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SLI option not showing up. I thought Nvidia drivers 'just worked'

If the 9800GTs don't work tomorrow, I'll be sending the GTX470 back, selling my older one and buying either a 5970 or a GTX480.
 
Before sending one back I still think you're best off trying flashing with identical BIOS's, it might be that one the vendors (Asus?) has made slight alterations to the reference BIOS and so there's a mismatch somewhere.
 
xtremedetailz said:
How you getting on Marvin ?
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Unfortunately, the guy I was depending on for one of the 9800GTs (I was hosting a LAN day today) didn't turn up/had to pull out at the last minute, so I'm none the wiser.

I have however got a reply from Nvidia, so we'll see where that goes. I've got a few more days under DSR anyway (received last Friday).
 
Ok, got another reply from Nvidia (after I sent my System Info etc), and they said they didn't know why it doesn't work, since the config should, but it's definitely not a driver issue. TBH, ********. There are many others who have 'normal' set-ups with the same issues...

I have asked what checks the drivers run to see if the system is SLI compatible. Since their Tech support don't yet know it's a Xeon.
 
Yeah, got them installed now. Did hope, but no... I'm sending the second card back, selling my older card and 3D Vision, and buying either a single Nvidia card, or ATI again for me.
 
Marvin said:
I'm sending the second card back, selling my older card and 3D Vision, and buying either a single Nvidia card, or ATI again for me.
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It's a real shame you can't test out either a replacement motherboard, or a replacement (non-xeon) CPU. Given everything else you've tried, one of those two has to be the culprit.

I can understand why you've had enough of it all though...
 
Different brands, but both GTX470s with 1280MB memory, both the same BIOS version, same everything else...

It is puzzling, but I can only assume it's the CPU...
 
Marvin said:
Different brands, but both GTX470s with 1280MB memory, both the same BIOS version, same everything else...

It is puzzling, but I can only assume it's the CPU...
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My money would be on the asus motherboard personally, tho I can't discount the problem being the CPU but its a bit of a long shot.

I think its gonna end up messy and expensive to resolve so your best bet does look like buying a GTX480 or 5970 :(
 
Rroff said:
My money would be on the asus motherboard personally, tho I can't discount the problem being the CPU but its a bit of a long shot.

I think its gonna end up messy and expensive to resolve so your best bet does look like buying a GTX480 or 5970 :(
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Exactly my thoughts...

So I've got my name down on a GTX480 and an 8800GT for PhysX (and as a spare card).
 
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