Restart when applying SLI?

@sh wrote:

> Other thing, does anyone yet know a way to get dual monitors working with
> SLI enabled?

Yup, you need Quad SLI!
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On Nov 1, 6:00 am, "@sh" wrote:
> For some reason, my PC has started asking me to restart to turn on SLI, it
> didn't used to do this - disabling it doesn't require me to restart?
>
> I'm using a twin set of NVidia 7950GT's.
>
> Other thing, does anyone yet know a way to get dual monitors working with
> SLI enabled?
>
> Cheers, @sh

I had a pair of 7900's in SLI and added a PCI GeForce Ti4200 for the
second monitor. I was told it wouldnt work correctly when I enabled
SLI but it worked fine.

Matt
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"@sh" wrote in message

> For some reason, my PC has started asking me to restart to turn on SLI, it
> didn't used to do this - disabling it doesn't require me to restart?

As you know, in the very beginning (6800 era) toggling SLI always required a
restart. Eventually (at v81.85) the drivers were improved such that a
restart is usually not required, but the functionality wasn't robust.
Uninstall and install the drivers again, and you should regain the ability
to toggle SLI without restarting. See:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODY5LDIsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0

Interestingly, in my experience Crossfire is very robust in this regard. As
long as the two cards have equal amounts of RAM, a restart is never needed
to toggle Crossfire.

> Other thing, does anyone yet know a way to get dual monitors working with
> SLI enabled?

I don't think it will ever happen for technical reasons. The idea is that
you "should" be able to toggle SLI after every gaming session to re-enable
multi-monitors.

Of course, you could always pick up a single 8800GT and achieve similar
performance in most games with none of the headaches.

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On Nov 1, 6:48 pm, "First of One" wrote:
> "@sh" wrote in message
>
>
>
> > For some reason, my PC has started asking me to restart to turn on SLI, it
> > didn't used to do this - disabling it doesn't require me to restart?
>
> As you know, in the very beginning (6800 era) toggling SLI always required a
> restart. Eventually (at v81.85) the drivers were improved such that a
> restart is usually not required, but the functionality wasn't robust.
> Uninstall and install the drivers again, and you should regain the ability
> to toggle SLI without restarting. See:http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODY5LDIsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0
>
> Interestingly, in my experience Crossfire is very robust in this regard. As
> long as the two cards have equal amounts of RAM, a restart is never needed
> to toggle Crossfire.
>
> > Other thing, does anyone yet know a way to get dual monitors working with
> > SLI enabled?
>
> I don't think it will ever happen for technical reasons. The idea is that
> you "should" be able to toggle SLI after every gaming session to re-enable
> multi-monitors.

Thats what I was told but I tried putting another Nvidia card in a PCI
slot anyway and it worked. Guess I got lucky.

Matt
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Thanks all for your help, interesting stuff, perhaps the single additional
vid card wil be the best idea, if only I had another PCI-E port, guess it'll
have to be PCI!!

Thanks again.

Cheers, Ash

"gamefixer" wrote in message

> On Nov 1, 6:48 pm, "First of One" wrote:
>> "@sh" wrote in message
>>
>>
>>
>> > For some reason, my PC has started asking me to restart to turn on SLI,
>> > it
>> > didn't used to do this - disabling it doesn't require me to restart?
>>
>> As you know, in the very beginning (6800 era) toggling SLI always
>> required a
>> restart. Eventually (at v81.85) the drivers were improved such that a
>> restart is usually not required, but the functionality wasn't robust.
>> Uninstall and install the drivers again, and you should regain the
>> ability
>> to toggle SLI without restarting.
>> See:http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODY5LDIsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0
>>
>> Interestingly, in my experience Crossfire is very robust in this regard.
>> As
>> long as the two cards have equal amounts of RAM, a restart is never
>> needed
>> to toggle Crossfire.
>>
>> > Other thing, does anyone yet know a way to get dual monitors working
>> > with
>> > SLI enabled?
>>
>> I don't think it will ever happen for technical reasons. The idea is that
>> you "should" be able to toggle SLI after every gaming session to
>> re-enable
>> multi-monitors.
>
> Thats what I was told but I tried putting another Nvidia card in a PCI
> slot anyway and it worked. Guess I got lucky.
>
> Matt
>
>
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On Nov 2, 7:53 am, "@sh" wrote:
> Thanks all for your help, interesting stuff, perhaps the single additional
> vid card wil be the best idea, if only I had another PCI-E port, guess it'll
> have to be PCI!!
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Cheers, Ash
>
> "gamefixer" wrote in message
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> > On Nov 1, 6:48 pm, "First of One" wrote:
> >> "@sh" wrote in message
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> >>
>
> >> > For some reason, my PC has started asking me to restart to turn on SLI,
> >> > it
> >> > didn't used to do this - disabling it doesn't require me to restart?
>
> >> As you know, in the very beginning (6800 era) toggling SLI always
> >> required a
> >> restart. Eventually (at v81.85) the drivers were improved such that a
> >> restart is usually not required, but the functionality wasn't robust.
> >> Uninstall and install the drivers again, and you should regain the
> >> ability
> >> to toggle SLI without restarting.
> >> See:http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODY5LDIsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0
>
> >> Interestingly, in my experience Crossfire is very robust in this regard.
> >> As
> >> long as the two cards have equal amounts of RAM, a restart is never
> >> needed
> >> to toggle Crossfire.
>
> >> > Other thing, does anyone yet know a way to get dual monitors working
> >> > with
> >> > SLI enabled?
>
> >> I don't think it will ever happen for technical reasons. The idea is that
> >> you "should" be able to toggle SLI after every gaming session to
> >> re-enable
> >> multi-monitors.
>
> > Thats what I was told but I tried putting another Nvidia card in a PCI
> > slot anyway and it worked. Guess I got lucky.
>
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Just to be clear, I used a PCI card not PCIe.

Matt
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