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

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Build 2 is huge improvement, metro 2033 running good now. Will test further.
Would like to help in testing under XP64 as well, I prefer the higher fps....
 
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DaTraS said:
as the 470 is consuming a lot of power from the begin with, we SHOULD care about it though.. ;D
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do a reboot for safety.

What BIOS ? Im using UD3P BIOS F10. F9 was very different with PCI-e slot #2.
 
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Oops, big crash in metro, still not stable.......had to do a hard reset. Needs more work.
 
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DaTraS said:
Got a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P with Intel C2Q 9550.

As the Voltage is staying high (no 2D clockdown, i suggest), the fan keeps spinning rather quickly.

Nvidia Inspector says its running @ Powerstate P0 (full POWAAAAA)
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I thought I had 3/2D switching probs too...showed I had a game running in background..

WELL..game closed, but 3D full clocks on
 
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johnspack said:
Oops, big crash in metro, still not stable.......had to do a hard reset. Needs more work.
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what kind of crash? i have metro 2033 freezes even on 257.21 driver. so i think it's a game bug or driver. but not mod. test other games at least. pay attention to black screens and so on.
 
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#1 patch of 258.96 - gpu clocks stay at full tilt after closing 3d app
 
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anatolymik said:
i remember it was always for me. i should to see anyway
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this looks like the win 7 beta period and nvidia gpus ! lol ! enable aero and you always had 3d closks.

lol...will check it NOW !

edit ///

didnt help

Also, I see monitor goes "blank" from desktop to game ..blank = monitor tells its going to power saving mode...no signals coming I guess..but for 1-2 secs, game runs then.
 
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Triton.se said:
this looks like the win 7 beta period and nvidia gpus ! lol ! enable aero and you always had 3d closks.

lol...will check it NOW !
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no. i have windows 2008 without any aero and clock doesn't switch to 2d. by the way it might be incorrect overclocking gpu.
 
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Triton.se said:
this looks like the win 7 beta period and nvidia gpus ! lol ! enable aero and you always had 3d closks.

lol...will check it NOW !

edit ///

didnt help

Also, I see monitor goes "blank" from desktop to game ..blank = monitor tells its going to power saving mode...no signals coming I guess..but for 1-2 secs, game runs then.
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what build of mod you use?
 
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Even with just a single card and 257.21 Metro2033 blackscreens and crashes quite often while alt+tabbing, at least for me.
 
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metro still a slideshow for me, odd behaviour on exit of game too, my typing in post window is also a slide show
 
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257.21 isn't 100% stable ..I had two crashes in two days a week ago or so... test 257.15, this I think only has a probe, but no crash code. I've used that all summer, NOT ONE CRASH..
 
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will test metro 2033, #1 of 258.96 fix..test DX10 only
 
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yes after the widescreen shot, and it was the same
 
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metro2033, changed (from benchmark tests, medium settings) to HIGH..still DX10:

game crashed

#1 of 258.96...installing #2 soon
 
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5760 x 1200 after that i tried 1920, and the frame rate was the same
 
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