Woohoo 8800gt 512 in sli First time

[Boneface]

Ok so for the first time i am running dual vid cards....Happy as a pig in SH@T>. Is there anything i k should know about running sli?



Boneface

[hat]

I think you should know... overclock that cpu to get the TRUE performance benefits!! Your awesome C2D is now a bottleneck!!

[Boneface]

Its at 3.1 isnt that ok?

[JrRacinFan]

Congrats! Give us a few 3dM06 runs, you know everybody loves those!

[francis511]

Update your specs man

[hat]

3.1 eh? *looks up info about E6750*
Dude... you got the 8x multi! :rockout:
Try running 400x8 if you can, grab an AC Freezer 7 Pro, 400x8 is 3.2GHz prety damn good, run your memory on a 1:1 multiplier... and if your memory isn't running dual-channel, take that 2 gig stick out... stay with the 2x1gb...

[Boneface]

Ok im running vista 64bit. Does 3dmark 06 work with 64bit?

[ShadowFold]

Yup

[JrRacinFan]

The 64 bit OS should emulate the 32bit executable just fine.

[Boneface]

Got it to work

[JrRacinFan]

Seems kinda low IMO. You sure your running in SLI?

[hat]

Got it to work

Are you running in dual channel? Doesn't seem like you would be with that odd memory config. Also... yeah overclock the cards.. and run 400*8 1:1 FSB:DRAM and see what happens, good luck

[erocker]

Not bad, but you have some work to do to get optimal performance. 3.1ghz is a great everyday speed for your chip. If you are in it for the benchmarks, I would suggest you read up on this XP tweak guide right here. (http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html) Also, are you running 2 x 1gb sticks and one 2gb stick? If so, you aren't running in dual-channel and are taking a performance hit from that. I would just use the 2 x 1gb sticks for now, buy yourself another matching 2gb stick, then sell your two 1gb's. It's pretty much a rule of thumb nowdays to have two matching sticks of ram, if not 4. If you have any questions let me know! :toast:

[Boneface]

i figured its the ram but the 4 gigs even if it is odd confg lol, works good for vista, ill OC the cards abit and see what that does

[JrRacinFan]

I bet you are running in dual channel though. It all depends on which slots you have each dimm in.

[Boneface]

slot 1-1gig, slot 2-2gig, slot 3-1gig, Should i move the 2gig to the last slot?

[JrRacinFan]

Sounds correct to me. Throw us a CPU-z Memory tab screenshot.

[Boneface]

In Single

[JrRacinFan]

That's probly what is holding you back a little. Try switching around the dimms in slot 2 and slot 3.

[Nitro-Max]

can you run dual with 3 sticks?? thought it was either 2 or 4. One bank will run single and default the other 2 aswell. you normally need 2 sticks of the same brand.


just try the 2x1 gig

[JrRacinFan]

You know what, you are correct. Next chance you get pickup another 2GB stick (smarter thing) or a 2x1GB kit (not as smart).

[Nitro-Max]

Try your 2x1 gig in slot one and slot 3 they are color coded leave out the other 2 gig stick then you should have duel mode on.

[erocker]

i figured its the ram but the 4 gigs even if it is odd confg lol, works good for vista, ill OC the cards abit and see what that does
Nitro-Max has it correct.
I would just run the 2 1gb sticks for now. Heck, you could sell the 1 x 2gb stick for the price of another matching 2 x 1gb set. How did the bench go with two sticks? Also I'll throw in this link here from Microsoft in case you need it. Link. (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936710)

[wolf]

your first SLi build will be an interesting one i can tell you that much. SLi is in no way for n00bs, youve really got to want to get the most out of your system to see SLi shine.

and i can attest to how awesome 400x8 on your cpu is, and in sync with your ram too.....should really see the potential of those cards come to the surface.

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

Scores kinda low indeed. What resolution are you running on? Driver display settings on default? AA off and AF off?

@ 1280x1024 with default settings, I score 14,200 on a 3.0ghz 5-5-5-18-2t.. WinXP 32bit SP2 though..

Also, 3.8ghz still bottlenecks the SLI config.

[Boneface]

ok well im running a widescreen will that affect my 3dmark06? And i think my board is not letting me get to 3.2 stable or i need a new cooler, and im going to see about getting another 2gig stick or 2x1gigs for my 2gig lol

[JrRacinFan]

What is the model/specs of the 1 2GB stick?

[exodusprime1337]

hey needs to pull that stick out, it's in single channel, wasn't sure so booted up cpuz and mine says dual so i believe he's killin the performance with single channel. pull the extra stick out and give it a shot with 2 gigs and dual channel, btw congrats man

[Boneface]

Well im hoping to get a 2gig stick off a guy so for now ill keep it in till then, need it for vista lol and thanks