Just installed the Accelero, problems... with SLI

check the heatsink contact with the small NVIO chip as well, some kits were shipped with too thin a thermal pad. Leaves about 1mm of dead air between the heatsink & thermal pad.
 
You need to try and find a huge flexible SLI connector. I have also heard of bending the fins enough to slip the solid connector through.
 
pcweltz said:
check the heatsink contact with the small NVIO chip as well, some kits were shipped with too thin a thermal pad. Leaves about 1mm of dead air between the heatsink & thermal pad.
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thanks for that information... I noticed that as well. If I don't see temp drops, I'm going to have to take it out again and apply ceramique, thanks for the warning!!!
 
You don't need the sli bridge to run sli. Your sli slots each run at 16x. I run a 680i mobo and sli shows to be enabled in the control panel when not using the bridge.

Anyone else concur?
 
sweets said:
You don't need the sli bridge to run sli. Your sli slots each run at 16x. I run a 680i mobo and sli shows to be enabled in the control panel when not using the bridge.

Anyone else concur?
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Interesting, didn't know this.
 
sweets said:
You don't need the sli bridge to run sli. Your sli slots each run at 16x. I run a 680i mobo and sli shows to be enabled in the control panel when not using the bridge.

Anyone else concur?
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oh my god, are you serious!? I had to bend my stupid fins, I wished I read this sooner. I was wondering why my 3Dmark06 scores were the same even when my bridge wasn't there. I was still getting the same FPS in game as well!!!

oh shucks, oh well, now I have an ugly accelero. :(

thanks for the help guys




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so doesn't this mean I can run triple 8800GT's in my rig?

Thanks
 
Siriusmuzik said:
oh my god, are you serious!? I had to bend my stupid fins, I wished I read this sooner. I was wondering why my 3Dmark06 scores were the same even when my bridge wasn't there. I was still getting the same FPS in game as well!!!

oh shucks, oh well, now I have an ugly accelero. :(

thanks for the help guys




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so doesn't this mean I can run triple 8800GT's in my rig?

Thanks
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Shouldn't have done anything besides give you the SLI connector option.

Either way, good job
 
Bummer Serius. :( Oh well, as long as the accelero works correctly then that's what really counts. Well... you could always connect them via the sli bridge since you've got the fins bent. But it might be more hassle in the long run if you are changing components frequently.

BTW I've been having alittle trouble with my 8800gt sli setup running correctly. When I get home tonight I'm going to remove my current drivers and reinstall to see if I can get nhancer working correctly with sli and setting to 1 gpu for certain games. If you don't mind I might drop you a couple PM's to chit-chat about your experience with sli. Ha, plus I just got my accelero s1's in the mail yesterday. Who knows I might need a tip or two when installing.

Later on.
 
The bridges actually do help. They aren't required, but they improve throughput. They aren't just there to look fancy.

Also, no, you cannot run 8800 GT Tri-SLI. It's impossible.
 
sweets said:
Bummer Serius. :( Oh well, as long as the accelero works correctly then that's what really counts. Well... you could always connect them via the sli bridge since you've got the fins bent. But it might be more hassle in the long run if you are changing components frequently.

BTW I've been having alittle trouble with my 8800gt sli setup running correctly. When I get home tonight I'm going to remove my current drivers and reinstall to see if I can get nhancer working correctly with sli and setting to 1 gpu for certain games. If you don't mind I might drop you a couple PM's to chit-chat about your experience with sli. Ha, plus I just got my accelero s1's in the mail yesterday. Who knows I might need a tip or two when installing.

Later on.
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okie doke, no problem with the PM's.

check this thread out for installing the accelero's http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1261100

It's pretty easy when looking at the visuals!
 
sweets said:
Dude! That doesn't look bad at all! Nice tweak action.
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Thanks, but just know, you're going to have to spread those fins apart a LOT. And you'll never get it back the same way.

So I guess doing that was necessary since someone posted it does indeed help. So I don't feel too bad.
 
$5 + $5 shipping from AC's RMA parts/eGay store for the 12cm flexi bridge..

linky.

Oh, and I think the bending job looks pretty nice actually, considering the alternatives. I had to bend my S1 fins , although not for SLI opteration. I have it still installed on my 7900GT, and that plus the Jingting Foretake NB cooler = a PITA to install. I had to use the upper slot on my EVGA NF41 board for it to work (barely still), even w/ tilting the cooler as much as possible (while avoiding wires/SATA ports), removing the black AC logo'd heatpipe concealers and bending fins on the S1 - the middle (non-SLI, 16x) slot was a no go.
 
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