Hacked Drivers for SLi

Mr. Smith

Mr. Smith

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I've decided to try running 2 7900gt's SLi on a P5B with hacked drivers.

If I can't get it to work i'll sell one, but before I do that I'd love to give it a shot. I've been told on here that the P5B and the P5W DH both unofficially support SLi. I'm thinking the P5B as it OC's better.

I don't really know how to go about doing this :rolleyes:

As neither mobo are official SLi there will be no SLi bridge included. Do I need to buy one from somewhere? Or don't I need this?

Where do I get hacked drivers, I looked on XS but went round in circles; eventually being directed to a Russian site. Obviously I had no frikkin idea what was going on there so gave up.

Or are there guides online explaining all this? If someone could point me the right way that would be sweet as.

EDIT: FYI. The drivers I keep finding are Forceware 85.96, according to a few places they work However, I keep ending up at this Russian site

More than one forum has taken me here, but I have no idea where they are on there. HELP!
 
not sure on drivers, but as far as the SLI bridge is concerned, all drivers after a certain point could support cli without a bridge. latest ones will be fine
 
Cheers guys. Still none the wiser where to get the drivers though. I'll keep looking.

Tried translating the web page, it's not Greek or Russian!
 
looks greek?

edit: not that it matters because of the fact that it says 404 over the whole page. and that doesnt need translating. that link is dead. if it were a real link then you would be linked straight to a file. try searching for 85.96_mod.exe
 
Have you already ordered the board? I'd be interested to know how this goes for you when you get it all setup.

This could definately be something worth writing a good article about as it seems there aren't any good ones abound at the moment. A guide rather than an article persay.
 
FragTek said:
Have you already ordered the board? I'd be interested to know how this goes for you when you get it all setup.

This could definately be something worth writing a good article about as it seems there aren't any good ones abound at the moment. A guide rather than an article persay.
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Yup, orderd the C2D and P5B Friday night. The damn cards were held in customs - had to pay £60 VAT. Not impressed!

I have booked Tuesday off work as the two 7900's are definatley coming via Parcel Force. The E6600 and the P5B should be arriving too; I'll be less than impressed if they don't but i'm sure you are all used to lame couriers.

I need to find a flexible SLi bridge, I know it is not essential, however it improves performance (according to XS) I can only find a 4cm solid one, not being familiar with my new mobo I don't know if that will fit!

In all honesty, it seems simple, famous last words! The forceware worked in all cases i have read.

This will be my 1st 100% build. Should be interesting! I have my dell as backup in case i get stuck.

Results won't be fantastic at first - i can't OC until i get my water cooling sorted (which is going to be farmore difficult that I thought. I got the tape measure out, my case is tight inside, expecially if i'm going for sli in the loop. there is nowhere for the radiator) and i'll be down to 1gig of ram (splitting what i have across the two systems, i'll get another gig for the main system once i've sold the old).

My aim for Tues is to have the new build up and running with sli enabled. OC'in and fine tuning will have to come in the next week or two...
 
Sounds like you have a good plan layed out for what you want to do with it.

What case is it that you decided on anyhow? I would definately suggest mounting your radiator externally if space is that big of an issue for you. There are brackets for hanging the rad off of the back fan mount, or you can do a custom mount job on the top of your case or possibly the right side panel. If push comes to shove then u can just set the rad on the side of your computer and not have it mounted at all.

Good luck with it all mate, give us some pix when available!
 
The case is the Termalrock OceanDome (H*W*D) 490 x205 x 585 mm, in black/blue looks much better than that lol.

I wanted the rad inside so it was tidy; has to look good and perform! The problem is the case has an exhaust fan on the top bundled in with usb's etc. I'd have to cut all that out to fit the rad to the top. I've lost my dremel too...

Something like the Black Ice Pro II Dual would fit inside, I think. I need to get all the components inside and see what i'm working with. I don't know if that will provide enough cooling though...

I was reading RedSky's water cooling parts guide and got side-tracked. I saw the external mounting. Looks kinda ugly!

Another option is a passive solution like Thermaltake Symphony or a passive rad like this Ideally though everything will be self contained in the case.

I've dropped the idea of cooling the northbridge too... CPU and full GPU x2 is the loop.

In all honsty, being new and all, I didn't research much, I was on a low budget to start, I got the case reduced from £70 to £25, found a few good reviews and bought it.

I've always tweaked stuff though, should have known i'd get bitten by the bug, i was a benchmark junkie in no time.

Roll on Tuesday!
 
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