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Quick SLI installation question !

Gripen90

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I'll (hopefully) be getting my 3rd GTX 780 tomorrow, a MSI GTX 780 gaming twinfrozr card to run 3-way SLi along side my two MSI GTX 780 reference.
I just have a very quick question regarding SLi/3-way SLi installation on the X79 platform regarding drivers and such.

I'm going to put a reference card in the middle and the twinfrozr at the bottom. -> http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_5767Custom.jpg

What will the proper installation procedure be software wise ?
Should I uninstall the GFX drivers first, and then install the cards and then reinstall the drivers and then the nVidia X79 PCIE 3.0 patch ?

OR can I just install and switch around the cards and then start the PC and then everything runs again ? eg. PCI-E 3.0 is active and such (of course I need to enable 3 way SLi).

I've always done the first "method", but if it's not necessary then I'll just save some time and go straight to gaming/benchmarking :p
 
Nevermind I'll take the "safe approach" and uninstall all drivers etc and then install the new card etc :)

/Edit. Tracking number indicates the card should arrive today :D
 
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Good luck. I didnt reinstall drivers when I went from 2 to 3 cards. System booted up with disabled sli which I then enabled and job was a good one.
 
whyscotty said:
No need to uninstall - plug and play

I'm forever swapping between single, sli and trisli.
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+1

Sometimes changing the number of cards in use can make the NVidia Control Panel disappear, if this happens just install the drivers again over the old ones using a clean install.
 
Kaapstad said:
+1

Sometimes changing the number of cards in use can make the NVidia Control Panel disappear, if this happens just install the drivers again over the old ones using a clean install.
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I wondered why the control panel was gone every time I disabled an enabled SLI. It didn't happen every time,but it did happen. Thanks for uncovering that mystery kaap:)
 
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