Foxconn Renaissance X58 Digital Life -Retail- (Core i7, Nehalem)

[Blacklash]

Hi Blacklash,

I have 2 x GTX 280's in SLI using a flexible bridge and the 180 drivers.

I dont want to teach granny to suck eggs but check all cards are seated properly and the SLI bridge is free from visible defects as SLI definatly works on this board.

Interesting. Any ideas why I lose my video signal from my primary orange slot when installing a card in the second orange slot? I tried another SLi bridge from a friend and it still doesn't work properly for me.

Also what are your settings in the PCI-e area. Do you have the "high priority" option enabled etc?

It would have been nice for Foxconn to include a functional SLi bridge with this mobo. nVidia do not include bridges with their graphics card like ATi do with theirs.

I've used SLi and Crossfire before. I've also been building my own rigs since 1996.

I'd appreciate it if you or anyone else using this board could post a shot of a completed 3dmark06 run with SLi enabled. It would be good to include a shot from CPU-Z showing the mobo identification with the 06 bench cap.

When I get my Evga mobo up and running I am going to test these same cards and bridges on it. With the Foxconn I tried; one bridge installed towards the front, then one bridge installed towards the rear, then two bridges installed. Nothing I did would allow me to enable SLi.

It is possible I have faulty cards or bridges. These cards are fine separately and if the bridges are faulty it means I got three bad ones in a row. Again, the cards share the same BIOS, core clock, shader clock and mem clock.