FW 85.96_mod for SLi on any chipset

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10-21-2006, 07:04 AM
Razzz

I´ve tried 84.56 and 85.96 and I cant get it work. One of the graphiccards says it cant start.

I use the pcb asus bridge.

Anyone who have had the same problem?

System:
6800Ultra x 2
X6800
Asus P5W DH
Corsair 8500 Cl5
Antec 550w
10-21-2006, 08:25 AM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razzz

I´ve tried 84.56 and 85.96 and I cant get it work. One of the graphiccards says it cant start.

I use the pcb asus bridge.

Anyone who have had the same problem?

System:
6800Ultra x 2
X6800
Asus P5W DH
Corsair 8500 Cl5
Antec 550w

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=394
10-21-2006, 02:25 PM
Razzz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=394

Ok. I had SLI working before, but now I dont know how to fix it.
What should I change to get it work then?

Edit:

I now tried to re-install win xp, without any othe device than system disk and my dvd player. I stil can´t get it work
10-22-2006, 08:18 AM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razzz

Ok. I had SLI working before, but now I dont know how to fix it.
What should I change to get it work then?

Edit:

I now tried to re-install win xp, without any othe device than system disk and my dvd player. I stil can´t get it work

What do you see in the "control panel" > "system"?
You should have both cards working... not dependent on that is SLi enable or not. Something like this:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/7369/dev00sr6.th.gif

http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/2...virqwr2.th.gif
10-22-2006, 09:24 AM
Razzz

It look like this:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/554/1cg0.th.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6982/2rs6.th.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3264/3nn8.th.jpg
10-22-2006, 11:21 PM
I_G

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanovich

anyone tried running pcmark 05 with the 85,96 drivers? im getting an error in multithread1 ,encodec and filtration something .i was wondering if its these drivers doing so . even if i run std clks ,same error .

No problem here:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=493866
10-23-2006, 02:36 AM
Albatroner

Hello, I need drivers for my P5W64 WS Professional and 2 x 7950 Gt.

THX
10-23-2006, 04:20 AM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Albatroner

Hello, I need drivers for my P5W64 WS Professional and 2 x 7950 Gt.

THX

You need only to read this thread :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razzz

It look like this:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/554/1cg0.th.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6982/2rs6.th.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3264/3nn8.th.jpg

You should see that your Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit uses the same IRQ as your 6800. Disable it and I think that all will be OK.
10-23-2006, 08:38 AM
vanovich

Quote:

Originally Posted by I_G

No problem here:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=493866

ok thanks ig .got it working ,something with themes was the problem i think;)
10-23-2006, 10:49 AM
Razzz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

You need only to read this thread :)

You should see that your Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit uses the same IRQ as your 6800. Disable it and I think that all will be OK.

I did try that but it didn´t work.
My second cards bios was currup, every 30 time i started the computer, strange... I fixed it with a new bios and now it works great.

Thank Big_Sam for the driver!
10-24-2006, 05:46 AM
tis01711

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccmarco

Hi to all,

right now i'm testing a system with a Gigabyte DS4 (intel p965), Intel E6400 @ 3GHz (375*8) and dual 7900GT with flex SLI bridge and modded 85.96 drivers having no problem with 3DMarkXX bench but no way to run Doom3 and Quake 4.

Those games start and freeze during loading.

Is it a known issue ?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Dear Big Sam,

I have tried 85.96_mod , 84.56_mod2
MB: intel 965
VGA: SPARKLE 7800GTX X2

I have a problem just like ccmarco!
3Dmark 03/05/06 can work ,but some games have a problem about Doom3 and Quake 4 ( screen is black ) . Far Cry 1.3 can play and run benchmark

Could you give some suggestions or advice for me??
In fact, some people have the same problem like this.
I was wondering... is this kind of problem really exist?
Or is the problem only on my side??
If you could do me this favor, I think this is a perfect driver!!

Thank you for your help!!
10-24-2006, 01:50 PM
blacksun1942

I've read through the thread and I have a few questions;

Does the news that SLI has teamed up with Intel to allow SLI on 975x motherboards mean that we will see SLI for Intel in future official driver releases?

Also, where can I purchase an SLI bridge online?
I've looked around but can't seem to find any retailers offering third party SLI bridges. Also, which is the best of these?
10-24-2006, 04:29 PM
Reinvented

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacksun1942

I've read through the thread and I have a few questions;

Does the news that SLI has teamed up with Intel to allow SLI on 975x motherboards mean that we will see SLI for Intel in future official driver releases?

Also, where can I purchase an SLI bridge online?
I've looked around but can't seem to find any retailers offering third party SLI bridges. Also, which is the best of these?

Maybe we'll see something soon...who knows.

As for SLi bridges, you can get one at the ASUS store, or go to ebay and look up ASUS SLI Flex Bridge..
10-24-2006, 10:26 PM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by tis01711

Dear Big Sam,

I have tried 85.96_mod , 84.56_mod2
MB: intel 965
VGA: SPARKLE 7800GTX X2

I have a problem just like ccmarco!
3Dmark 03/05/06 can work ,but some games have a problem about Doom3 and Quake 4 ( screen is black ) . Far Cry 1.3 can play and run benchmark

Could you give some suggestions or advice for me??
In fact, some people have the same problem like this.
I was wondering... is this kind of problem really exist?
Or is the problem only on my side??
If you could do me this favor, I think this is a perfect driver!!

Thank you for your help!!

Yes, I know about this problem, but I don't know the reason yet.
Now I don't have time for detailed tests. :(
Also I think that this problem of PCI-E 16x+4x, and most likely it's not present on 8x+8x, but I didn't check yet. :(
10-26-2006, 03:44 AM
Fr3ak

I will test it on 975X if I can find someone to lend me Doom3.
If there is a demo, I will try if I have the same issues with it.
10-26-2006, 05:33 AM
GoGo21

Big_Sam, can`t you make some kind of guide about how we can mod the drivers to work with Intel chipset? Or is this to difficult to do? Well iam asking this because wel like you said that you dont have time. So it could be maybe easy if we do i ourselfs if possible?
10-26-2006, 05:53 AM
Fr3ak

Without going into much detail.
It is far more complicated than just editing a few files.
It needs months of trial and error.
10-26-2006, 07:15 AM
yury2808

Fr3ak: "It needs months of trial and error" are you sure ? it might be removal of stupid "what chipset onboard" check... like:

if( SLI_chipset )
enable_stuff();
else
go_buy_sli();

I dont think video drivers have to implement chipset-specific activities on low level..

Am I right ? ;)
10-26-2006, 09:31 AM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by yury2808

Fr3ak: "It needs months of trial and error" are you sure ? it might be removal of stupid "what chipset onboard" check... like:

if( SLI_chipset )
enable_stuff();
else
go_buy_sli();

I dont think video drivers have to implement chipset-specific activities on low level..

Am I right ? ;)

If you are right, then make what you have written.
All OCing community will be very grateful to you. :D
10-26-2006, 10:14 AM
Tyberius

Big_Sam, thanks for all your work here man, much appreciated. You're a better man then I for dealing with everyone's questions. I'm yet to have tried your drivers, just wanted to thank you for the notion...

Now, I have read the entire thread, and did not see anything pertaining to this:

Has anyone tried these drivers using a woodcrest xeon system? They use the 5000x chipset, which is basically the dual cpu version of the 9xx chipset, and they have 16x and 4x PCI-E graphic card slots.... You think theres any chance of the current modded drivers working, or would they have to be rewritten?
10-26-2006, 11:35 AM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyberius

Big_Sam, thanks for all your work here man, much appreciated. You're a better man then I for dealing with everyone's questions. I'm yet to have tried your drivers, just wanted to thank you for the notion...

Now, I have read the entire thread, and did not see anything pertaining to this:

Has anyone tried these drivers using a woodcrest xeon system? They use the 5000x chipset, which is basically the dual cpu version of the 9xx chipset, and they have 16x and 4x PCI-E graphic card slots.... You think theres any chance of the current modded drivers working, or would they have to be rewritten?

This is a system of my friend:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2261601
screen: http://images.people.overclockers.ru/94384.jpg

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=552891
screen: http://images.people.overclockers.ru/94406.jpg

CPU - Intel Xeon 5130 x 2
MoBo - Super Micro X7DA8
Video - Leadtek 7800GTX x 2 485/1250
FW 85.96_mod
10-26-2006, 12:07 PM
Tyberius

OMG! You just made my day. Big_Sam, you're a hero man.

Thats awesome!

edit: those were using the 'mod', not 'mod2' drivers?
10-26-2006, 01:11 PM
ccmarco

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fr3ak

I will test it on 975X if I can find someone to lend me Doom3.
If there is a demo, I will try if I have the same issues with it.

Hi,

the demo is downloadable from this link :

http://www.fileplanet.com/145822/140...fo/DOOM-3-Demo

Let us know how it behaves on your system.

Thanks,

Marco.
10-26-2006, 09:30 PM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyberius

OMG! You just made my day. Big_Sam, you're a hero man.

Thats awesome!

edit: those were using the 'mod', not 'mod2' drivers?

SLi will work on any drivers published in this thread.
Only It is necessary not overlook to apply new INF files to such cards as 7900GS, 7950GT etc.
10-27-2006, 09:16 AM
yury2808

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

If you are right, then make what you have written.
All OCing community will be very grateful to you. :D

do you really mean by this, that nVidia drivers for GPU somehow injects into the chipset driver code? i.e. provides some low-level functionality for it ? or they have separate code pieces to use chipset I/O directly w/out calling system ?

ps. I did some hacks before, last time it was for.. ummm.. SLI @ Voodoo2 and different cards :D
10-27-2006, 09:38 AM
pentium777

Dillema

I'm currently wondering since the 8800 GTS GTX is going to be out in the next 30 days supposedly and I'm running 7900 GTX SLI am I out of luck for running on my 975 chipset for now?

If so I am going to have to ditch SLI and just run a single 8800 GTX because I think performance is close to 2x7900GTX right now. Ultimately would rather do 8800 GTX SLI of course.

Anyone think it will be possible since it will require newest drivers?
10-27-2006, 12:29 PM
Complete

Quote:

Originally Posted by pentium777

I'm currently wondering since the 8800 GTS GTX is going to be out in the next 30 days supposedly and I'm running 7900 GTX SLI am I out of luck for running on my 975 chipset for now?

If so I am going to have to ditch SLI and just run a single 8800 GTX because I think performance is close to 2x7900GTX right now. Ultimately would rather do 8800 GTX SLI of course.

Anyone think it will be possible since it will require newest drivers?

Here is my 2 cents...

I am here to tell you.. Nvidia is really in the market of making graphics cards too do this.... Make MONEY! I know, Its a shock, but its true..

If Nvidia released a SLI /w Intel Chipset...

1.) Who would buy Nvidia Motherboards.. cause they suck at O/Cing.
2.) No motherboard company would support Nvidia
3.) Nvidia would die..in the long run

Now once Nvidia releases its 680i, and if.. and only if.. its a good O/C. Then Nvidia might release Intel Drivers. But until they have the upper hand.. Nvidia has no reason to..

Being that I have waited 3 months for SLI support on Intel.. I have 2 choices.

Give in to Nvidia, by the 680i, and hope that its a solid overclocker..

OR... :banana::banana::banana::banana: Nvidia, and Get new ATI cards.. which will also suck cause they are now merged with AMD, and ATI will now run better with AMD.

Soo.. Nvidia customers that own Conroes... basically... are :banana::banana::banana::banana:ed until Nvidia deciedes to do something..
10-27-2006, 12:53 PM
blossa

Complete: As we are in almost the same situation... I am also getting tired of waiting. I think I will give the 680i a chance even if the initial benches do not show that it is a really good OC.
10-27-2006, 08:18 PM
pentium777

Quote:

Originally Posted by blossa

Complete: As we are in almost the same situation... I am also getting tired of waiting. I think I will give the 680i a chance even if the initial benches do not show that it is a really good OC.

Any rumors on if the 680i will at least do 390 FSB? That's all I really need my E6600 is pretty much at 3.5 with reasonable voltage and don't want to do 1.6v just to get 3.6 anyway.

I tell you though I've had 2 sets of nvidia chipsets now and both of them I didn't like, onboard raid wasn't as nice, drivers not as good, and BIG problem with my X-FI crackling that this 975 does not have. So much for Creative's BS about it being on Intel and Nvidia chipsets.
10-27-2006, 09:25 PM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by yury2808

do you really mean by this, that nVidia drivers for GPU somehow injects into the chipset driver code? i.e. provides some low-level functionality for it ? or they have separate code pieces to use chipset I/O directly w/out calling system ?

ps. I did some hacks before, last time it was for.. ummm.. SLI @ Voodoo2 and different cards :D

I shall not discuss "technical" details of the driver here. I have many reasons for it.
I mean that very difficultly to make it. I think if it was so simple, everyone would make it.
Is more exact to say that to make mod is very simply, but it is necessary to know what to make. :D
If you were engaged similar earlier, you can compare files of the original and modified driver... you can find this mod and you can make it with other drivers.
10-27-2006, 11:05 PM
jcmiro

Hey Big Sam....Id pay you serious cash to produce sli drivers for my next G80 8800gtx...Are you going to continue your godliness?
10-28-2006, 04:34 PM
swiftex

Quote:

Originally Posted by pentium777

Without the SLI bridge (I have tried my setup without) performance suffers quite a bit. Although you might not realize unless you run extreme high demanding rendering like me (2560x1600) 4xAA, 16xAF, SSAA if you are running anything less than 1920x1600 and less than max on options you won't see as much difference in SLI, I see 90%-100% improvement in every application.

1) what kind of bridge you using?
2) where'd you get it?
3) would it work with the p5b-d?
4) is the space between cards the same?

thanks
10-28-2006, 04:48 PM
pentium777

Quote:

Originally Posted by swiftex

1) what kind of bridge you using?
2) where'd you get it?
3) would it work with the p5b-d?
4) is the space between cards the same?

thanks

1) the SLI bridge is the flex ASUS bridge
2) Came with my A8N32-SLI
3) Not sure but it is for the video cards, but doesn't that board have a slot PCIex SLI connection?
4) Space is a bit more separated for the P5W I think than my A8N32-SLI was.

Trust me though without using that bridge in SLI there is definately a noticeable decrease not just synthetic but when I loaded a game there was a 12-14 FPS loss
10-28-2006, 04:48 PM
pentium777

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcmiro

Hey Big Sam....Id pay you serious cash to produce sli drivers for my next G80 8800gtx...Are you going to continue your godliness?

I think if we took a poll most people here would contribute a donation to Big Sam, count me in on that donation. Can't actually "pay" him for it, but a donation is perfectly acceptable to do. Oh and I am referring to a cash donation of course.
10-28-2006, 04:57 PM
Fr3ak

I just tested the Doom3 demo and it works like a charm.
I am using the 85.96 mod drivers and no issues at all.
10-29-2006, 12:49 AM
ccmarco

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fr3ak

I just tested the Doom3 demo and it works like a charm.
I am using the 85.96 mod drivers and no issues at all.

Hi Fr3ak,

then we can say that the problem exisists only for P965 boards, like mine (Gigabyte DS4) :(

Thanks for the try.
10-30-2006, 07:48 AM
yury2808

ccmarco: very possible... i had probs with 85.96 on ASUS P5B Deluxe, but its all goes just fine with 84.XX modded.
11-01-2006, 08:32 PM
swiftex

Quote:

Originally Posted by pentium777

1) the SLI bridge is the flex ASUS bridge
2) Came with my A8N32-SLI
3) Not sure but it is for the video cards, but doesn't that board have a slot PCIex SLI connection?
4) Space is a bit more separated for the P5W I think than my A8N32-SLI was.

Trust me though without using that bridge in SLI there is definately a noticeable decrease not just synthetic but when I loaded a game there was a 12-14 FPS loss

thanks, no this board has 2 pci-e 1x16 and 1x4, no sli but they've added crossfire support,

i'm running 2x bfg7950gt's in sli with big sam's 85.96 drivers which have worked well for me, no sli bridge, score 14,888 3dmark05
11-02-2006, 12:20 AM
GoGo21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

I have not understood what's a problem.
If you use only one 7950GX2, it is not necessary any modified drivers, put anyone 91XX and all will work. If you have a pair 7950GX2 and want to receive QuadSLi on intel, it will not work.

Big_Sam just to be sure i wanted to ask you. I can buy a cheap 7950GX2 but if i put this card on my P5W DH Deluxe can i just use any 91.XX drivers to use Multi GPU? Because i saw on the Nvidia site that the 7950GX2 is not compatible with the P5W DH DELUXE mobo. Hope to hear from you soon, and again keep up the good work :)
11-02-2006, 06:10 AM
Discipl3

just to let everone know the sli bridge on the DFI NF4 SLI-DR is the perfect fit for the ASUS P5W64 WS PRO, the spacing between the PCIE slots is identical.
11-02-2006, 06:40 AM
irfs

need help with 2 X 7950GT SLi on P5wDH

Im running X64 are thier any hacked x64 drivers i could try? pls tell me thier is
11-02-2006, 06:53 AM
pentium777

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoGo21

Big_Sam just to be sure i wanted to ask you. I can buy a cheap 7950GX2 but if i put this card on my P5W DH Deluxe can i just use any 91.XX drivers to use Multi GPU? Because i saw on the Nvidia site that the 7950GX2 is not compatible with the P5W DH DELUXE mobo. Hope to hear from you soon, and again keep up the good work :)

I have a friend running the 7950GX2 on his P5W DH board, he only had a slight issue with XFI and SCSI card conflicting IRQ, however he runs the latest Nvidia drivers and hasn't had any issues with it.
11-04-2006, 05:39 AM
Discipl3

If anyone needs to update their game profiles in these older drivers then use nhancer as it has all the latest games support and is very tweakable.

http://www.nhancer.com/

Just load the program and BINGO! all the latest games are supported with SLI;)
11-04-2006, 06:43 PM
jbrukardt

I third the notion that id make a "charitable donation" to Big Sam for continueing sli drivers, or the technicals thereof.
11-05-2006, 12:31 AM
Natalia

Anyone think there is a likely hood there will be Intel support for the DX10 cards that are coming out over the next couple months?
11-05-2006, 08:38 AM
kiwi

If I remember right they said first we will support Nvidia chipset mb for conroes, then maybe Intel chipset but not that soon
11-05-2006, 03:59 PM
tweaked

did they actually say that?

or is it just wishful thinking?

And Natalia, the DX10 cards are out this week.
11-06-2006, 02:56 AM
Jack

Quote:

Originally Posted by irfs

Im running X64 are thier any hacked x64 drivers i could try? pls tell me thier is

I'm wondering this aswell...
Big_Sam did you have some spare time to mod a x64 driver? :)
11-10-2006, 08:50 AM
nox_uk

Imagine if intel now turned round and said 'ok, you can use conroes in your 680i boards, but only 1 core'

I would laugh :D

Nox
11-10-2006, 11:37 AM
Robilar

actually you can. in the 680i bios you can disable cores. :)
11-11-2006, 11:16 AM
lross78550

Quote:

Originally Posted by Complete

Here is my 2 cents...

I am here to tell you.. Nvidia is really in the market of making graphics cards too do this.... Make MONEY! I know, Its a shock, but its true..

If Nvidia released a SLI /w Intel Chipset...

1.) Who would buy Nvidia Motherboards.. cause they suck at O/Cing.
2.) No motherboard company would support Nvidia
3.) Nvidia would die..in the long run

Now once Nvidia releases its 680i, and if.. and only if.. its a good O/C. Then Nvidia might release Intel Drivers. But until they have the upper hand.. Nvidia has no reason to..

Being that I have waited 3 months for SLI support on Intel.. I have 2 choices.

Give in to Nvidia, by the 680i, and hope that its a solid overclocker..

OR... :banana::banana::banana::banana: Nvidia, and Get new ATI cards.. which will also suck cause they are now merged with AMD, and ATI will now run better with AMD.

Soo.. Nvidia customers that own Conroes... basically... are :banana::banana::banana::banana:ed until Nvidia deciedes to do something..

You couldnt be more incorrect, now that ati and amd have joined nvidia's got no choice but to throw in with intel. Nividias chipset business is nothing compared to the $$$ they are making off their video cards and if both amd and intel motherboards support ati video cards in crossfire mode (as they do now) nvidia is going to be left out in the cold. now for sure intel will quit supporting ati video cards on their chipsets because they dont want to help the competition. that dosent mean that ati cards wont work on intel chipset boards just that intel wont "support" their cards use on an intel chipset. that leaves us with 2 very large company's with 2 large problems. Intel who designs the cpus and therefore has a large lead time in designing chipsets that go with those cpus but they have no gpu's to go with those nice cpu's and chipsets and nvidia who has a nice gpu but will never have a motherboard and chipset ready in time to sell those video cards with the latest cpus at thier release date. Just as we saw with the conroe and 975 release it took a few months before the nvidia 590 chipset motherboards became available. by that time most people (like myself) had already purchased a 975 motherboard and (thanks to bigsam) are already running thier nvidia cards on the intel chipset. Either nvidia quits being as*holes and starts supporting thier cards on both intel and nvidia chipsets or they start to loose revenue. If amd and ati are smart they will do everything possible to make sure the ati cards work great on intel chipset boards thus cutting nvidia off at the knees. If intel finds that they cant sell cpu's and chipsets because there are no decent gpu's that run on their platform then nvidia should really be scared because with the money and resources that intel has it wouldnt supprise me if they didnt startup a high performance gpu division then nvidia would REALLY be screwed. No one is going to wait 2 or 3 months after the release of a hot new cpu just to buy a motherboard that will let you run nvidia video cards if they have any competitive option. Im sure that trying to work a deal with a company like intel is a pain in the as* but at this point nvidia has no real choice and they better do it fast before vista and dx10 become the standard. If microsoft was smart they would buy nvidia and code the dx10 api to work a little better when using the nvidia chipset then they should make sure that the nvidia video cards run will on ALL platforms and they could dominate another segment of the computer market. but alas im sure they would be sued out the wazooo. whatever winds up happing one thing is for sure. your idea of what nvidia should or will do will mean certian death for the comapny.
jmo.
Thanks
Lee
11-12-2006, 01:46 PM
alejo

Has anyone had an issue with coming out of sleep while running Big Sam's drivers in SLI? When I awaken my system, I would get a white screen with colored bands across and then a black screen. Didn't happen with a single card however. Other than that, my two 7800gts ran great in SLI. Scored higher than my x1950xtx in 3dmark06.
11-12-2006, 02:00 PM
BarboneNet

hi guys......can i use this driver on 975x with 2 nvidia G80????

thanks:toast:
11-12-2006, 05:48 PM
nr2134

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarboneNet

hi guys......can i use this driver on 975x with 2 nvidia G80????

thanks:toast:

I highly doubt they will work. I would wait for a new driver out of Nvidia and see if Big_Sam can help us out again.
11-14-2006, 05:11 AM
skootyloops

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarboneNet

hi guys......can i use this driver on 975x with 2 nvidia G80????

thanks:toast:

Simply no, the G80 basically is getting a whole driver re-write so it can support all the dx10 features and such. You would also need to muck around with the drivers in the first place just so it would reconise the graphics card in the first place.
11-14-2006, 05:17 AM
GrimReaper

yup we need a 97.xx driver with sli support for 965/975 chipset :toast:
11-14-2006, 10:16 AM
lawrywild

Quote:

Originally Posted by nox_uk

Imagine if intel now turned round and said 'ok, you can use conroes in your 680i boards, but only 1 core'

I would laugh :D

Nox

LOL!

that would be so funny and it's so true. Nvidia 680i chipsets are only selling because everyone wants Conroe/Kentsfield. So why shouldn't Intel get more chipsets sold because everyone wants SLI??????? :stick:

:slapass:
11-14-2006, 09:44 PM
death metal

Hi all, I have tried the driver 84.56mod but it seems that SLI doesn't work with 3DMark06. On 3DMark03 and 3DMark05, I can see it working but with 3DMark06, the SLI doesn't work.

To check, I enable the "GPU loading" on the driver so I know if the SLI is working. With 3DMark03/05, I can see this bar move. But with 3DMark06, and even Aquamark03, it doesn't seem to work. The score is the same with SLI enabled/disabled.

Need help with this...tnx
11-20-2006, 05:28 AM
SKiLL3D

Best Thing would be the MODder of the 85.96 writes a documentary of what he has done , so that other MODder maybe wll be able to repeat ths Prcedure in the new Drivers. I just found a brandnew 7900GX2 for only 300$ and wanna use it build up quadSLi to compete with a 88ooGTX :D

Would be very nice :)

iLL
11-20-2006, 08:32 AM
Reinvented

Quote:

Originally Posted by death metal

Hi all, I have tried the driver 84.56mod but it seems that SLI doesn't work with 3DMark06. On 3DMark03 and 3DMark05, I can see it working but with 3DMark06, the SLI doesn't work.

To check, I enable the "GPU loading" on the driver so I know if the SLI is working. With 3DMark03/05, I can see this bar move. But with 3DMark06, and even Aquamark03, it doesn't seem to work. The score is the same with SLI enabled/disabled.

Need help with this...tnx

What cards are you using?
11-20-2006, 09:45 AM
Mezzro

I feel your pain, but take a lookie at this review:

Quote:

Originally Posted by lross78550

You couldnt be more incorrect, now that ati and amd have joined nvidia's got no choice but to throw in with intel. Nividias chipset business is nothing compared to the $$$ they are making off their video cards and if both amd and intel motherboards support ati video cards in crossfire mode (as they do now) nvidia is going to be left out in the cold. now for sure intel will quit supporting ati video cards on their chipsets because they dont want to help the competition.
jmo.
Thanks
Lee

Lee,

I am in the same boat and equally disgruntled with Nvidia, believe me! I waited 2 months for the release of an Nvidia chipset, the 590, only to find out it was a dud before it was released. So, I wound up with a great Intel 975 motherboard, the Asus P5W64-WS, without Nvidia SLI support. I too am using the hacked drivers with good results, but there are inherent limitations. It's a lot of money for a compromise.

Perhaps Nvidia is finally listening, to the extent they are releasing much better chipsets to market. I'm refering to the 680i chipset:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2869&p=1
Granted, the release of a decent Nvidia mainboard was four months late, and the corporation is still trying to force consumer choice by not enabling cross platform compatibility. For Nvidia to stay competitive in the future, I cannot see any choice but for them to make their GPU's compatible with Intel chipsets.

Good argument and one that I am in agreement with, overall, but the dynamic has changed with the introduction of the 680i.
11-21-2006, 06:00 AM
death metal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reinvented

What cards are you using?

Thanks, but it's working now. I am using 2xPalit 7950GT 512MB. I have to install the original drivers on CD and then ran the hacked driver to make it work.
11-22-2006, 12:18 AM
Natalia

There is no way of doing 8800 SLI on Intel currently, correct?
11-22-2006, 12:51 AM
Reinvented

Quote:

Originally Posted by Natalia

There is no way of doing 8800 SLI on Intel currently, correct?

Intel 680i boards.... nForce 6 series, for Intel... ;)
11-22-2006, 01:31 AM
Natalia

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reinvented

Intel 680i boards.... nForce 6 series, for Intel... ;)

I guess I should have clarified... a 975 board :p like the Asus P5WDG2-WS PRO
11-22-2006, 03:20 AM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Natalia

There is no way of doing 8800 SLI on Intel currently, correct?

At present - Yes.
The mechanism of check chipset on compatibility with SLi technology was completely changed since 87xx.
11-22-2006, 06:47 AM
nr2134

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

At present - Yes.
The mechanism of check chipset on compatibility with SLi technology was completely changed since 87xx.

If you ever want to give it a try shoot me a PM. I have a AW9D-Max and 2 8800GTX cards ready to go. Well one card is collecting dust at the moment.
11-22-2006, 07:51 AM
pentium777

Off topic

Apologies but I've converted from the P5WDH now to the 680i, I have some benchmark details and what equipment I used

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=123329

If anyone has questions I'd be happy to help. Finally did some gaming @ 2560x1600 with 4x and 8x AA with supersampling AA and all details to max was very sweet with 80-100fps dropping at times to 40-50 during big explosions (BF2142)

680i is a beautiful overclocker and was made for enthusiasts, I'm anxiously awaiting my 9136C5D memory DDR2-1142 designed for 680i reports are that it does 1300+ on 680i chipset

Hmmm is that the fedex truck I hear? :D
11-22-2006, 08:31 AM
nr2134

Quote:

Originally Posted by pentium777

Apologies but I've converted from the P5WDH now to the 680i, I have some benchmark details and what equipment I used

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=123329

If anyone has questions I'd be happy to help. Finally did some gaming @ 2560x1600 with 4x and 8x AA with supersampling AA and all details to max was very sweet with 80-100fps dropping at times to 40-50 during big explosions (BF2142)

680i is a beautiful overclocker and was made for enthusiasts, I'm anxiously awaiting my 9136C5D memory DDR2-1142 designed for 680i reports are that it does 1300+ on 680i chipset

Hmmm is that the fedex truck I hear? :D

Most of us are aware of the 680i and have seen benchmarks, but are not willing to switch to an unproven chipset. Im not willing to lose something I have been working on in SolidWorks just because 680i is a good overclocker.

Besides, last Nforce board I dealt with left me with a bad taste in my mouth and a single 8800GTX is running my 3007 just fine. R600 should be out soon and if Nvidia still didnt release SLI 975X drivers......back to ATI I go.

Well, back on topic.
11-22-2006, 10:39 AM
Mezzro

Quote:

Originally Posted by nr2134

R600 should be out soon and if Nvidia still didnt release SLI 975X drivers......back to ATI I go.
.

What is "R600"? A new chipset from Intel? Please explain. Thanks
11-22-2006, 11:22 AM
Natalia

Quote:

Originally Posted by nr2134

Most of us are aware of the 680i and have seen benchmarks, but are not willing to switch to an unproven chipset. Im not willing to lose something I have been working on in SolidWorks just because 680i is a good overclocker.

Besides, last Nforce board I dealt with left me with a bad taste in my mouth and a single 8800GTX is running my 3007 just fine. R600 should be out soon and if Nvidia still didnt release SLI 975X drivers......back to ATI I go.

Well, back on topic.

Aren't the rumors out there that the next ATI will only have 64 shaders versus nVidia's 128 shaders?

If I heard that right... can it even hold a candle to the 8800GTX's?
11-22-2006, 11:55 AM
Mezzro

How come I have a feeling if I had Natalia post my question, I would get a much faster response? lol. I think I need a new avatar. Maybe a really hot poodle!
11-22-2006, 12:03 PM
pentium777

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mezzro

How come I have a feeling if I had Natalia post my question, I would get a much faster response? lol. I think I need a new avatar. Maybe a really hot poodle!

Why? You think Natalia is hot? Common place down here in Fort Lauderdale, FL, a dime a dozen almost. Happily married but allowed to look and sometimes play depending on amount of drink consumed in the given night. Sorry to be off topic :slapass:
11-22-2006, 02:04 PM
krampak

Another mirror if needed:

84.64_mod2
85.96_mod
11-22-2006, 05:04 PM
nr2134

Quote:

Originally Posted by Natalia

Aren't the rumors out there that the next ATI will only have 64 shaders versus nVidia's 128 shaders?

If I heard that right... can it even hold a candle to the 8800GTX's?

There is rumors that say its going to be a beast and some say it will be on par with the 8800. Judging from their previous releases....even if its a bit slower... two R600's are better than one 8800GTX.

Mezzro, R600 is the next Radeon card from ATI. Just look for it in the news section.

BTW,I tend not to be impressed by beautiful women in avatars as 99.8% of it is BS.

If thats really a her and thats her picture.......more power to her. Beautiful and loves PC's, but most likely a GU.
11-24-2006, 10:11 AM
bladec

Hi:

I buy now one Gigabyte Ga-965P-DS4 + Intel Core2 Duo E6400 and i have 2 XFX 7600 Gt Extreme edition from my other pc (Amd 64 3200 Venice+DFI Lanparty Ut Nf4 SLI-D).

The only have to do is instaling the cards in their pci-Express slots and use the moded drivers to can enable SLI??.

No need to to any mod or united the cards same as SLI???.

Thanks in advance.
11-24-2006, 11:21 AM
Big_Sam

bladec

It is necessary for you only any modified driver which you can find in this thread and no more.
11-24-2006, 11:30 AM
bladec

Hi:

Realy wonderfull work thx :banana:
11-26-2006, 09:18 PM
fuzzylogic

Will the 85.96 mod drivers work on the DFI Infinity 975X/G Mobo to enable SLI?
11-26-2006, 10:25 PM
zeeke

Has anyone figuered out why the SLI config is dropped during gaming/benching? I've been testing for a couple of days now and I just cant se any pattern in it, just all of a sudden the performance drops and I have to disable/enable SLI to get full speed again..

anyone?
11-27-2006, 03:28 AM
Big_Sam

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzzylogic

Will the 85.96 mod drivers work on the DFI Infinity 975X/G Mobo to enable SLI?

Yes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeeke

Has anyone figuered out why the SLI config is dropped during gaming/benching? I've been testing for a couple of days now and I just cant se any pattern in it, just all of a sudden the performance drops and I have to disable/enable SLI to get full speed again..

anyone?

I think you should reinstall the driver, only all over again it is necessary to remove old one completely.
11-27-2006, 05:09 AM
zeeke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

Yes.

I think you should reinstall the driver, only all over again it is necessary to remove old one completely.

So this problem is unusual? cuz another member on my forum is having the same problem..

*edit* We're both running 2x MSI 7900GTO @ Abit AW9D-MAX if that makes a difference
11-27-2006, 05:55 AM
Toniz

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeeke

So this problem is unusual? cuz another member on my forum is having the same problem..

*edit* We're both running 2x MSI 7900GTO @ Abit AW9D-MAX if that makes a difference

My system works fine with Sams drivers and AW9D-MAX and 2x7900GTOs (flashed to GTX though). Altough there are some visual glitches with the new nvapps.xml in some games, but I'm sure they are related to 8x.xx drivers in sli mode, not the mod itself.
11-28-2006, 02:58 AM
jcmiro

Guys I got a question....I get 11400 in 3dmark 06 with sli 7900gtxs but everytime I play GRAW at 1920x1080 at full settings I get 40fps....My question is I look at the temps of both gpu's and One core is a 56 degrees while the other is stationary at 35 degrees, at all times....even with 3dmark06 the second core only goes up like 3 degrees while core 0 goes up like 22 degrees..... I was wondering if one card is working too hard while the other does diddly squat...11400 3dmark06 is good but I think I can do more, because Im observing core 1 doing :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing squat..... I tried AFR and SFR in coolbits but to no avail....It the software just buggy or am I doing something wrong...uninstalled and drivercleaned already and still same one core full out and one core doing 10%
11-28-2006, 03:11 AM
Toniz

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcmiro

Guys I got a question....I get 11400 in 3dmark 06 with sli 7900gtxs but everytime I play GRAW at 1920x1080 at full settings I get 40fps....My question is I look at the temps of both gpu's and One core is a 56 degrees while the other is stationary at 35 degrees, at all times....even with 3dmark06 the second core only goes up like 3 degrees while core 0 goes up like 22 degrees..... I was wondering if one card is working too hard while the other does diddly squat...11400 3dmark06 is good but I think I can do more, because Im observing core 1 doing :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing squat..... I tried AFR and SFR in coolbits but to no avail....It the software just buggy or am I doing something wrong...uninstalled and drivercleaned already and still same one core full out and one core doing 10%

A game needs a SLI profile which tells the driver how to get optimal performance for a specific title. You can try taking a never nvapps.xml from a newer driver set. You can also check if the nvapps.xml has a profile for your title by looking if it has the executable listed in it, if not then you just have to try to find optimal settings by yourself ...
11-28-2006, 10:19 AM
pentium777

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcmiro

Guys I got a question....I get 11400 in 3dmark 06 with sli 7900gtxs but everytime I play GRAW at 1920x1080 at full settings I get 40fps....My question is I look at the temps of both gpu's and One core is a 56 degrees while the other is stationary at 35 degrees, at all times....even with 3dmark06 the second core only goes up like 3 degrees while core 0 goes up like 22 degrees..... I was wondering if one card is working too hard while the other does diddly squat...11400 3dmark06 is good but I think I can do more, because Im observing core 1 doing :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing squat..... I tried AFR and SFR in coolbits but to no avail....It the software just buggy or am I doing something wrong...uninstalled and drivercleaned already and still same one core full out and one core doing 10%

Don't know what GRAW is but 11k in 3dmark06 was what my 7900 GTX SLI got with 3.5Ghz Core2, usually one GPU is hotter than the other due to airflow for example idle my 8800 GTXs one is 5'C hotter than the other. However 35 seems too cool, if you really want to know if SLI is working turn on the load balance graphical option in the control panel :-) and yes like other poster said you need an SLI profile or need to create one yourself.
11-28-2006, 11:30 AM
jcmiro

ok, so do I have do to a complete reinstall of the 85.96 driver with the newer version file, or can I just do a file search and change the file with a newer one...
11-28-2006, 01:39 PM
Toniz

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcmiro

ok, so do I have do to a complete reinstall of the 85.96 driver with the newer version file, or can I just do a file search and change the file with a newer one...

You can just replace it, it is located in windows\system32\nvapps.xml. If the drivers have nvapps.xm_ you should expand it by using the following commandline tool: expand nvapps.xm_ nvapps.xml

Then replace the nvapps.xml in your system32 dir and you should be just fine. Not sure if you need to reboot or visit the nv control panel or something to make changes take place.
12-04-2006, 07:18 AM
death metal

For users of Abit AW9D-MAX with uGuru on startup, SLI will be disabled in some (or all) applications if uGuru is running. No need to enable/disable SLI, just close uGuru and SLI will kick in.
12-04-2006, 05:42 PM
g30rg1e

heat, fan control

Hi, guys

This is my first try at an sli setup i got 2x bfg 7950gt oc 512 cards which i have running with the modded driver in a shuttle sd37p2, havent had any issues as yet with a selection of my fav games and i'm well happy.
12-10-2006, 04:13 AM
Corner

I was wondering if this enable SLI on P965 chipset ?
12-10-2006, 03:23 PM
PcCI2iminal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corner

I was wondering if this enable SLI on P965 chipset ?

DQ-6 + 79GS SLI
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=115706
12-10-2006, 03:29 PM
PcCI2iminal

i got some problems with 2 x Leadtek 6800U + P5B DLX
the SLI is enable but i can`t run any bench or game,i got a black screen and reboot
the old drivers are removed and all entries are cleaned,
tested 85.96 and 84.56

any help?
12-11-2006, 06:26 AM
randyf

Win 64 bit

Has anyone had any luck with finding a mod that works with XP 64 bit? I have read on this thread that it can be done, but no one has taken the time.

There seems to be such distain for XP 64 bit by the majority of software manufacturers. I am really starting to regret purchasing it.
12-13-2006, 11:30 AM
Mavke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

It is necessary for you only any modified driver which you can find in this thread and no more.

Hey mate, I now tried the 85.96 modded drivers with two GeForce 7950 GT's but it doesn' make a difference to enable SLI Multi-GPU or not. I checked as well if both cards are working and they are... What could wrong? I cleaned all drivers with DriverCleaner...
12-13-2006, 11:23 PM
Mavke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mavke

Hey mate, I now tried the 85.96 modded drivers with two GeForce 7950 GT's but it doesn't make a difference to enable SLI Multi-GPU or not. I checked as well if both cards are working and they are... What could wrong? I cleaned all drivers with DriverCleaner...

Well I redid everything, and now it works, full clean, restart, check if all is gone and only then install the drivers. So it works, however I would like to know how we can get this done for other drivers...
12-17-2006, 01:57 AM
cabe

i'm interested if there's any chance of the vista drivers being similarly modded.. (well once they come out)
12-18-2006, 06:59 PM
palese

Quote:

Originally Posted by krampak

Another mirror if needed:

84.64_mod2
85.96_mod

Are they just for 7900 cards?
12-19-2006, 12:20 AM
Mavke

Quote:

Originally Posted by palese

Are they just for 7900 cards?

For which card do you want these to work? Cause I changed these to support the 7950 GT as well... So any card could be added normally. But we should really get newer drivers to allow SLI or to get patched. Now I am all for that if I get some help and then I would be happy to assist on these patches...
12-19-2006, 06:35 AM
newls1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mavke

For which card do you want these to work? Cause I changed these to support the 7950 GT as well... So any card could be added normally. But we should really get newer drivers to allow SLI or to get patched. Now I am all for that if I get some help and then I would be happy to assist on these patches...

I'll help you. you would have to tell me how to do it though.

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