SLI?

[wubbie412]

hey guys

quick question.

how do u no if your SLI function is working?

i have two 7950 gt oc 512mb cards... n i had the SLI enabled through Nvidia's control panel.
but im bit skeptical...

how do i check if im really getting the SLI abilities when im playing games and etc?

thank you so much guys. this place is awesome.

 

[Monkey_feces]

No reason to be skeptical if you turned it on in the control panel. If you are slightly disappointed with your performance, then you really should have dished out about $50 extra for an 8800gts.

 

[revenant]

well, an easy test would be to play with SLI disabled, then with SLI enabled... the old driver panel had a util called "sho gpu load balancing" and I am not sure where it is in the new driver UI. But when you enable gpu load balancing if SLI is running correctly you will see green lines on the screen which loosely shows each card's rendering tasks.. So, if you can't find the gpu load balancing util, then hopefully you can figure it out by testing with and without SLI enabled to ensure it's running correctly. Also, SLI typically shines at high resolutions, say 1680x1050 and up, and with image quality enhancers (AA and AF) turned on.. that's where the extra horse-power really helps. so turn up the res and IQ and have fun.

 

[wubbie412]

how do u check performance? it sounds lik a silly question . is it the frame rate that u check.. or.. ugh i dunno..

if it is.. what do u use to check?

i see that in the other threads..u hav numbers taht you guys use to state how well ur vid card is working.. um what is that?

 

[HaMMerHeD]

FRAPS.