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iChaosphere

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Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:04 AM (permalink)

Hi,
Today I got my 560Ti 2Win, and I can't get it to work! I just can't enable SLi through the nVidia control panel. I have tried a whole host of nVidia drivers, including a clean install of the most recent 295.73. Still no SLi. GPUz and the control panel both detect the 2 GPUs, but game/benchmark usages still show 99% GPU1 and 0% GPU2.
I don't think the system should matter (its not X79), but I'm running a Phneom II X4 970, for reference sake.
Thanks for any help!

NemesisChild

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Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:17 AM (permalink)

What motherboard do you have?
Only the new AMD 990 chipset boards "officially" support SLI.
If you have an older chipset board, you will have to use the SLI patch:

http://www.overclock.net/t/670810/howto-sli-on-a-non-sli-motherboard-gtx5xx-compatible-1-0-final-released

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iChaosphere Total Posts : 6 Joined: 2/22/2012 Status: offline	Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:20 AM (permalink) Hey, I don't think this applies to the 2Win because it has a NF2000 chip on the PCB, so you don't need a SLi compatible motherboard.
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NemesisChild

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Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:23 AM (permalink)

Doesn't matter, SLI is driver controlled and is coded for SLI boards.

If you don't have the the 990 chipset, SLI won't happen without the SLI patch.

iChaosphere Total Posts : 6 Joined: 2/22/2012 Status: offline	Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:25 AM (permalink) Ok, I'll give it a try. Shame this isn't mentioned in any reviews or product information 0.o
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NemesisChild

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Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:31 AM (permalink)

iChaosphere

Ok, I'll give it a try.

Shame this isn't mentioned in any reviews or product information 0.o

Yeah I hear ya, this is one of the reason why I went with the Crosshair V Formula.
I ran my 570's on the Crosshair IV Formula with the SLI patch. worked like a champ.
Basically upgrade to the CH5F to run Zambezi, but we all know Bulldozer turned out to be a dud.

NemesisChild

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Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:10 PM (permalink)

Didn't hear back from you, did you get SLI to work?

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Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:29 PM (permalink)

well I ran 2 different 295`s on 2 different p 45 (xfire m/b) without the need for any patch. the nf200 chip is in the card itself. do not think this card would be any different.

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iChaosphere Total Posts : 6 Joined: 2/22/2012 Status: offline	Re:Help with my new 560 Ti 2Win ! Friday, February 24, 2012 7:46 AM (permalink) The SLi patch enabled SLI, but there was constant screen flashing. The HyperSLi patch, however, works a treat :)
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