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

Thiesi · Mar 30, 2011

RiC@RDOC said:
Major problem with the latest beta driver, the 270.51

I get fliquering in every game in Sli mode.

Seems that Nvidia made a new protection...

Can anyone confirm this? I just downloaded the new driver & was about to install it, but then I saw your message & decided to postpone it to after my next gaming session ...

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

razaice · Mar 31, 2011

I can confirm that something is definitly wrong with all my games when I install the newest driver. They don't flicker for me, but they move at horrible frame rates.

HiGGz · Mar 31, 2011

Biggsy said:
Hello everyone,

This is my first ever post here and I just need something clearing up if that's ok I am just about to order my 2nd 570sc and decided to install the patch first to make sure everything seems ok before I shell out a load of money, all seems well and the system boots ( after removing avast that is)

My problem is that in everest it reports no SLI certificate present... is this a problem or do I not need to worry? I am running 1.0 final on a crosshair iv formula board

Thanks in advance

Biggsy

Same here got a P5E (X38) and two GTX460 (A Gigabyte and a twintech I've just bought the second one)

did try patch form 0.9b to 1.2 and drivers 260.89, 266.58, 266.77, 267.24 and 270.51

did format my HDD and reinstalled Win7 x64 3 times (UAC desactivated)

I also tried with a new bios on my motherboard, updating from 0601 (i guess) to 1201. (+reset CMOS).

tested it with ACPI 2.0 on and off

But don't have the lil green icon "Sli unable" and Everest says "no SLI Certificat present" (even with only one card).

Don't know what more i can do... just hope the shop where I bought my 2nd GTX460 will accept to take it back :cry:

johnspack · Mar 31, 2011

Can verify that driver 270.51 breaks slipatch....

HiGGz · Mar 31, 2011

HiGGz said:
Same here got a P5E (X38) and two GTX460 (A Gigabyte and a twintech I've just bought the second one)

did try patch form 0.9b to 1.2 and drivers 260.89, 266.58, 266.77, 267.24 and 270.51

did format my HDD and reinstalled Win7 x64 3 times (UAC desactivated)

I also tried with a new bios on my motherboard, updating from 0601 (i guess) to 1201. (+reset CMOS).

tested it with ACPI 2.0 on and off

But don't have the lil green icon "Sli unable" and Everest says "no SLI Certificat present" (even with only one card).

Don't know what more i can do... just hope the shop where I bought my 2nd GTX460 will accept to take it back

well the only way I found to get "Sli certificate unable" is running Sli string installer V2.0... but once this installed can't boot anymore.

HiGGz · Mar 31, 2011

Little update

I did format (again)

- install 7 x64 (no update/sp1, UAC off)
- install Drivers 266.58
- reboot
- install SLi strin installer v2.0 (exe as admin)
- reboot
- install hack Sli 1.0 (exe as admin)
- rebbot

now I can boot, and SLI certificate is ok with Everest but Sli still doesn't work (don't have the SLi ready icon)

PS: For now don't have the SLi bridge (grabe it later)... might it be the issue?

razaice · Mar 31, 2011

The sli bridge is definitly the problem. I had the same problem until I got my bridge. I think I read somewhere that nvidia's new drivers don't even let you activate sli without the bridge, and that's definitly how it worked for me.

HiGGz · Mar 31, 2011

razaice said:
The sli bridge is definitly the problem. I had the same problem until I got my bridge. I think I read somewhere that nvidia's new drivers don't even let you activate sli without the bridge, and that's definitly how it worked for me.

u give me hope :toast:

well gonna test with the bridge tomorrow. :respect:

razaice · Mar 31, 2011

Do you know where to get an sli bridge? I got mine off ebay.

HiGGz · Mar 31, 2011

razaice said:
Do you know where to get an sli bridge? I got mine off ebay.

i'll get mine from a friend...from what I've understood Nvidia guys don't allow to sell SLi bridges alone.

Btw About drivers and SLi brdige it seems u were right... I've installed some old drivers (258.96) and patch 1.0.... without the SLi bridge.... and it works! (but with 260.99 it does not)

just tried furmark don't see any boost of performance
i'm installing 3d vantage hop it gonna rock

Valnjes · Mar 31, 2011

Here You have 3D06 with 2x 9800GTX, nonSLI, SLI with no bridge and SLI with bridge.

Biggsy · Mar 31, 2011

Good times

OK- so I found out that everest won't show sli certified after patch 0.7b or so i've heard, and I now have my 2nd 570oc due for delivery tomorrow and i'm in possesion of a bridge (happy days) so i'll let you know how I get on! seriously cannot wait!!!!! :rockout:

Thiesi · Apr 1, 2011

johnspack said:
Can verify that driver 270.51 breaks slipatch....

Thanks for checking this out. I'll stick to the 267 drivers then. Homefront is already running without any glitches with all settings maxed out on my rig.

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

degea · Apr 1, 2011

Hallo
I try to SLI my GTX 460 on my sistem and dont work
I have i5 2400 with Asus P8P67 LE on windows 7 X64 with 266.58 driver (i have SLI bridge)
I try simple way with patch 1.0 and no SLI option. I do nothing on BIOS. (on site i see this "Intel P67 (with BIOS key)" ??? what is BIOS key?? )
He try someone on P67 SLI???

Biggsy · Apr 1, 2011

WOOOOOOHOOOOO SLI baby!!! thanks to everyone for the kind help and ofc thanks to the devs for the patch all I can say it is truly amazing and keep up the good work :toast:

HiGGz · Apr 1, 2011

degea said:
Hallo
I try to SLI my GTX 460 on my sistem and dont work
I have i5 2400 with Asus P8P67 LE on windows 7 X64 with 266.58 driver (i have SLI bridge)
I try simple way with patch 1.0 and no SLI option. I do nothing on BIOS. (on site i see this "Intel P67 (with BIOS key)" ??? what is BIOS key?? )
He try someone on P67 SLI???

I've read somewhere that a SLi license has been bought by intel for P67... i've also read that the feature will be turn on through a certificate key in the bios. So I think SLi support will be, probably, add to ur mobo soon... Check the bios release on ASUS website.

HiGGz · Apr 1, 2011

Valnjes said:
Here You have 3D06 with 2x 9800GTX, nonSLI, SLI with no bridge and SLI with bridge.

finally get it done.

Sli Works on P5E (bios 1201) X38+DDr2 and Two GTX460 1Go (Msi and Gigabyte).

Win7 x64/sp1 + UAC Off + drivers sign'in off (bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS / bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON)

Lil sum up.

sli patch 1 + drivers from 260.89 to 270.51 + No Sli Bridge = doesn't work + SLi Certificate unavailable in Everest

sli patch 1.2 + drivers from 260.89 to 270.51 + No Sli Bridge = doesn't work (SLi Certificate unavailable in Everest)

Sli string installer v2.0 +Sli patch 1 + drivers from 260.89 to 270.51 + No Sli Bridge = doesn't work + SLi Certificate available in Everest

Sli string installer v2.0 +Sli patch 1.2 + drivers from 260.89 to 270.51 + No Sli Bridge = doesn't work + SLi Certificate available in Everest

Sli string installer v2.0 + Sli patch 1 + drivers 258.96 + No Sli Bridge = works! + SLi Certificate available in Everest

Sli string installer v2.0 + Sli patch 1 + drivers 266.58 + Sli Bridge = works! + SLi Certificate available in Everest

P5E X38 + Q6600@3.6Ghz + 4Go DDr2 + 2*GTX460 (@780/2000)
- ACPI2.0 on

-> GPU score on 3D mark vantage = 25000 (default settings = performance 1280*1024, disable PPU)

I'm pretty happy

and thanks to the dev team :rockout:

perche · Apr 1, 2011

sli patch work ok with the gigabyte ma790x-ds4 8x/8x (mainboard only support 8x in sli, but i lost less of 1 fps in uniheaven 2.5 test vs 16x), with 2 gtx460 and sli bridge and 270.21 drivers.
Sli dont work if i quit the bridge.

im happy :roll:

RiC@RDOC · Apr 1, 2011

perche said:
sli patch work ok with the gigabyte ma790x-ds4 8x/8x (mainboard only support 8x in sli, but i lost less of 1 fps in uniheaven 2.5 test vs 16x), with 2 gtx460 and sli bridge and 270.21 drivers.
Sli dont work if i quit the bridge.

im happy

270.21?? You mean 270.28 laptop drivers right?

slicrckuser · Apr 1, 2011

I have a msi 890fxa-gd70.. 270.51 drivers does not work but 267.24 does with v1.2..

JDougNY · Apr 1, 2011

I can also confirm that the 270 beta drivers don't work with either V1.0 or V1.2.

Sli is selectable, but there's rapid flickering when playing a game.

EGOvoruhk · Apr 2, 2011

http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-to-unlock-sli-for-amd-990-series-chipsets/11778.html

I wonder if this'll make the SLI patch any bit easier...

degea · Apr 2, 2011

EGOvorunk it available so existing MB?(bios update) or just for next MB??

EGOvoruhk · Apr 2, 2011

Next motherboards

It'll be for the 990 chipsets, which aren't out yet

perche · Apr 2, 2011

RiC@RDOC said:
270.21?? You mean 270.28 laptop drivers right?

si, 270.28, i use 1.2 beta patch

Processor	AMD Phenom II 955 3.8 ghz
Motherboard	M4A78T-E
Cooling	Corsair H50
Memory	8 gb 1600 mhz
Video Card(s)	GTX 460 SLI
Storage	120 gb Intel 320, 1 tb Caviar Black
Display(s)	27" Samsung
Case	Coolermaster HAF 922
Power Supply	Corsair 650tx v2

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	1x27" 1440 display 1x 24" 1080 display
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Archlinux, Manjaro, Win11 Ent 24h2
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

Processor	AMD Phenom II 955 3.8 ghz
Motherboard	M4A78T-E
Cooling	Corsair H50
Memory	8 gb 1600 mhz
Video Card(s)	GTX 460 SLI
Storage	120 gb Intel 320, 1 tb Caviar Black
Display(s)	27" Samsung
Case	Coolermaster HAF 922
Power Supply	Corsair 650tx v2

Processor	AMD Phenom II 955 3.8 ghz
Motherboard	M4A78T-E
Cooling	Corsair H50
Memory	8 gb 1600 mhz
Video Card(s)	GTX 460 SLI
Storage	120 gb Intel 320, 1 tb Caviar Black
Display(s)	27" Samsung
Case	Coolermaster HAF 922
Power Supply	Corsair 650tx v2

System Name	Dead Horse
Processor	AMD Phenom II X2 555BE -> X4 B55 4GHz 1.35V
Motherboard	MSI 890FXA-GD70
Cooling	Thermalrigh HR-02 + Scythe 140mm 800r/pm
Memory	2x 2GB Mushkin Silverline CL9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	XFX 4890HD 1GB + AC S1 + 8800GT for PhysX
Storage	Corsair SSD F60GB + 2x WD Green 2TB for storage
Display(s)	AOC 2434Pw
Case	Lancool K-62
Audio Device(s)	Audigy X-Fi
Power Supply	Corsair VX550W
Software	Windows Sedaš 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	Top 5 spamer @ BUG.HR/FORUM

System Name	BigRIg
Processor	Phenom II 1090t @ 4.0ghz @ 1.4v
Motherboard	ASUS Crosshair iv @ 3Ghz NB and 2.5Ghz HT
Cooling	Corsair H70
Memory	8gb Corsair Dominator
Video Card(s)	2 x EVGA 570SC (using sli patch)
Storage	2X 500GB
Display(s)	BenQ 120hz
Case	HAF-X
Audio Device(s)	Creative Audigy
Power Supply	hx750w (how has it not blown up yet? :S)
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	Asus degea
Processor	Intel i5 2400
Motherboard	Asus P8P67 LE
Cooling	ZEROtherm CORE92
Memory	2x4GB A-DATA Premier
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 460 768 MB
Storage	1Tb WD - 160GB WD - 80GB Samsung
Display(s)	LG
Case	Raidmax Aura Pink
Audio Device(s)	Creative Live 24bit
Power Supply	Corsair 400 W
Software	Windows Ultimate 7 X64

System Name	Bigfoot
Processor	Q6600@3.2Ghz
Motherboard	P5Q Pro Turbo
Cooling	Artic Cooling
Memory	4Gb GSkill DDR2 1066Mhz
Video Card(s)	2xGTX460 1Gb HyperSLI
Storage	3x500Gb
Display(s)	22'' LG/ 32'' LG
Case	Nox Coolbay 25
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX-850W
Software	Win7 64/XP 32

System Name	Custom
Processor	Intel Q6600 @ 3.9 GHZ
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Formula X38 (using Rampage Formula X48 Bios)
Cooling	Custom liquid cooling
Memory	2 x 2GB OCZ Reaper 1066MHZ
Video Card(s)	2 x 8800GTX in SLI - O/C'd and liquid cooled
Storage	2 x WD 500GB
Display(s)	Samsung 22" 1680x1050 2ms
Case	Coolermaster
Power Supply	Thermaltake 850
Software	Windows 7 X64 Ultimate (SLI mod 0.9B)

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