Almost not worth it.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:11 pm

MKJ wrote:singular
you can just buy another one and use a bridge connector to make it run tons faster
pretteh secksi. odd that it doesnt support dual screen though

Oddly you can buy them in pairs from some retailers, not the same box, but you get a small discount for buying a "set"

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:14 pm

Oh that's awsome my card is already sli compatible. I'm gonna grab another one woohoo!

Post by **SOAPboy** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:25 pm

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:Oh that's awsome my card is already sli compatible. I'm gonna grab another one woohoo!

Is your board SLI, and are you SURE it can do it.. not ALL 6XXX 7XXX chipset cards are SLI..

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:26 pm

I'll have to get an SLi compatible MB sure, but the website says my XFX 6800GT is SLi compatible.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:29 pm

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:I'll have to get an SLi compatible MB sure, but the website says my XFX 6800GT is SLi compatible.

:Thumbsup:

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:35 pm

MKJ wrote:singular
you can just buy another one and use a bridge connector to make it run tons faster

....in some applications

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:00 pm

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:I'll have to get an SLi compatible MB sure, but the website says my XFX 6800GT is SLi compatible.

You have to make sure that the second card you purchase is identical to the one you already have. You also have to make sure that both cards have the same BIOS revision. Otherwise you'll have to flash the video card BIOS in order for SLI to work properly.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:03 pm

BTW, I picked up an ATI 7000 64MB PCI video card today. We'll see if this will remedy my problem. :icon31:

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:06 pm

Did you pick up a stick of corsair XSI 1GB DDR 500 CAS 3 ram to go with it? :icon31:

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:08 pm

Jesus gwamps, you sure suck at games or what? Your kill death ratio is almost 1:1

I'd recommend wiping that stats sig to save yourself further embarrasment. It couldn't be anymore average.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:12 pm

dzjepp wrote:Did you pick up a stick of corsair XSI 1GB DDR 500 CAS 3 ram to go with it? :icon31:

No... I already have 2 gigs (4x512MB) Corsair TWINX PC4400 DDR CAS 2.5 RAM. I don't need any more than that. :icon26:

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:14 pm

dzjepp wrote:Jesus gwamps, you sure suck at games or what? Your kill death ratio is almost 1:1

I'd recommend wiping that stats sig to save yourself further embarrasment. It couldn't be anymore average.

I have 300 more kills than deaths. Plus, those stats aren't current. My score is over 7000 now. BF2s is slacking.

Post by **bork[e]** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:05 am

YourGrandpa wrote:
riddla wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote: Looks like a fix, thanks.
if the fix is adding a 3rd video card lol.

Well, it's more like a work around. Though it does suck not to be able to use dual displays in SLI after spending the cash on two video cards. But all I really use the second display to do is run apps. So spending an extra $30 on another card isn't so bad. It's way better than not being able to use my second monitor.

Good thing you did double check before buying that product then eh?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:47 am

Yeah good thing....

Especially when you can get a work around for under $50.00.

BTW, my second monitor is up and running on the ATI. But I am suffering from some screen lag on it. When you drag a window across the screen, the window kind of chugs along.

When I go to the device manager/ video adapters and look under the driver details for the ATI, it tells me I'm running the 8.162.0.0 from 8/3/05. I think these are the latest. I'm not an ATI guy, do I need to install the ATI control center for this thing to work?

Post by **Foo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:06 am

I think mixing the 2 video card vendors will be a real problem, and I think this is why it lags for you. The ATI card will be running with no hardware acceleration, because the drivers it requires aren't (and can't be) present on the system.

Are there any nVidea PCI cards on the market? If there are, I would suggest one of those. It will run from the drivers you need to use for the SLi cards.

I'm not 100% that this is the problem, but 90%.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:10 am

Gramps is running ati and nvidia in the same box?!?!?1 wtfuckle?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:30 am

Foo wrote:I think mixing the 2 video card vendors will be a real problem, and I think this is why it lags for you. The ATI card will be running with no hardware acceleration, because the drivers it requires aren't (and can't be) present on the system.

Are there any nVidea PCI cards on the market? If there are, I would suggest one of those. It will run from the drivers you need to use for the SLi cards.

I'm not 100% that this is the problem, but 90%.

If you follow the link on the first page, you'll see that there are several people doing this without a problem. That's why I'm thinking that this will work and it's a conflict or problem that can be fixed. :icon26:

I've posted my question there too.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:54 am

Well I guess I was right. I just had to install the control console, now everything works perfect. No more screen lag.

Good stuff. :icon25:

Post by **Foo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:58 am

Supercool

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:33 am

Of course, your box will be out of date in 3 months....

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:25 am

Geebs wrote:Of course, your box will be out of date in 3 months....

Yes, but it will be faster than 90% of the personal computers owned for the next 3 years.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:26 am

90% is fine, if that's all you can afford

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:32 am

YourGrandpa wrote:
shiznit wrote:are dual monitors really that good?
I use mine all the time. If I'm in game I can play on one screen and have my Team Speak and Command console open on the other so I can see who's coming and going.

hi...i am gay....who r u?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:40 am

Foo wrote:90% is fine, if that's all you can afford

That's all today....

Though my mobo is 939, so a CPU upgrade isn't far fetched.