FW 85.96_mod for SLi on any chipset

[lross78550]

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... 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 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

[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.

[BarboneNet]

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

thanks

[nr2134]

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

thanks

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.

[skootyloops]

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

thanks

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.

[GrimReaper]

yup we need a 97.xx driver with sli support for 965/975 chipset

[lawrywild]

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

I would laugh

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???????

[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

[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

Would be very nice

iLL

[Reinvented]

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?

[Mezzro]

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.

[death metal]

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.

[Natalia]

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

[Reinvented]

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

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

[Natalia]

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

I guess I should have clarified... a 975 board :p like the Asus P5WDG2-WS PRO

[Big_Sam]

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.

[nr2134]

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.

[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?

[nr2134]

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?

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.

[Mezzro]

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

[Natalia]

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?

[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!

[pentium777]

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

[krampak]

Another mirror if needed:

84.64_mod2
85.96_mod

[nr2134]

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.