I want to install the hacked Sli drivers onto my new Conroe XFire setup. The only issue is that the SLi bridge doesn't fit (the spacing between the cards is now too great) so I'm wondering, is it a bust or is the bridge un-necessary?
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Is the SLi Bridge Necessary with Hacked Drivers
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WJA96 said:
I'm pretty sure I've seen one of them. I may have imagined it though, it does happen occasionally.
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WJA96 said:
Is it just me going eh
your trying to use an SLi bridge with Crossfire.
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WJA96 said:
errrrrrr why not install it and find out?
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MeatLoaf said:
Its still confusing though as he says hes got an Xfire setup.
There is nothing confusing about it. Most Crossfire motherboards will support SLi uisng a set of drivers that have been hacked to stop them checking the motherboard is using the NVidia chipset. The hardware is all on the cards, so as long as you have the right drivers, you can run SLi on a crossfire board.
In this case - the ASRock ConroeXFire-eSATA II with 2 6800GS's.
The bridge I have is from an ASUS P5ND2-SLi which is about 2" long and is too short. I would say that the bigger (3"), flexible ASUS one would probably fit OK.
The system is currently running in SLi mode, but I get a warning that the connector is absent and that the system will not run optimally without it.
The plan is to make a really cheap games system using the cheap ASRock motherboard (although it's crept up in price massively of late), two cheap graphics cards (6800GSs are £65 each these days) and a cheap processor - the Allendale E6300. 2Gb of overclocked cheap-ish Corsair Value DDR2 RAM and a Samsung 80Gb SATA II HDD round out the system.
Without the bridge in place it's doing 5900-ish in 3DMark '06 which is pretty good I reckon for a system that cost under £400 for the whole thing. I'm really looking forward to seeing how much that bridge is worth.
In this case - the ASRock ConroeXFire-eSATA II with 2 6800GS's.
The bridge I have is from an ASUS P5ND2-SLi which is about 2" long and is too short. I would say that the bigger (3"), flexible ASUS one would probably fit OK.
The system is currently running in SLi mode, but I get a warning that the connector is absent and that the system will not run optimally without it.
The plan is to make a really cheap games system using the cheap ASRock motherboard (although it's crept up in price massively of late), two cheap graphics cards (6800GSs are £65 each these days) and a cheap processor - the Allendale E6300. 2Gb of overclocked cheap-ish Corsair Value DDR2 RAM and a Samsung 80Gb SATA II HDD round out the system.
Without the bridge in place it's doing 5900-ish in 3DMark '06 which is pretty good I reckon for a system that cost under £400 for the whole thing. I'm really looking forward to seeing how much that bridge is worth.
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It was confusing as you said you have a Xfire setup, i.e 2x ATi cards, and theres no way you can use a bridge to connect them together as no ATi cards have bridge connectors on em, you never said you were trying to run 2x Nv cards in SLi. 
I thought the whole hacked SLi drivers thing was a bit of clue - particularly as pretty much anyone with an Intel Badaxe motherboard has been talking about doing this for about 6 months now.
Anyways - I've posted a thread in the wanted section of MM so hopefully someone will have one.
Anyways - I've posted a thread in the wanted section of MM so hopefully someone will have one.
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Not to me it wasn't 
That's looking a good system for gaming, especially at the price!
For reference, my setup in my sig scores 4478.
You should be looking good once you get your connector.
On that subject, I got an SLI bridge thingy with one of my old Abit Motherboards. I'll sort through my draws full of bits and see if I can locate it - might be useless, and I might not be able to find it, but if I can, you're welcome to it in any event!
For reference, my setup in my sig scores 4478.
You should be looking good once you get your connector.
On that subject, I got an SLI bridge thingy with one of my old Abit Motherboards. I'll sort through my draws full of bits and see if I can locate it - might be useless, and I might not be able to find it, but if I can, you're welcome to it in any event!