SLI with different cards

[bubbleawsome]

@seanstizz7 The G41 line of mobos is a lower end board. They have one x16 3.0 slot and one x8 or x4 2.0 slot.

 

[Ember]

@seanstizz7 not exactly. The drivers are self-signed. They are not signed by a certificate (codesigning) issued by an officially recognized certificate authority. The installer script generates your own CA and cert to sign it with. This is why test mode is required to bypass the requirement of drivers signed by a cert issued by a real CA.

 

[seanstizz7]

@seanstizz7 not exactly. The drivers are self-signed. They are not signed by a certificate (codesigning) issued by an officially recognized certificate authority. The installer script generates your own CA and cert to sign it with. This is why test mode is required to bypass the requirement of drivers signed by a cert issued by a real CA.

Yes correct sir, mine was the shorthand answer to the question thank you for clarifying. @Christophe windows test mode is required to run the patch.

 

[seanstizz7]

@seanstizz7 The G41 line of mobos is a lower end board. They have one x16 3.0 slot and one x8 or x4 2.0 slot.

correct, Raton still got a nice 3d-mark score with that board running DifferentSLIauto http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2928982 @raton nice scores dude! if you ever decide to upgrade the board i'd be interested in seeing comparison 3d-mark scores.

 

[seithan]

In your Windows device manager. Right click on your display adapter and go to properties. Switch to the "Details" tab, and in the combo box select "Hardware Ids."
The first three numbers following "DEV" must match for the cards to work together.

This is the iD from the 980:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C0&SUBSYS_36691458&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C0&SUBSYS_36691458
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C0&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C0&CC_0300

 

[Christophe]

Yes correct sir, mine was the shorthand answer to the question thank you for clarifying. @Christophe windows test mode is required to run the patch.

@Ember and seanstizz7
Thank you very much for your explanations.
Does it mean that I shall always have the test mode in Windows when I will install the DifferentSLIAuto patch (it is normal), and that it raises no problem for the use on the long time ?
I can use the DifferentSLIAuto like this, without Problem ?

Thank you for your confirmation.

Best regards,
Christophe

 

[seithan]

These are a few samples from 970's

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_31601462&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_31601462
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_0300


PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_366A1458&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_366A1458
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_0300

Any similarities with the 980?

 

[HipCheck]

Program worked to make system "see" SLI bridge between these:
MSI GTX 970 Gaming (non-OC)
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_31601462&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_31601462
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_0300

Zotac GTX 970
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_136619DA&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_136619DA
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_0300

 

[seithan]

Program worked to make system "see" SLI bridge between these:
MSI GTX 970 Gaming (non-OC)
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_31601462&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_31601462
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_0300

Zotac GTX 970
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_136619DA&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_136619DA
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&CC_0300

But the question is, can the 980 sli along with a 970? Do they share the same hw id?

 

[Ember]

@Christophe yes it's fine.

@seithan maybe, they have the same GM204 chip.

 

[UKWaffles]

Hi,

I have installed the latest version.of differentsli auto and it works on the newest nvidia drivers, but when I lod a game bf4 it hits the loading screen then my game will freeze and my monitor will turn off and say no signal, then to get my pc useable again I have to restart it.
any ideas?

 

[Ember]

WHQL 344.48 appears to patch correctly. Waiting for user confirmation.

 

[seanstizz7]

WHQL 344.48 confirmed

 

[seanstizz7]

Hi,

I have installed the latest version.of differentsli auto and it works on the newest nvidia drivers, but when I lod a game bf4 it hits the loading screen then my game will freeze and my monitor will turn off and say no signal, then to get my pc useable again I have to restart it.
any ideas?

What are your system specs? PSU?

 

[UKWaffles]

What are your system specs? PSU?

AMD FX 6100 OC 4.1 GHz
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
GA970A-DS3P rev 1.0
Corsair TX750
GTX 560Ti SLI

 

[seanstizz7]

AMD FX 6100 OC 4.1 GHz
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
GA970A-DS3P rev 1.0
Corsair TX750
GTX 560Ti SLI

one of my systems running differentSLI auto is very similar to yours.


970 chipset with X16+X8, Phenom 965BE, 8gb ram, 750 psu, 2 gtx 560's and it runs bf4 flawlessly. the only real difference in our systems is your mobo is x16+x4 pcie. Do you have the card in the X4 slot dedicated to physics? and does it run any other games without issues?

 

[UKWaffles]

one of my systems running differentSLI auto is very similar to yours.


970 chipset with X16+X8, Phenom 965BE, 8gb ram, 750 psu, 2 gtx 560's and it runs bf4 flawlessly. the only real difference in our systems is your mobo is x16+x4 pcie. Do you have the card in the X4 slot dedicated to physics? and does it run any other games without issues?

I don't have the card in the X4 slot running physics, I just have it set to run in SLI with my main card. My system runs BF3 fine. I also switched my SLI bridge around, got all my games to work BF4 too, but had green artifacts all over my screen no matter the game. I am doing further testing now too.

Edit1: No matter what I do on 337.88 drivers, game crashes everytime, updating to 344.48 now

Edit2: No matter what I do on the newest drivers 344.48 I still can't get bf4 working with SLI enabled, fine with the card dedicated to PhyX, but now BF3 is hard freezing too, causing the same problem as BF4

Edit3(Final): I now can't load into any games, tried drivers 337.88-344.48 can load the single-player fine, but not the multiplier. It freezes my PC, but if I leave a video running I can hear the video, its like my pc continues to run but my monitor shuts off. Tried increacing CPU voltage and gpu voltage but nothing. Really starting to lose hope for SLI. For now I am running my other GTX 560Ti as a PhyX card only disabling SLI all together until a solution is found.

 

[seanstizz7]

your psu should have no problems, i'm guessing the Pcie x4 slot bandwith might be the culprit. it is 1/4 of the x16. newegg has 990fx boards with 2 x16 slots that are x-fire and SLI ready for $100+

 

[TheLou]

Can you add the NVIDIA 900 series I have a 970 and a 660 and I would like to SLI with them since the 660 won't sell on eBay. Thanks.

 

[tux_topo]

Can you add the NVIDIA 900 series I have a 970 and a 660 and I would like to SLI with them since the 660 won't sell on eBay. Thanks.

What you want, is not gone a happend EVER. Ther reason is simple... the 970 and 660 have VERY different GPU (Maxwell vs Kepler). The main requeriment for this modified SLI is that the cards use the same GPU... For example, GTX 760 and GTX 680...

 

[UKWaffles]

your psu should have no problems, i'm guessing the Pcie x4 slot bandwith might be the culprit. it is 1/4 of the x16. newegg has 990fx boards with 2 x16 slots that are x-fire and SLI ready for $100+

Might be, but even X4 slots should be enough for GTX 560Ti to work in as I have seen other peoples rigs, with, GTX 590s and HD6990s in a X4 slot and they work fine. I also don't have money to replace my motherboard and I also live in the UK, so newegg does not ship to the UK.

Edit:1: Just found out my motherboard has a newer Beta BIOS available: F2i wich updates the CPU AGESA code

Edit2: Just swapped, my PCIE cables around, (The one closest to the front of my case around which is the back connector on the 2 GTX 560Ti around and got BF3 to work with SLI. Seems that it might be a power issue after all.

 

[wilson502]

I installed the 344.48 drivers with my 2 EVGA GTX 970s, and it crashes when i run DifferentSLIAuto1.1, worked for 344.16, may need to revert back to older driver.....

 

[HumanSmoke]

I also live in the UK, so newegg does not ship to the UK.

Just to correct this misconception, Newegg does ship to the UK, although you should set the preferred shipping location to UK, and Newegg probably won't offer all hardware/services that the U.S. enjoy. I'd also check the fine print on vendors warranty's since some companies refuse to honour warranty if the item leaves it original geographical distribution area.

 

[seanstizz7]

I installed the 344.48 drivers with my 2 EVGA GTX 970s, and it crashes when i run DifferentSLIAuto1.1, worked for 344.16, may need to revert back to older driver.....

i'm using 344.48 on 2 gtx560's plays bf4,titanfall,ghosts etc on ultra without any issues. have you tried a clean install - DDU/remove certs-regs keys? i seem to be the only confirmation that has posted, can anyone else confirm 344.48 please?

 

[wilson502]

Ember sent me a patched file and ran the install.cmd to the 344.48 drivers, and worked ok. Weird, but it works as it should now.