FW 85.96_mod for SLi on any chipset

**heydo6** · 08-28-2006, 11:41 AM

ok well putting the brigde on and reinstalling the drivers did it for me . i can only use one monitor in sli , is that right ? here is a 3d mark 03 requick no oc

**heydo6** · 08-28-2006, 11:44 AM

thanks for all your help , i'll post some more scores with a t7400 now that i have this working .

**lross78550** · 08-28-2006, 01:49 PM

i have some questions about running a nvidia sli setup on a 975 chipset in the bios settings. here is a link to my questions.
Thanks
Lee

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=113574

**BulldogPO** · 08-29-2006, 11:25 PM

Does 85.96 work with 7950GT and 7900GS?

**Big_Sam** · 08-30-2006, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by BulldogPO

Does 85.96 work with 7950GT and 7900GS?

7950GT - No.
And I think that 7900GS will work with this driver if to modify INF-file.

**zdogjones** · 08-30-2006, 04:48 AM

Here is a question for the group...

Running an Intel XBX motherboard with SLI (thx Big Sam!)

I was concerned about the temps on the GPU so I picked up a couple of Zalman GPU coolers. I put one on for comparison and was amazed!

At idle it only seemed to make a 5-6c difference, but at load, it ran almost 20c cooler! Thats AWESOME...

Here is the question - has anyone tried to install two of these on this board? How about any other single slot SLI board? It doesnt look like there is room and even if you can get it to fit, is there enough air to make the cooler effective?

Thanks all

Z

**lross78550** · 08-30-2006, 01:43 PM

if you will read my link i posted here you will see that changing the peg settings in bios on my 975chipset mohterboard made a 10c difference in temp. if someone in this forum really understands what all these peg settings do i think it will make a big difference in the performance of our nvidia sli cards in intel chipset systems.
jmo
thanks
Lee

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=113574

Originally Posted by zdogjones

Here is a question for the group...

Running an Intel XBX motherboard with SLI (thx Big Sam!)

I was concerned about the temps on the GPU so I picked up a couple of Zalman GPU coolers. I put one on for comparison and was amazed!

At idle it only seemed to make a 5-6c difference, but at load, it ran almost 20c cooler! Thats AWESOME...

Here is the question - has anyone tried to install two of these on this board? How about any other single slot SLI board? It doesnt look like there is room and even if you can get it to fit, is there enough air to make the cooler effective?

Thanks all

Z

**RangerXLT8** · 08-30-2006, 04:20 PM

If you guys like, send me the latest version of these drivers, and I will host em for ya'll....

**turbo** · 08-30-2006, 05:35 PM

My system with 2x 7900gts on the p5w dh board boots up on the primary card but only runs in Windows with the secondary card and lower VGA connector. The SLI performance is great with the 85.96 driver, almost 9000 3d marks thanks Sam. Is there something I can do to keep output always from the same card?

**Big_Sam** · 08-31-2006, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by turbo

My system with 2x 7900gts on the p5w dh board boots up on the primary card but only runs in Windows with the secondary card and lower VGA connector. The SLI performance is great with the 85.96 driver, almost 9000 3d marks thanks Sam. Is there something I can do to keep output always from the same card?

I spoke about this problem in the first message of this thread. Most likely the reason this problem is not full removal of the old version of the driver. The problem is solved reinstallation of the driver.

**turbo** · 08-31-2006, 02:03 AM

Thanks Ill give it a try

**Miwo** · 08-31-2006, 08:26 AM

will you be adding support for the 7900GS? Is it very hard to do?
I would like to use 2x 7900GS on my Aopen i975x-ydg board

Thanks!

**neospazzy** · 08-31-2006, 09:43 AM

I ran 3DMark05 with my current setup and I got only 11000 based on 1024x768 ... which to me sounds a bit low for my 7900gtx SLi setup. I am using the hacked drivers 85.96 and an Asus flex bridge. When I went into the Display properties to the Nvidia SLi settings, it doesn't give me the option to enable SLi (as if only one card is installed) and I only see temp settings for one card only. I also checked the Device Manager and saw only one 7900gtx card listed there. Also, I get display corruption after running 3DMark05.

I tried everything: swapped cards, flipped the SLi bridge, swapped the PCI-E power connector, swapped motherboards (same make and model of course), added more case fans, tried the latest non-hacked driver from Nvidia (91.31) ... I even went as far using my old DFI Lanparty NF4 SLi bridge!

I also noticed that 7900GTX HSF never "quiets down" when it is sitting on the second PCI-E slot (the black one). I swapped the cards and it is always the card sitting on the black slot. The one sitting on the orange slot always quiet down. Is this normal? I thought that it maybe the motherboard so I went to the store and purchased another P5W-DH and sure enough, it does it on the new board as well (which means that my old board was still good).

I am stumped! Nothing is overclocked and I am running WinXP Pro SP2. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

**paradexes** · 08-31-2006, 01:52 PM

Here are my benchmarks. They ran quite nice. Altho I have a hard time comparing since noone else I saw with similar specs had SLI running. But I got a full 1000+ marks over the second person (I was in first) for E6600s running in the 2300-2500 Range with 7600GTs.

While this comparison isnt fair since they are crippled graphically this is still a decent basline to go off of. FYI this is with a stock setup. No overclocking at this point. My system has been running a nice cool 29-35(under load) So I am seeing lots of headway for overclocking with aircooling at the moment. anyways these are my benchies.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=463705

If anyone happens upon someone with an Nvidia chipset running a 6600 stock speeds with 2 7600s it would be intresting to note this is what will reveal what chipset is actually better in raw numbers and just via discussion.

**Natalia** · 08-31-2006, 05:58 PM

I just got the P5WDG2 WS Professional. I have 2 XFX 7900GTX's and when I install the driver here, and select to turn on SLI, after it reboots, Windows doesn't show any image, my monitor goes black as if there was no source at all to it. I am using a flexible SLI bridge Ranger gave me from his P5WD2 Premium.(Might have been a P5WD2-E(975X))

Why won't this work

**pentium777** · 08-31-2006, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by Natalia

I just got the P5WDG2 WS Professional. I have 2 XFX 7900GTX's and when I install the driver here, and select to turn on SLI, after it reboots, Windows doesn't show any image, my monitor goes black as if there was no source at all to it. I am using a flexible SLI bridge Ranger gave me from his P5WD2 Premium.(Might have been a P5WD2-E(975X))

Why won't this work

Everyone I see with good results are using P5WDH as I am sorry I couldn't be of more assistance as I never researched the P5WDG2 board. Getting 11,093 3dmarks06 now though about 1800 more than my X2 4400 @ 2.7

**Natalia** · 08-31-2006, 08:21 PM

I have tried Driver Cleaner several times, both in and out of safe mode now, I have also turned the bridge around too to see if that would help.

So far the same results, as soon as it reboots after selecting SLI mode, the screeen stays black once Windows loads. -Black as in no source to the LCD-

**Natalia** · 08-31-2006, 10:33 PM

Okay, this one works:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=113613

Also didn't make me restart when I enabled SLI.

**Seolfor** · 09-01-2006, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Natalia

Okay, this one works:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=113613

Also didn't make me restart when I enabled SLI.

I went ahead and downloaded the driver at the link that you specified and ran a file comparison with the one that was posted in this thread. They turned out to be the same file but with different names. It looks like your issue was solved by a reinstall of the driver.

Your problem was solved though, and that's the most important thing.

**funkflix** · 09-02-2006, 11:48 AM

Hi,

is it true, that the 79x0GX2 won't work on 965P? Why i never heard anything of it, before i installed all my new things today...(DS3 etc. + 7900GX2)

Is it possible to fix this with an modded Forceware?

Thx in advance.

**BulldogPO** · 09-03-2006, 05:26 AM

Why wont 7950 GT work in SLI with these drivers?
It´s just plain 7900GT with HDCP support and 512Mb memory.

**Stoolman** · 09-03-2006, 11:07 AM

None of the links to this driver seems to work.. unfortunately..
Could someone be so kind so send me this driver..

stoolman@gmail.com

Thanks!

**DEVIL_DK** · 09-03-2006, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by Stoolman

None of the links to this driver seems to work.. unfortunately..
Could someone be so kind so send me this driver..

stoolman@gmail.com

Thanks!

http://www.dksdevil.dk/8596mod.zip

**Big_Sam** · 09-03-2006, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by funkflix

Hi,

is it true, that the 79x0GX2 won't work on 965P?

Why not ? http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce_gx2_sbios/us.asp

For example: GA-965P-DQ6 Intel 965P since F2 BIOS

Originally Posted by BulldogPO

Why wont 7950 GT work in SLI with these drivers?

It is impossible. Old drivers don't support new devices with 2 GPU working through one PCI-E port.

Originally Posted by Ramen

will you be adding support for the 7900GS? Is it very hard to do?
I would like to use 2x 7900GS on my Aopen i975x-ydg board

Thanks!

Open nv4_disp.inf from the driver in which you want to get support 7900GS and add 2 lines which does not suffice in this file about 7900SG. You can copy these lines from nv4_disp.inf from new driver where there is 7900GS support.

**funkflix** · 09-03-2006, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by Big_Sam

Why not ? http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce_gx2_sbios/us.asp

For example: GA-965P-DQ6 Intel 965P since F2 BIOS

Thx, but it seems, that my 7900GX2 not working correct on the DS3..

Thread: FW 85.96_mod for SLi on any chipset

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Rate This Thread

Display

Peg settings i was hoping some of you gurus would read this

Display output from secondary card on p5w dh

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions