NVIDIA Geforce Duo 7900GTX 1024MB 2xDVI PCI-E

easyrider · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:06

tried that and it just says I am using the latest drivers for the hardware.

In device manager there is two 7900 Gx2's and in the driver main page it says 1024mb video memory.

so the card is being recognised but it just isn't being utilised in 05? :confused:

sablabra · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:09

Have you tried 3dmark 06 and 03? Different games? One card shouldn't be able to run fear at 1600x1200, 8xaa 16xaf, vsync on, soft shadows on!

easyrider · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:47

yeah tried 06 not 03 just get single card results.

This is doing my head in now :mad:

sablabra · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:48

easyrider said:
yeah tried 06 not 03 just get single card results.

This is doing my head in now

games then? :confused:

easyrider · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:51

played half life 2 lost cost and got better results with my 7900 GTX it played like a single 7900 GT even though the 1024 mb ram is reported. :confused:

why can't i get the sli bit to work?
I have no sli options in control panel either?

sablabra · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:55

easyrider said:
played half life 2 lost cost and got better results with my 7900 GTX it played like a single 7900 GT even though the 1024 mb ram is reported.

why can't i get the sli bit to work?
I have no sli options in control panel either?

Control panel>sli multi-gpu
Check there

. Also scanned through the settings in expert mobo? I could might search myself to see if I can help you out

Also tried newest 91.31 drivers? or newest official 84.21?

easyrider · 22 Jun 2006 at 00:59

sablabra said:
Control panel>sli multi-gpu
Check there . Also scanned through the settings in expert mobo? I could might search myself to see if I can help you out

Also tried newest 91.31 drivers? or newest official 84.21?

well there is no sli multi gpu in there.But the odd thing is I reinstalled my 7900 gtx with the 91.31 drivers and after a rebot the sli option was there.

saying I have a sli capable card.

I hav been using modded 91.31's due to the fact that they are the only ones I can get to install.

All the others just say I have no supported hardware.

I feel I am so close to getting the second card working so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks sablabra

sablabra · 22 Jun 2006 at 01:10

The first obvious thing to me would be to go to genie bios and change support second NV card (I can't remember the name, so sleepy

). Also the pci-e frequenzy thing under it(choose between 16-x-x-x and 8-4-nv-8 or something

).

Anyhow, I'll go to sleep now, so if you haven't got it sorted out until tomorrow I'll have a deeper look

. You're ought to make this working, would be awesome!

speeduk · 22 Jun 2006 at 01:30

Fireblade2K4 said:
Well at least you can say you tried, would have been great if you'd have got it up and running.

It is strange though as the place you go it from have that card listed as a current top seller so I wonder how everyone else who has bought one has got on?

Stu

Top seller? They sold 7 in a week lol.

JonnyGLC · 22 Jun 2006 at 12:04

easyrider said:
well there is no sli multi gpu in there.But the odd thing is I reinstalled my 7900 gtx with the 91.31 drivers and after a rebot the sli option was there.

saying I have a sli capable card.

I hav been using modded 91.31's due to the fact that they are the only ones I can get to install.

All the others just say I have no supported hardware.

I feel I am so close to getting the second card working so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks sablabra

It's the way the cards work... On the board that you have now, the two GPU's on it are GPU 1 and 1. If you were to buy another set of cards, then you'd have GPU's 2 and 2. Then, you'd connect GPU1 number 1 to GPU2 number 1, then GPU1 number 2 to GPU2 number 2. That's how they work in SLi and Quad SLi.... It's like i've been saying from the beginning, i've not seen ANY form of SLi with just one set of these cards.

LoadsaMoney · 22 Jun 2006 at 12:55

just a thought, SLi would'nt show up for that card anyway would it, as its not been implemented into the drivers yet for those cards, thats what they are going to put in a later set, or am i talking rollocks again.

NightSt@lk3r · 22 Jun 2006 at 14:14

mabe get in contact with someone with a 7950 GX2 and ask if they can send you the drivers that came on there driver CD?

Gibbo · 22 Jun 2006 at 14:16

GingaNinja said:
I wondered about that. I thought it was only system manufacturers that could buy these.

It is!

But they never sold because they were a huge flop for NVIDIA as they were buggy, power hungry and unstable. So now everyone is desperate to get rid of stock and are selling at huge losses.

OcUK's purchasing team was intelligent enough to see what a flop these cards were and avoided them from day one.

7950GX2 is the way to go as it actually works quite well.

Fireblade2K4 · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:58

speeduk said:
Top seller? They sold 7 in a week lol.

Its been in the "Top Seller's" section the last 2 times I've looked, could be clever marketing to get rid of them I guess..... :rolleyes:

Stu

easyrider · 22 Jun 2006 at 18:58

well mines going back,

exhausted all possibilities on this .

unless anyone has any last minute ideas to get the second card working properly

sablabra · 22 Jun 2006 at 20:08

easyrider said:
well mines going back,

exhausted all possibilities on this .

unless anyone has any last minute ideas to get the second card working properly

Send it to me mate?

easyrider · 22 Jun 2006 at 20:10

sablabra said:
Send it to me mate?

ok

add me to msn

LoadsaMoney · 22 Jun 2006 at 21:01

Ahh well it was worth a try at that price.

Scoobie Dave · 22 Jun 2006 at 23:52

easyrider said:
Agreed,
If anyone has any other ideas please post them !

You could use it as a paper weight.

easyrider · 23 Jun 2006 at 00:57

LoadsaMoney said:
Ahh well it was worth a try at that price.

exactly,

and with me going conroe next week,if its not working with established NF4 then more than likely I will run into problems.

Good fun though.

Shame as I was so close!