GTX580 Sli
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Kaapstad
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ok it seems like you know what youre talking about so I will shut up now. I already ordered it so its no use
that is something I didn't know
You will be fine
All it means is you may find the odd situation where you can not turn the settings up as high as you would like. For the money you have paid it is still a good upgrade.
I still use a pair of GTX 590s which also have 1.5gb of vram per GPU and they still have no problem running everything.
iBeInspire
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Mind if I quote that and put it in my sig..?
maniac
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Its not like I invented it, do what you want mate
*for anyone reading that post was as sarcastic as it gets
Edit: lol just saw an ex display 560ti 1gb for 215eu on malta's scan website, oh the irony.
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Kaapstad
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It would probably be cheaper to sell your GTX 580 and upgrade to a HD 7950 or GTX 670
Vlada011
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Upgrade GTX580 on HD7950 not worth.
7950 is little stronger but looking smoother gameplay on Fermi that is barely visible or not at all. gtx580 worth only on GTX680 or GTX780.
Example I would rather use some models of GTX580 with 3GB Video Memory than HD7950. That is 10% stronger card.
Example 580 Classified 3GB OC on some 950-1000MHz fly as rocket compare with non stop driver problems on AMD. Flickering, microstuttering, lag,...AMD launch last official driver in April.
7950 is little stronger but looking smoother gameplay on Fermi that is barely visible or not at all. gtx580 worth only on GTX680 or GTX780.
Example I would rather use some models of GTX580 with 3GB Video Memory than HD7950. That is 10% stronger card.
Example 580 Classified 3GB OC on some 950-1000MHz fly as rocket compare with non stop driver problems on AMD. Flickering, microstuttering, lag,...AMD launch last official driver in April.
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maniac
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now that I installed both cards in the system, it obviously has to give me some shit and hard time before working properly. I tested the new card alone and went through the benchmarks perfectly fine. as soon as i installed them in sli, as soon as I ran the benchmarks the screen started tearing up with green artifacts (like the ones when you record a monitor with a camera) then I reseated them and tested again. then it crashed the system within a few minutes, changed the sli bridge and now its giving me blue artifacts (like the one above).
sli is enabled via the control panel, physx is set on one of the cards, all of them have power (no adaptors), now I'm going to sleep before i throw the case out the window.
sli is enabled via the control panel, physx is set on one of the cards, all of them have power (no adaptors), now I'm going to sleep before i throw the case out the window.
SuB
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Okay for SLi dude you have to completely clean out the drivers and drivercleaner it without the sli bridge on (or just with one card) then install them exactly how you want them (so with sli bridge). And do a completely fresh driver install.
Sounds weird but it caught me out when i was a card short.
Don't forget the bridge either, that screws the driver install as well. Don't ask me how/why. But it does.
Sounds weird but it caught me out when i was a card short.
Don't forget the bridge either, that screws the driver install as well. Don't ask me how/why. But it does.
maniac
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SuB, they seem to be working fine, played tomb raider for a good 1 hour this morning without a hitch. I seem to have a problem with Physx though, stone giant doesn't launch, 3d mark vantage crashes as soon as it gets the physx test and tomb raider starts f'ing up a little when her hair is loading and stuff, didn't have any of these with one card.
I am thinking that once I finish tomb raider I will do a fresh install of windows. Just for the record Sli is set to "maximise 3d performance" and physx is set to Geforce GTX580 (2).
I am thinking that once I finish tomb raider I will do a fresh install of windows. Just for the record Sli is set to "maximise 3d performance" and physx is set to Geforce GTX580 (2).
Kaapstad
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I normally use Auto select in the NVidia control panel for PhysX.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
A fresh install of windows may help solve this problem i would think since drivers aren't fixing it.
That or a faulty card
That or a faulty card
maniac
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update : apart from the physx thing, which will be fixed after formatting the pc, after finishing tomb raider, i was having some heat issues, the top card was hitting 83 degrees and sounded like a jet plane. So i thought I would give it a try running it in the 1st and 3rd slots giving the top card some room to breath, and it works perfectly, temps dropped by about 10 degrees and I only lost like 2 fps on heaven benchmark so I'm happy now they are now running at 16x and 4x.
I'm only waiting for the last pci-e power extension to arrive and I can finally do some proper cable managment, and a sexier sli bridge, imo the 3 way one is too bulky and I hate how it looks.
they are now running at 16x and 4x.I'm only waiting for the last pci-e power extension to arrive and I can finally do some proper cable managment, and a sexier sli bridge, imo the 3 way one is too bulky and I hate how it looks.
remember300
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update : apart from the physx thing, which will be fixed after formatting the pc, after finishing tomb raider, i was having some heat issues, the top card was hitting 83 degrees and sounded like a jet plane. So i thought I would give it a try running it in the 1st and 3rd slots giving the top card some room to breath, and it works perfectly, temps dropped by about 10 degrees and I only lost like 2 fps on heaven benchmark so I'm happy now
I'm only waiting for the last pci-e power extension to arrive and I can finally do some proper cable managment, and a sexier sli bridge, imo the 3 way one is too bulky and I hate how it looks.
Glad to hear its running smoothly, the 2 way sli bridge on some bends you could have a look at that. and with your bench marking is that also not down to inconsistencies you sometimes get?
