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How To: Enable SLI on pre-i7/i5 hardware
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257.62? Are you sure? Try 257.21
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Sorry, it was 257.21 that I tried as well. I have tried 258.96/257.21 with no luck. 190.62 worked but whenever I would disable/enable SLI EVGA Precision or any monitoring software will stop recognizing the card, and some apps would crash. So I can't keep those drivers.
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On which drivers you have your system stable?
i hope you are doing a clean instal between driver instals, once the OS is corupted by a driver, its pretty much screwed.
thats my experiance, i would do a clean instal and instal the 257.21 drivers and keep it that way til we get a new hack for this, becasue after around 15 instals i cant get anything above 257.21 stable.
the reason i need it is because 257.21 does not support nvidia surround, so i need to wait for a new hack.
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none really. The latest drivers work fine when I switch SLI on/off, but I have issues when gaming and SLI is enabled.
The 190 drivers I can game with SLI on just fine, but then when I switch SLI on/off the PC takes a crap, apps don't work right and monitoring software can't detect the card correctly.
When you say clean install, you mean of the drivers? If so, yes.
no of the OS, even using driver cleaner, isnt enough sometimes. once you have some drivers in there and try to downgrade/upgrade drivers, it can cause conflict.
my advise to save time would be to re instal OS and use 257.21 drivers
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I understand what you are saying but I'll keep at it before re installing th OS.
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Make sure to use the .08 patch with 257.21 under x64 windows. The .07 works better with older drivers.
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John,
You are talking about what patch, the SLI hack?
You are talking about what patch, the SLI hack?
yes hes talking about the SLI hack/patch
@anatolymik, are you any closer my friend to sorting this out?
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Yep, the .08 slipatch, I had problems with .07 and 257. There is no .08 for win7 32bit, so you have to be running x64.
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John
Would you be able to link to the one I need, I would highly appreciate it. At work right now thanks
Would you be able to link to the one I need, I would highly appreciate it. At work right now thanks
John
Would you be able to link to the one I need, I would highly appreciate it. At work right now thanks
this one: http://www.xdevs.com/sli/SLIPatch%200.8%20Win7%20x64%20beta.zip
only to be used with Win 7 64 bit mind
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I really appreciate it bro. I'll give it a go when I get home.
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this one: http://www.xdevs.com/sli/SLIPatch%200.8%20Win7%20x64%20beta.zip
only to be used with Win 7 64 bit mind
Well got home and saw that's actually the same one I was running.
I'm angry with this hack :/ So yesterday I dicided to buy ASUS Stricker II Extreme Ultra SLI and GeIL DDR3 1600MHz. Now I got Asus P5Q-Pro with warranty to sell. MAX FSB I got on her 475 with my E8400. I'm form Poland so... propably nobody from this forum could buy it
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I modded ForceWare 258.96 and got my system stable in SLI mode. Now i'll game a little to see to stability. If everything will be OK i'll post links to ForceWare to you to test it. It's needed to me know would you have it stable. And you will have it's ok, I'll take care of the patch. Who's first to test? (A long time ago Sveetsnelda said this way when hacked SLI in the first time 
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I modded ForceWare 258.96 and got my system stable in SLI mode. Now i'll game a little to see to stability. If everything will be OK i'll post links to ForceWare to you to test it. It's needed to me know would you have it stable. And you will have it's ok, I'll take care of the patch. Who's first to test? (A long time ago Sveetsnelda said this way when hacked SLI in the first time
I can test it on my Intel X38 system with Win 7 x64, later today or when you have it available.
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Modded ForceWare 258.96 for Windows Vista/7 x64
http://www.xdevs.com/sli/ModdedForceWare258_96.RAR
1. unpack the file to some folder
2. install 258.96 forceware
3. reboot
4. run Install.cmd as administrator in windows explorer
5. Reboot
I need to know everything. Stability, Benchies and so on. Please report.
Anyway there is a lots of work for now.
USE WITH SLIPATCH 0.8b
http://www.xdevs.com/sli/ModdedForceWare258_96.RAR
1. unpack the file to some folder
2. install 258.96 forceware
3. reboot
4. run Install.cmd as administrator in windows explorer
5. Reboot
I need to know everything. Stability, Benchies and so on. Please report.
Anyway there is a lots of work for now.
USE WITH SLIPATCH 0.8b
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ok do i get this right,
1. instal sli patch 0.8b
2. unpack moddeed forceware to same folder as 258.96 forceware
3. instal 258.96 forceware
4. run Install.cmd as administrator in windows explorer
5. reboot and play games to bench?
testing now, i will run Heaven bench and Batman game and bench, report back soon
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EDIT ///
Was looking for 0.8b... this isn't a NEW patch, already had it installed
- btw...can I ask for link to xdev page everytime a file is mentioned ? I always forget, always have to seek etc...anibolik, put it in your sig for us all to see ?I'll have a go with this 0.8b and modded 258.96. Don't expect too sober results, postitive or negative, since I've uncorked Laphroaig
The record in gaming is abt 30mins w/o fail. You COULD go longer if you quit game after you FEEL the GPU probe (you get noticably lag, tiny freeze..this is when the seed is planted) and start game again. Well...Off I go !
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lol triton,
for the record i have so far had heaven bench running for ten minutes, and now i am instaling batman arkham asylum.
this game was very problematic when i instaled it, we will see this time.
both times it would not recognise sli, and was very glitchy, with frezes and so on
ohh and all this is testing my Nvidia surround 5760 x 1200 set up
for the record i have so far had heaven bench running for ten minutes, and now i am instaling batman arkham asylum.
this game was very problematic when i instaled it, we will see this time.
both times it would not recognise sli, and was very glitchy, with frezes and so on
ohh and all this is testing my Nvidia surround 5760 x 1200 set up
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you've had some long runs with extreme monitor settings. I've had extreme problemes with multiple monitors (no REAL problems, but illogical in nvidia drivers/nvcpl) ... still no real WHQL in long time... the fat lady hasn't sung yet.
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keep working. there is much work anyway. be patient. i think we'll get it