7950 GX2

[andicole0]

I have just installed a 7950 GX2 in an Abit AW8 which is listed on Nvidias web site as compatible wthj BIOS v1.4. I have Bios v1.6 but I'm not seeing any SLI options in the nVidia control panel. In it's new format the controlpanel does not show the games icon for profiles and in classic mode there is no SLI render option.

Is my Motherboard not working or is this how a 7950 shows up?

Cheers.

Andi.

 

[TaKeN]

Try 3dmark05 and report back with the score please

 

[harris1986]

which nvidia drivers are you using?

 

[andicole0]

which nvidia drivers are you using?

91.33, I must update my Sig, it usually has my specs in, must change that engine to the new one too.

Andi.

 

[TaKeN]

You need to read the rules on sig dude, before the mods completely remove your sig and give you a replacement warning one.

 

[Amidar]

To see if SLI is enabled you need to change the control panel from classic view to the new look control panel.As the SLI enabled option is not in the classic panel anymore.

 

[FrankJH]

To see if SLI is enabled you need to change the control panel from classic view to the new look control panel.As the SLI enabled option is not in the classic panel anymore.

how daft is that - surely it should be in both?

 

[andicole0]

Try 3dmark05 and report back with the score please

5986 using 3D Mark 06. Will try 05 shortly.

Andi.

 

[Gerard]

Thats too low for 06, should really be getting over 7k, more in the region of early 8k.

 

[Marshy]

The drivers don't treat the 7950GX2 like a conventional pair of cards fitted into two PCIe slots , Instead it's listed as a single card with "Multi GPU Configuration" in the performance tab of the NEW control panel.

Your 3Dmark06 score is low but make sure you set the drivers to performance mode to get the best result & you haven't stated what CPU your running either so there could be some bottlenecking going on somewhere.

 

[andicole0]

The drivers don't treat the 7950GX2 like a conventional pair of cards fitted into two PCIe slots , Instead it's listed as a single card with "Multi GPU Configuration" in the performance tab of the NEW control panel.

Your 3Dmark06 score is low but make sure you set the drivers to performance mode to get the best result & you haven't stated what CPU your running either so there could be some bottlenecking going on somewhere.

So I can't select things like SLI render mode?

Specs were in my sig, but I broke a forum rule and it go removed -

P4 EE 3.73, Abit AW8 Max, 2GIG Ballistix Ram, twin 250GB SATA RAID 0 disk set, Gainward Nvidia Geforce 7950 GX2, X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS, NEC 20WGX2 TFT, Hiper Type R 580W. Logitech Driving Force Wheel with ECCI pedals, Win XP Pro, ForceWare 91.33

Andi.