PCGH: Triple-SLI benchmarked!

[Fr3ak]

I am not 100% sure, but I think there are no drivers for it out yet.

[Sampsa]

No CrossFireX driver available yet, it will be published in January.

Freak, does that system require any special patches or hot-fixes?

I have nF680i SLI board, three Ultras and lots of connectors here so I'll give it a try later.

[Kallenator]

Why CPU clock so low? Try 4GHz +

Unreal 3 engine is smooth though loads of fps as usual. =)

[dinos22]

I have nF680i SLI board, three Ultras and lots of connectors here so I'll give it a try later.

well since it's 13th there as well i can say that nvidia will have a driver released today for 680i so you can download it off the site

[Fr3ak]

As for special drivers, there will be a Vista hotfix out soon, along with the Crysis patch. The 169.21 can already be found in the web too, for the testing they used 169.18, so I would assume that is all you need.

[Cold Fussion]

COD4 doesn't have AI, it has scripted enemies.

[Jodiuh]

lol...I love my Crysis. Any other 3sli impressions up yet?

[drifter]

i'll be shopping tomorrow for a third ultra, just wanted to know if i can use my 3 spare sli connectors to set up a tri sli config, or buying a 3sli connector is a "must"?

[saaya]

you need 2 normal and one long flexible sli bridge.

card1 right to card2 right
card2 left to card3 left
card3 right to card1 left

in the end itll look a bit like an "8" somebody threw down the stairs

[drifter]

tx!

[phelan1777]

i was joking


regards

I have one work or yah :-P.







MOTICONS

[dinos22]

you need 2 normal and one long flexible sli bridge.

card1 right to card2 right
card2 left to card3 left
card3 right to card1 left

in the end itll look a bit like an "8" somebody threw down the stairs

[saaya]

hmmmm its card 2 left to card3 right?
did you try card2 left to card3 left?

[Fitseries3]

i've got everything set up and the bridge is connected, driver installed. i dont have the option to enable sli...WTF?

[Fitseries3]

ok... WTF? im running 2 cards in vista x64 and sli wont enable. i've reinstalled the driver and everything. what do i do?

[saaya]

what driver?

[drifter]

actually i have got a tri sli up and running and the sli bridges should be connected otherwise (not like in the picture but like "saaya" said), to have tri sli enabled: the long bridge goes from the first gpu (left side) to 3rd (right side) the firs short one goes gpu1 (right) gpu 2 (right) and the last one goes gpu 2(left) gpu3 (left)
p.s: but the long bridge twists a bit so it has to be very long

[saaya]

drifter, did you try to set them up like pcgh did?
im starting to think it doesnt matter that much how you connect the cards

[drifter]

actually i have tried that, but there is only one correct combination (the one i used) otherwise tri sli will not enable

[Fr3ak]

Thanks for the info. We did not try the "ghetto method", it was only a "in theory it should work"-thing.

[The_Beast]

The power company with think you're cooking crack if you use Tri-SLI all day

[Zytek_Fan]

The power company with think you're cooking crack if you use Tri-SLI all day

No they'll love you since you'll be paying a lot more

[The_Beast]

^^^ I wonder how much a month you would pay just to run Tri-SLI everyday for 8 hours

[yngndrw]

i think they used this case for the tests






(joking)



regards

OT:
What case is that, I want two. :o

[Jodiuh]

It looks like an Xclio, but Fry's recently got an "A+" series of knock offs that look very close to the real thing. There's also a knock off Lian-Li V2100 Plus looking bad boy. Both of them feel a little cheap, but seem to be a good 30% less than the real thing.