3waySLI...

StaticInMyHead · 01-04-2008, 12:14 PM

Well, I'm giving it a try. So far I am not impressed. It's supposed to help a lot with Crysis, which I've been trying to play for the last hour. I'm running Vista because it's required for 3waySLI, so its running in DX10. With one 8800GTX, it's hard to play. It lags too much to have any fun. When I enable 3waySLI to speed it up, I get artifacts on my screen. The sky will get spots of color that aren't supposed to be there, and rogue images will cover part of my screen, especially when I am shooting down Koreans. My monitor runs at a native 1920x1200, so I changed it to 1680x1050 and it still does the same thing. Since this technology is so new, I called Nvidia tech support to get help. Too bad they outsource to India and I can't understand a word they're saying. Is anyone else running 3waySLI? Any luck with it..? I need some help. I paid $1500 in video cards and as of now, my price:performance ratio is the lowest I've seen in my history of building computers.

**emosun** · 01-04-2008, 06:33 PM

Have you tried it with just 2 8800's? Maybe crysis isn't up to date on 3way sli and vise versa. Also i saw the pictures of your rig , very impressive.

StaticInMyHead · 01-04-2008, 11:27 PM

Yeah actually today I pulled one out and it ran ok. There was still a little artifacting, but not nearly as noticable as with the third card installed. It ran smoother too, obviously at a lower than native resolution. This technology is just too new..

01-04-2008, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
StaticInMyHead Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 319 OS: WinXPPro, Vista HP My System	3waySLI... Well, I'm giving it a try. So far I am not impressed. It's supposed to help a lot with Crysis, which I've been trying to play for the last hour. I'm running Vista because it's required for 3waySLI, so its running in DX10. With one 8800GTX, it's hard to play. It lags too much to have any fun. When I enable 3waySLI to speed it up, I get artifacts on my screen. The sky will get spots of color that aren't supposed to be there, and rogue images will cover part of my screen, especially when I am shooting down Koreans. My monitor runs at a native 1920x1200, so I changed it to 1680x1050 and it still does the same thing. Since this technology is so new, I called Nvidia tech support to get help. Too bad they outsource to India and I can't understand a word they're saying. Is anyone else running 3waySLI? Any luck with it..? I need some help. I paid $1500 in video cards and as of now, my price:performance ratio is the lowest I've seen in my history of building computers.

01-04-2008, 06:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,966 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: 3waySLI... Have you tried it with just 2 8800's? Maybe crysis isn't up to date on 3way sli and vise versa. Also i saw the pictures of your rig , very impressive. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

01-04-2008, 11:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
StaticInMyHead Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 319 OS: WinXPPro, Vista HP My System	Re: 3waySLI... Yeah actually today I pulled one out and it ran ok. There was still a little artifacting, but not nearly as noticable as with the third card installed. It ran smoother too, obviously at a lower than native resolution. This technology is just too new.. Last edited by StaticInMyHead; 01-04-2008 at 11:30 PM.