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Move from AMD to Nvidia and having issues :(

EquaLiZr

EquaLiZr

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I went from 2x 7970's to 2x EVGA classified GTX 780's. I put them in the slots I used before and whenever i went to play games, the screen looked like it was trying to go 3d or something. The screen was not garbled, you could see everything just fine but it had like an overlay of tearing. So now i have them sandwiched and things are working now but I dont know why i cant split them up like i did before.
 
proper driver cleaning, proper drivers(maybe not newest but best) and in the control panel for Nvidia did you make sure 3d and other such options were not on by mistake when they should have been?

I understand folks trying different things out, but to go to Nvidia from AMD you make baby jesus cry :(
 
I had the same problem. A program called driver fusion will make you life much easier. If you do use it you should make sure and clean both Nvidia and AMD display drivers.
 
Yes mobo in SIG. Cleaned all the drivers. Everything works great in the first 2 slots but when I separate them I get that crap :(
 
Use this instead of driver fusion before installing new driver

http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html

Shouldn't matter what PCI-E u put them in have you tested both cards individually
and test both individually in the lower PCI-E slot giving you problem trial error to find issue.

Also you using the same SLI bridge when you separate them?

Is it one of those solid tri sli bridges that come with asus boards if so maybe the bottom port damaged IDK
 
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I ran that program and rebooted. It still found AMD stuff:eek:

Tried the 1st and 3rd slot again, still get the flickering :(

Now that ive switched over to the green team, i still get frame drops in games when the cards are only at 50%
 
"Now that ive switched over to the green team, i still get frame drops in games when the cards are only at 50%"

blasphemy Nvidia is perfect so is Intel how dare you spread lies :rolleyes:
 
its most likely a motherboard issue,

have you checked for a bios update or new drivers for your chipset?


also have you tried a swap of the cards to see if that slot is only affecting one of hte cards?
 
I assume that when you install the GPUs, you enabled SLi in the NVidia control panel?
The slots are all PCI-e x8 or x16? (I don't see a sig in your user box)
As someone else said....update the chipset drivers.

No matter which cleaner software you use, the re should be no driver conflict.
I've switched back and forth many times and never had a problem with software conflicts.....I use DriverCleaner after uninstall then install the new drivers.:D
 
My system still has AMD drivers on it and I run an Nvidia card, no problems here. I'm going to say something to do with your motherboard as well, if it works in some slots but not others it becomes pretty obvious.

As far as frame drops at low usage, you need to go in the control panel and turn on "prefer maximum" for the adaptive power settings, otherwise they throttle back at low usage to save power.
 
There have been no bios updates for the last 3 years. Chipset ones seem old as well. Remember I'm still on x58 :)
I'll just leave them sandwiched for now. I now get just under 14000 in fire strike.
 
EquaLiZr said:
I ran that program and rebooted. It still found AMD stuff:eek:

Tried the 1st and 3rd slot again, still get the flickering :(

Now that ive switched over to the green team, i still get frame drops in games when the cards are only at 50%
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Prob cuz it's cpu bottleneck. 2560 res. Doesn't all the sudden make cpu bottleneck impossible when you have that much GPU hp. As far as 3rd slot I assume your using different sli bridge. Could be the bridge.
 
I got it working. Wiggled the bridge cable around till it stopped:rolleyes: Oh well :)
 
overclocked cpu, going from 2 7970 to 2 780 is not going to instantly have a bottleneck not with that kind of horsepower and running at a decent resolution.

Someone did say check your SLI bridge, a little wiggle and it works now LOL>
 
I've never done a OS wipe just because I switched between cards. And I have run many cards from both teams.

Sounds like a motherboard issue.
 
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I got it working. Wiggled the bridge cable around till it stopped:rolleyes: Oh well :)
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Always make sure you slam that shit in there :p

Seriously though, I've noticed the crossfire/sli bridges sometimes require quite some force to connect properly, and over the years I've learned that PC parts are much stronger than I thought. I remember building my first PC and being so careful, it was like handling a baby :D
 
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I got it working. Wiggled the bridge cable around till it stopped:rolleyes: Oh well :)
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Use the tri sli bridge that came with your board. It's not just for triple cards. Works for first and 3rd slot as well. And looks a lot better than a single long one. Glad I was right :cool:
 
slam that shit in there LOL there is some sound advice nothing better then snapping sensitive pins early in the morn.

Yeh OS wipe for video card changes might get er right clean but there are far easier more time constructive ways to do this.

I am quite surprised that Nvidia and AMD both have not done away with needing external bridges for as long as they have been doing SLI/CF granted it is WAY better then VSA and master/slave cards and wonky dongles, I do hope to see AMD continue on and branch down what they have done with the R9 29x series i.e bridgeless CF :)
 
Well I don't mean take a hammer to it, but give it some force. Motherboards are the craziest IMO. Those things can take some crazy force, I'm surprised I haven't broken anything. I actually had GPU fall on some concrete and work perfectly fine(wasn't very high, but still).
 
yeh surprising how things like that happen I see it at work lots a glass jar falls from like 5 feet onto solid concrete and bounces yet butter fingers drops a quite flexible almost rubber jar catches it just happens to "tick" on the ground and BLAM it blows up like its made of egg shells.

Most computer stuff is built decently tough, well unless you have a Raven case that is the absolute most rigid easy to snap plastic on an expensive product I have ever seen :(
 
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