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Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 15:46

Will post a few later on today.

Having a bit of trouble enabling SLI though. On Device Manager it's showing both graphics cards, but I don't have the option to enable on NVIDIA Control.

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 15:49

You connected the sli bridge?

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 15:56

Yeah, it's showing that I have 2 connected. Apparently I need to enable SLI in my bios but can't find the option anywhere

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 15:59

Nope, the switching of the PCI lanes is automatic.

You do have the cards in the 1st+2nd long slot?

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:02

PCI slot 1 and 2 according to my device manager. It has an exclamation mark saying it has reported problems

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:04

Can you look and check what slot the 2nd card is in?

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:08

The motherboard instructions said to put in 8 and 16 for the best performance. Which should I switch to?

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:11

PCI 8 and 16 I've got them in?

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:11

The first two slots are what you should be using.

Not the 3rd as that runs at 4X which SLI doesn't support.

Can you just look (the case has a window) and see what two slots the cards are in.

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:13

DO you have power plugged into all power sockets on the 2nd card?

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:13

PCI 8 and 16 they're in

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:14

Yeah power is in both

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:14

Im just going to move this thread to a more busy section.

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:15

Does each card work fine on its own.

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:15

Is the bridge supposed to be connected to the first 2 from the right. I've got them on the left. Is that the problem?

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:16

Yeah both are working fine on their own

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:20

One has a code 43 issue according to the device manager.

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:28

Ive never setup SLI before, crossfire only and single Nvidia card.

Try and re-install the Nvida driver?

Error code 43 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc725873(v=ws.10).aspx

stulid · 16 Nov 2014 at 16:40

1) With the machine off and the power cable unplugged from the PSU, Install the new card without the SLI bridge
2) Re-attach power cable and Power on/Start up
- This will let the OS and Nvidia drivers recognize the second card.
3) Shutdown
4) Install the SLI bridge
5) Power on/Startup
6) Go into Nvidia Control Panel under '3D Settings'-'Set SLI and PhysX configuration' and the 'SLI Configuration' section choose 'Maximize 3D Performance' then click the 'Apply' button

At that point, you'll be running in SLI mode.

try that.

Audio_Gorilla · 16 Nov 2014 at 17:01

Looks to have worked!!

In my GE Experience they're listed as;

GEForce GTX 970
GEForce GTX 970

That's under my current recognised graphics card, it was previously showing 1.
So I guess that's worked.

Cheers for the help!