLI. I install it and my second card (both are GTX 560 ti cards). I reinstalled my drivers and my system ...
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Strange MXM SLi card behavior
I have a 2008 Dell XPS M1730 laptop that I have recently acquired a brand new still in plastic dual 0K650M 9800M GTX card for, but I haven’t been able to get the SLi to work correctly.
When viewing ...
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Custom Build PC, Windows Boots Inconsistently/Intermittent Video Signal On Boot
My friend and I built a new machine together a few months. The rig has the following specs:
Motherboard: ASROCK Fatal1ty X99M Killer
CPU: Intel i7
RAM: 16GB, 2x 8GB DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport 2400 ...
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How do I get Windows 7 to recognize my second graphics card?
Really hope someone can help--
I recently purchased a second EVGA Geforce 660 to run in SLI mode on my PC, but no matter what, I can't seem to get the PC to recognize it.
My Specs:
(2) EVGA GeForce ...
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Using Two Video Cards (GTX 980 and Quadro 2000) SLI/Physx, or other options?
I have not asked a question here before and so I hope I am in the right spot. I am having trouble getting my system to utilize both of my video cards (GTX 980 and Quadro 2000). I would like the GTX ...
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What can cause PCIe graphics cards to randomly fail during boot?
I have a system that's currently driving me crazy, and I'm hoping someone out here on StackExchange will be able to point out something I'm doing wrong.
The computer is home-built and consists of:
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Multi-monitor SLI when not using 3D
I have read that multi-monitor is limited to 2 screens when using SLi, but is that only the case when 3D games are running or do I need to turn SLi on just before starting a game and turn it off ...
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SLI inactive after GeForce driver update
I updated the driver of my 2 GeForce GTX 460 SE and now, the SLI is inactive, and the nVidia control panel doesn't let me activate it. The message (it's in french, so I translate roughly) says "For ...
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If I combine a Nvidia 1080 with an extra 1070, does it make a difference with movies?
I currently have an i7-8700k @ 3.7 with an Nvidia 1080 and 2 monitors: a 4k monitor (3840x2160) and a second monitor (2560x1600). I play movies with Potplayer with MadVR on the 4k monitor. I ...
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SLI and dual monitor
This might be a bit of an odd one. But I've been wondering if its possible to run both my monitors without dedicating a whole GPU to the second monitor.
I'm running 2x GTX 770 2GB in SLI on a 4k ...
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Making games SLI compatible?
I've been thinking about getting a second GTX970 and having an SLI setup, I saw the list of games that support SLI just out of the box, but this seems like a very lacking list. From forums and ...
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Can I do 3 way SLI with 3 GTX 950?
I am thinking to connect my computer to 12 screen for work purposes. I searched about SLI/Crossfire.
I am wondering if I can make 3 way SLI with GTX 950. The purposes of it just to have multiple ...
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NVidia 3-way SLI with 4 monitors
I need some help with the correct (or preferred) configuration for plugging in 4 monitors to a 3-Way-SLI setup.
I would like to have 3 primary monitors all working in an SLI configuration for gaming/...
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What is the recommended dual GPU configuration on a dual CPU machine?
So there are about 4 PCIE in a motherboard, two of these are connected on each CPU, such as PCIE 1 and 2 is connected on CPU1 and PCIE 3 and 4 is connected to CPU2. Possible configurations were
GPU1 ...
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What difference does sharing secondary PCIe x16 with other PCIe lanes (x16 and x1s) make?
I'm about to buy a motherboard and I have a difficulty understanding how sharing PCIe lanes works.
I have two motherboard options:
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI.
Let's shorten them to ...
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Is is possible to use SLI with two identical graphics cards with different RAM sizes?
Specifically, I have an EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclocked 4GB, and an EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclocked 2GB. I am using them on an Asus P8Z68-V motherboard, which claims to support SLI. The cards are ...
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SLI enabled, I suspect still one GPU is used. What should be the solution?
So I have 2 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M inside my notebook. I got SLI enabled in the NVIDIA Control Panel, however I suspect, from the external heat of my machine, that only one of them is used. I ...
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Hardware configuration and setup, SLI, dual monitors, noise and cooling
I can't find an answer to a couple of seemingly simple questions. They are closely related though so I'll ask them all here. They are partially gaming related, but I've posted them here instead of ...
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NVIDIA SLI - Screen blinking
I have tried multiple drivers and multiple games ( Games tried, Darkfall and source based games).
Drivers tried ( 18x,29x and 24x).
When i disable SLI the games work perfectly.
A description of the ...