Modded SLI Forceware

[Solaris17]

Hey guys I have a new project i want to start...Its time i think that i dabble in developing like w1zz unwinder etc...well i think i have a field id like to specialize in..Drivers. Remember those modified Forceware drivers the 85.25 series that allowed SLI on all chipsets? Well the devs seemed to have dropped off the side of the earth so iv decided i want to contribute to thousands of ppl (not like i havent already with my disk) but id like to get into the dev game. So what do you think usefull or no? Should i go through with this? Would you like to see them again only with newer drivers?


PLEASE CHECK BACK TO THIS POST FOR UPDATES

UPDATES:
175.16's For all windows versions added
Alot of progress tword detection
some SLI options are appearing on some board
no official success storys yet I NEED MORE TESTERS!
driver not detecting correct card fixed

DRIVER UPDATES:
All drivers will support quatro
Quadro optimizations
Should support SLI on all chipsets
Will support all new cards and all old cards
Drivers should provide optimization for older models

TO DOWNLOAD DRIVERS PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING

Vista 32-bit 169.35: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQ0G1RMM

ftp.lg3.info

and using the log in and pass here

USN: guest@lg3.info
PASS: guest or Guest

Latest beta screenies! on a M3A32-MVP DELUXE WIFI (790FX chipset)

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture3.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture1.jpg

Here (ftp://solarisutilitydvd.com/public_ftp/Downloads/85.96_modXPx32.zip)

[erocker]

I think it's a good idea! I would love the option of running SLi on my motherboard. One thing I'd love to see would be a way to enable crossfire without having to install CCC.:D

[sneekypeet]

I think you would make a lot of 8 and 9 series owners very happy if they could run SLI with the great OC'ability of the intel chipset.

I hope it goes well for you Solaris. I dabbled a bit trying to swap older files onto newer drivers to try and allow it, never came up with anything functional.

[Solaris17]

you really think? i have a beta of the old 87.25's with new card support XP 32 if anyones intrested.

[ShadowFold]

If you send me a couple geforce cards I will test them on my P35 :p it has two PCi-E slots. Good luck tho man alot of people would like you if you got them to work!

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

you really think? i have a beta of the old 87.25's with new card support XP 32 if anyones intrested.

I would marry you if I can get SLi working on my x38. :toast:

[ShadowFold]

Actually Crossfire on nv chipsets would probly be easier but who the hell would get an overpriced SLI board to run CF :p

[JrRacinFan]

Would be pretty damn nice of you Sol. My 8600GT died or else I would pickup a 2nd and help with alpha/beta testing. So right now Im running a 2600 Pro.

[sneekypeet]

Personally I would have loved better SLI drivers on my AW9D MAX. That was supposed to support it , they even sold a bridge with it. Just those old hacked drivers blew chunks really. So my girl got my 7600GT's and Jr. got the mobo....too late now...lol

Sol...I really think you should go right on ahead with this plan!!!

[Cold Storm]

If you can do it Solaris, Then I might just keep this Striker II board that is sitting right beside me!!! I'm for it man!

[Solaris17]

cool i think i will we'll make this the official thread but ill need someone to test SLI or no i need someone who can install the drivers to see if theyll work...i have the old ones modded to support new cards so technically they should work though weithout the optimizaions ment for the new cards that will come later just warning you now. youd technically be installing highely modified 87.25's ill work on the new guys in a bit i just gotta practice modding .ini files. i appreciate the support guys.

[aGeoM]

Hi Solaris, all

I have, 2x7800GT+NV4-SLI, and 2x3870CF+790FX, I can test both ways, if you will.

:toast:

[Solaris17]

Hi Solaris, all

I have, 2x7800GT+NV4-SLI, and 2x3870CF+790FX, I can test both ways, if you will.

:toast:

what OS? this is KING!!!!! exaclt what i need XP 32 or 64 or Vista 32 or 64?

[Solaris17]

would you guys like backwards compatibility with older cards? like 174's on the 6600GT etc?

[aGeoM]

what OS? this is KING!!!!! exaclt what i need XP 32 or 64 or Vista 32 or 64?

Vista/Server2008 x86 /x64, OK 30/60 days trial, it's enough.;)
XP x86/x64 OK.

would you guys like backwards compatibility with older cards? like 174's on the 6600GT etc?

Should be nice, but I have only one 6600GT can't SLI it :p

[Solaris17]

ok than i have both files that i want you to try look at first post plz.

[aGeoM]

Links?

ATM I can try 7800GT+790FX, need 30min to setup system.

[Solaris17]

hold on something came up i g2g for now and i need to recompile the 174 driver something needs fixing

[aGeoM]

NP, just set the system, OS=Server2008 x64, 790FX+2x7800GT.

[DanTheBanjoman]

How exactly are you planning on doing it? Since there aren't hacked drivers available already I'd figure it isn't easy to do...
Asking what users want is rather pointless if you don't even have a proof of concept.

Also, what's a Quatro?

[Solaris17]

ok ill set up DL's on my site or try to anyway
you may need fireftp or similar though :(

[Solaris17]

How exactly are you planning on doing it? Since there aren't hacked drivers available already I'd figure it isn't easy to do...
Asking what users want is rather pointless if you don't even have a proof of concept.

Also, what's a Quatro?

well im taking the modified (or trying seeing as it hsnt been tested yet) drivers that were already made and im adding them to the current drivers than im modifying the default .ini files to include the newely modified ones thats also how im adding card compatability seeing as all i need to do is add device id's and strings that they took out....a Quadro is nvidias server class graphics cards like ATI's fireGL line.

[aGeoM]

ok ill set up DL's on my site or try to anyway
you may need fireftp or similar though :(

Can I download the drivers? you just need to upload the modded files.

[Solaris17]

im uplaoding them to my server you can uplaod a file that big here.

[aGeoM]

Yeap I know, meaning dl official drivers, then modded files from you. Instead full pack.

[Solaris17]

im sorry i seem to be seriously misunderstanding you..you want links to the official drivers?

[DanTheBanjoman]

well im taking the modified (or trying seeing as it hsnt been tested yet) drivers that were already made and im adding them to the current drivers than im modifying the default .ini files to include the newely modified ones thats also how im adding card compatability seeing as all i need to do is add device id's and strings that they took out....a quatro is nvidias server class graphics cards like ATI's fireGL line.

I'm extremely skeptical. Though if you somehow manage to get it to work I won't complain.


As for the Quatro, I was actually trying to point out they're not called Quatro but Quadro. And they're not for servers but workstations. Servers generally use chips like ATI's ES1000 (before that some rage chips) and XGI Z7/Z9.

[Solaris17]

o ya sry i kinda cant spell thnx for pointing it out im kinda skeptical too but hey worth a shot though right? i mean they did it b4. I also used the wrong termanology b4 as well i ment workstation you know like cad work etc.


EDIT it will take about 20min for the 174's to finish uplaoding though if you want the address and log in and pass the XP 32bits are done.

EDIT2 dan remember to wish me a happy b-day tomarrow i love you w0ot!

[aGeoM]

im sorry i seem to be seriously misunderstanding you..you want links to the official drivers?

LOL, no, I have the of 174 drivers.

To avoid full driver upload, the idea was, for you just upload the hacked files.;)

EDIT it will take about 20min for the 174's to finish uplaoding though if you want the address and log in and pass the XP 32bits are done.

For XP 32, need to install it on other HDD.:(

[Solaris17]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i see ya im like 50% done i dont think im going to do that though :( it will be around 15min do you want the log in and pass now just cause? im going to be gone here pretty quick gonna do something with the GF tonight my b-day is tomarrow so im kinda just winding down :) ill edit the first post with the log in etc

[JrRacinFan]

Maybe Sol had to recompile everything, aGeoM. :)

If this works,I miss my 8600GT :( Not doubting your skillz Sol.

[aGeoM]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i see ya im like 50% done i dont think im going to do that though :( it will be around 15min do you want the log in and pass now just cause? im going to be gone here pretty quick gonna do something with the GF tonight my b-day is tomarrow so im kinda just winding down :) ill edit the first post with the log in etc


Happy b-day, :toast: get out of here and go party with your GF :slap:

[Solaris17]

Happy b-day, :toast: get out of here and go party with your GF :slap:

lol kk man well its gonna take bout 7min till 174's complete but the xp 32's are available for right now remember to tell me if these work if you get an error i need a print screen with the details tab open th nx guys ill try for ya but im not garenteeing anything im out have fun :) ENJOY

[aGeoM]

lol kk man well its gonna take bout 7min till 174's complete but the xp 32's are available for right now remember to tell me if these work if you get an error i need a print screen with the details tab open th nx guys ill try for ya but im not garenteeing anything im out have fun :) ENJOY

What's the point of testing without a report.;)


Still here!.. :slap:

EDIT: Got in downloading now...

EDIT 2: Gonna force install...

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/13/moddriver1mp5.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moddriver1mp5.jpg)

EDIT 3: No 7800GT support...

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/34/moddriver2xb7.th.jpg (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moddriver2xb7.jpg)

EDIT 4: Forced 9600GT install...

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7715/moddriver3zz7.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moddriver3zz7.jpg)

EDIT 5: Installed 2 GPU, reboot...

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2051/moddriver4dx8.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moddriver4dx8.jpg)

EDIT 6: Ok, I went to 169.25 (7800 official), then forced 174 install, same above errors, but have NVControl panel now...

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7979/moddriver5el3.th.jpg (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moddriver5el3.jpg)

[aGeoM]

UPDATE

Windows XP x86 + 2x7800GT + 790FX

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8058/modeddriver6vm8.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=modeddriver6vm8.jpg)

:ohwell: Didn't work :(

If you have that old drivers, I can check if works on my 790FX mobo.

Thanks for trying anyway.

Enjoy your day :) :toast:

[DaedalusHelios]

You know how hard that is to do. :laugh:

If you got those drivers running stable on Crysis with a X38/X48 I would say make a paypal donate button on the page with the files. If they worked I know I would donate at least $100 to the cause. I bet alot of other people would donate some aswell.

More power to ya! :)

[Solaris17]

ill work on them sorry for the wasted time i just dont have the rig to test them on ill work on it

[JrRacinFan]

Happy birthday Sol. Why dont you try the drivers that were initial released with the 9800GX2?

[Solaris17]

the 174.93's will be tested im just trying some diff things right now but its my b-day so im not sure how much ill work on it today. Its actually kinda hard so the time ill need to devote will be at least a couple hours but i dont know if ill do that today maybe tonight

[Solaris17]

UPDATE

Windows XP x86 + 2x7800GT + 790FX

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8058/modeddriver6vm8.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=modeddriver6vm8.jpg)

:ohwell: Didn't work :(

If you have that old drivers, I can check if works on my 790FX mobo.

Thanks for trying anyway.

Enjoy your day :) :toast:

ok ill work on it ill tryadding support again for new cards on old drivers thats my first task as hacking the new drivers is more difficult than adding support for the old ones.

[W1zzard]

well im taking the modified (or trying seeing as it hsnt been tested yet) drivers that were already made and im adding them to the current drivers than im modifying the default .ini files to include the newely modified ones thats also how im adding card compatability seeing as all i need to do is add device id's and strings that they took out

the old drivers dont have support for all the recent gpus. its not just a matter of adding new device ids.

the only way you can approach this is by reverse engineering the driver, understanding its code, finding where the check is if sli can be enabled and remove that check. maybe an actual nvidia chipset with certain features is really required for sli operation, for current gpu generations this has never been investigated.

good luck. dont expect "a few hours" to get this done

if it works, be ready to face the wrath of nvidia's legal department

[DanTheBanjoman]

the old drivers dont have support for all the recent gpus. its not just a matter of adding new device ids.

the only way you can approach this is by reverse engineering the driver, understanding its code, finding where the check is if sli can be enabled and remove that check. maybe an actual nvidia chipset with certain features is really required for sli operation, for current gpu generations this has never been investigated.

good luck. dont expect "a few hours" to get this done

if it works, be ready to face the wrath of nvidia's legal department

Perhaps I'm just being a retard but isn't there another way? Fooling the drivers that a supported chipset is being used? Theoretically speaking of course. If it was anyway near easy it would have been done already.

[Solaris17]

well they had managed to do it with 87.25's and i had read a thread over at vr zone i think were they added support for cards by adding device strings and modifying what registry entries are entered and a bunch of ppl it seems got it to work...but their are some driver discrepencies in the ini file of the new ones so its totally possible i wrote it in wrong or in the wrong spot which is causing these errors so im going to do one stage at a time. I know that it will be pretty hard i was talking about a couple hours to atleast remake the ini file with absolutely no garentee it will even work then...im going to try though no sense in giving up gives me something to do anyway.

[aGeoM]

ill work on them sorry for the wasted time i just dont have the rig to test them on ill work on it

No sorry here, it's not wasted time.

BTW it also gave me the power error, like if I didn't connect the power cable to the GFX card. Witch I did obviously.

[Cold Storm]

Solaris, If others did have the ability to have right now sli, they'd help no matter what. Its a trial and error sort of thing. Your an extreme modder, I'll never say that is a lie, just know that even if your trial and error don't work at the first time, try try again. We'll all ways be behind your back on anything you do man! It takes time.

I do say good luck, and If I can get a second card in here, I'd help ya man.

[Solaris17]

thnx man i appreciate it im doing all of this just to help ppl out this is what a community does i do it all on my personal time at home on my computer it isnt a job just more of a hobby. I have a decompiloer now so now its time for the hard work i might not get much done today i have plans but maybe im not sure. thnx for the support. its hard for me to test as well thr biggest reason is i have an sli supported mobo so mod or no it will work for me @aGEOm try re downloading the 174's they worked for me i just want to make sure you downlaoded the whole file as i was uplaoding it while i was talking about it so i just want to make sure you got the whole version

[infrared]

Good luck solaris!

If you get this working, i might consider getting another 8800gts and help with testing :D

[Cold Storm]

thnx man i appreciate it im doing all of this just to help ppl out this is what a community does i do it all on my personal time at home on my computer it isnt a job just more of a hobby. I have a decompiloer now so now its time for the hard work i might not get much done today i have plans but maybe im not sure. thnx for the support. its hard for me to test as well thr biggest reason is i have an sli supported mobo so mod or no it will work for me @aGEOm try re downloading the 174's they worked for me i just want to make sure you downlaoded the whole file as i was uplaoding it while i was talking about it so i just want to make sure you got the whole version

I say man, take the day off, regroup and start fresh tomorrow. Your doing a stand up job with all the teachings you have shown us in the past. I don't have a feeling what so ever that you can't get this to work!

Have fun with your girl and her family. You do deserve it man!!!

[aGeoM]

thnx man i appreciate it im doing all of this just to help ppl out this is what a community does i do it all on my personal time at home on my computer it isnt a job just more of a hobby. I have a decompiloer now so now its time for the hard work i might not get much done today i have plans but maybe im not sure. thnx for the support. its hard for me to test as well thr biggest reason is i have an sli supported mobo so mod or no it will work for me @aGEOm try re downloading the 174's they worked for me i just want to make sure you downlaoded the whole file as i was uplaoding it while i was talking about it so i just want to make sure you got the whole version

OK man, need swap OS, give me a couple min.

EDIT: Downloading now, the Rar file have the same size, I have here.

EDIT 2: Same as before, no 7800gt support, forced install at 9800GTX, same error reported.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6048/moddriver7ks9.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moddriver7ks9.jpg)

[W1zzard]

Perhaps I'm just being a retard but isn't there another way? Fooling the drivers that a supported chipset is being used? Theoretically speaking of course. If it was anyway near easy it would have been done already.

the basic approach is the same. you need to identify the piece of code that determines what a supported chipset is and then fake the info. since it's incredibly hard to really fake device ids, bypassing the check seems like the more viable option to me. i may be wrong though

[Cold Storm]

W1zzard, you finally hit 5000! woot woot! your thanks is out of this world though! lol.. I'm no mod person for software, so I can't tell what needs to be done or anything else. But from what I've heard, I believe w1z, your right with the needing to bypass

[deuse]

WOW this is so cool
I have a P35 mobo and would love to try them
but i cant get the drivers of the ftp site wrong pass or log ;(

cant anyone put them on megashare or rapid please

[aGeoM]

WOW this is so cool
I have a P35 mobo and would love to try them
but i cant get the drivers of the ftp site wrong pass or log ;(

cant anyone put them on megashare or rapid please

Just type ftp.lg3.info in your browser

the UN&PW work.

[sinister_steve]

Hey there I trued a few times and the mod isnot working yet...but hopefully you will hit it on the head and figure it out...let me know when you got another to try...Thanks...Steve

[Solaris17]

All modded forceware are posted if youd like to try them out please at least tell me if they worked or not


ftp.lg3.info

USN:guest@lg3.info
PASS:guest

let me know how it goes support for XP32-64 VISTA32-64

[ShadowFold]

Hey sol im gonna get a 750i SLi board and another 8800GT later on and I will keep my P35 board as a back up and maybe test some for you if you still havent gotten it by then :) Good luck!!

[sinister_steve]

hey guys heres the only option I can find in these drivers .

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture3.jpg

[Solaris17]

did u try GPU-Z i cant beleave you havent y dont you listen? if that option is their than my modded forceware should have already enabled it

[sinister_steve]

hey guys heres the only option I can find in these drivers .

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture3.jpg

oh ya heres my gpu-z screen shot...

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture1.jpg

[sinister_steve]

hey solaris17 dont be getting all pissy with me..this computer stuff is new to me my first comp i got 2 years ago..so if you cant handle that then I cant do this anymore

[Solaris17]

thank you


ok do you have the sli bridge etc connected? sorry sinister im just kinda in a bad mood today well just edgy and im trying to make sense of this did you try running a benchmark to see if the frams improved? iv never triued running sli on a board that doesnt support it so im gonna need you guys to try REAL hard to help me make this cause im kinda programming blind....but what im getting at is though their is no enable option and GPU-Z says its still disabled you shouldnt get those SLI options in the CP unless it is...and since its not a true SLI chipset or mobo GPU-Z could detect it wrong...im really REALLY happy it has gotten this far though this measn it is scanning and making a connection now to make the option available.

try this reg entry if the benchmarks dont show any improvement


just DL unzip and double click on it when it asks you if you want to install the reg entry select yes

do the same for tweak 2

in these tweaks i am trying to force compatiability

[Solaris17]

Hey sol im gonna get a 750i SLi board and another 8800GT later on and I will keep my P35 board as a back up and maybe test some for you if you still havent gotten it by then :) Good luck!!

than k you i appreciate it

im done modding the new beta 175.16's im currently uplaoding them

all XP and VIsta versions will be supported

[sinister_steve]

Hey man all is cool...I just got back so I will try the benchmark and see how it scores..And then I will try the other steps you gave me,,,so you are uploading the other beta to try now?..Shouls I try the other beta you are uploading or just try more with the first one I got from you?..Ok talk soon...Steve

[Solaris17]

uninstall the drivers you have and install the new modded betas on my site. the registry entries you should install if needed after the drivers be sure to benchmark again im sorry man my apologies i just dont have alot of ppl ati and intel mobo users dont usually buy 2 nvidia cards and all 3 of my mobos support sli natively so as i said im programming in the dark

[sinister_steve]

Ok I will do another benchm after installing the betas...and the reg entries you are talking about are the ones above in ur last post?..ok will let you know...Steve ..thanks

[cdawall]

well as for as xfire goes what about xDNA is it moddedable to support more than diamond cards?
http://www.hothardware.com/News/Diamond_Multimedias_XDNA/
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,6982.html

[Solaris17]

i dont mod ati man sry not my feild

[sinister_steve]

Hey dude I uninstalled the other drivers and used driver cleaner...then installed the beta ones and all the steps and still no sli...and the bench score is still the same...sorry to tell you that..But I will keep trying...Steve

[Solaris17]

does the option for sli still appear?

[JrRacinFan]

Heya Sol. I've been looking reading and researching, is it possible to do away with trying to mod the drivers and take a stab at attempting to emulate hardware? As in the chip that makes a board SLi capable? I mean, I think i am speaking out of my back end but ....

What do you think?

[Solaris17]

idk the easiest way is to make ir modify the reg entries that nvida drivers make so that it supports sli i wouldnt know were to begin modifying a NB or modifing the drivers to detect a good NB

[sinister_steve]

yes the option for sli is still there

[Solaris17]

hmm good than we havent taken a step back and GPU-Z still says its available?


if so do the registry entreis both at the same tim but do reg twek 2 obviously after the first.

[JrRacinFan]

Sol, what do those reg tweaks do exactly?

[Solaris17]

if the mobo isnt detected as a sli capable one you change the entries or add new ones and force it

or at least thats the theory and what im trying

i found an article on how to enable sli through the reg.....and im trying to make the same idea work for non compatable boards.


seems to be doing ok though i went from drivers that bombed during install to partially working SLI options and GPU-Z detecting it as available

[sinister_steve]

Hey man I did the reg changes and did nothing ..but still the stereo-sli rendering mode is there..so thats good..and one more thing I noticed was that the only time the stereo-sli rendering mode is there is when im in the nvidia contole pannel and in the option to selest program to customise and its on the 3dmark06...and when I pull the tab to a game its no longer there even..and this is all on the same page in the nvidia settings?

[Solaris17]

hmm ok ill mod the reg more and see what i can do with the drivers i need more beta testers to see if this will work multiple machines would be better


EDIT: after installing the entries did you reboot?

[sinister_steve]

Ya that would be cool if there was others to gelp to make sure its versitile,,,hope someone els will do it with us...Ok ill be waiting for youre new mod entries...steve
and yes i did restart comp;;;

[Solaris17]

well here is a new one try it if this one wont work i can do one more thing to it.

[sinister_steve]

Nope didnt do it...restarted and checked in bios to

[Solaris17]

ok uninstall the drivers clean it up

than when you boot install the reg entry..

now install the drivers but we will do it diff this time...instead of clicking on setup.bat click on primary.exe

[sinister_steve]

than when you boot install the reg entry..

now install the drivers but we will do it diff this time...instead of clicking on setup.bat click on primary.exe


which reg entry i have 3 of them from you?

[OzzmanFloyd120]

This is the most interesting thread I've read yet... at any forum... ever. Subscribed. Tomorrow I'll download your drivers Sol' and give them a shot.

[Solaris17]

than when you boot install the reg entry..

now install the drivers but we will do it diff this time...instead of clicking on setup.bat click on primary.exe


which reg entry i have 3 of them from you?

the latest "updated" one

[Solaris17]

Latest beta screenies! on a M3A32-MVP DELUXE WIFI (790FX chipset)

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture3.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture1.jpg

[ShadowFold]

This is the most interesting thread I've read yet... at any forum... ever. Subscribed. Tomorrow I'll download your drivers Sol' and give them a shot.

Do you have a dual slot intel board? I can sell you my P35A seeing you have two 9600GT's :)

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Do you have a dual slot intel board? I can sell you my P35A seeing you have two 9600GT's :)

Last time I've owned an Intel based board was dual socket 370 like five years ago. I have been thinking of picking up an e2200 and testing the waters though. How much did you want for it?
It was more like two and a half years ago (there I go exaggerating again)

[sinister_steve]

Hey solaris..i have a question here...ok so ive always installed the primary setup exe first..then I installed the second exe..then I installed the setup bat..then I would put in the reg edits...is this the right sequence? ...Steve

[panchoman]

sinister steve, have you considered using showmypc to let solaris help you out with the driver installtions and all?

[sinister_steve]

Ok i will for sure do that..I would let him into my comp if I could give him access somehow///steve

[sinister_steve]

Ok i will for sure do that..I would let him into my comp if I could give him access somehow///steve


Ok Solaris I sent you PM with password for you too see my comp with full access

[Solaris17]

ok sinister we will try this later first though i want you to try something i know its a long shot go to my server and DL the 85.95 drivers and install them using the setup.bat file just like you installed drivers the first time...this time though were not going to use reg entries etc.

[sinister_steve]

ok will get the 85 drivers..and use the same bat file...Steve

[sinister_steve]

Hey solaris I couldnt even get the 85 drivers to install..even in device man...ok well i will leave the sharemypc on so you can check things out..mk talk later

[Solaris17]

pm me the number after you click generate

[sinister_steve]

hey solaris pm,d you with pass fpr share mp pc...steve

[sinister_steve]

hey solaris pm,d you with pass fpr share mp pc...steve


going out for bit be back in bout hour and half..

[sinister_steve]

Hey solaris no luck yet...I pm,d you ...Let me know what you want me to do now///Thanks....Steve

[sinister_steve]

Hey solaris17 just wanted to see how things were going with the driver issue,and if you think its still possable for sli on my mobo with the 8800gt,s..?...Mk talk later...sTEVE

[BYUSinger84]

Hey, I definately want in on this. I have access to LOTS of hardware so I am more than willing to help out. My personal system (see my sig) has 2 9800 GTX. I'd love to be able to SLI these guys. I have XP Pro 32-bit, Vista Ultimate 32-bit/64-bit. I mainly use Vista 64, but I can help with the other OS's as well. Just let me know.

[Solaris17]

ill deff let you know atm im working on some things with them that i think will either allow sli or at least show more options. every step in this is bounds imo

[sinister_steve]

Hey solaris good to hear ur still going ahead with the drivers for sli...cuz i decided to just wait and not trade my two 8800gt,s so i will be ready whenever you have a new update..thanks for all the help ...Steve

[bluevelvetjacket]

Hey I completely missed this topic before. I am doing the same project basically. We should pool our efforts we might be able to figure this out. I see you've made some progress so far. I've tried modifying the drivers themselves so perhaps if we combine the two... I am going to send sinister some of my drivers to try and he can let me/us know.

Keep up the good work!

[wolf2009]

the only way you can approach this is by reverse engineering the driver, understanding its code, finding where the check is if sli can be enabled and remove that check. maybe an actual nvidia chipset with certain features is really required for sli operation, for current gpu generations this has never been investigated.

good luck. dont expect "a few hours" to get this done

if it works, be ready to face the wrath of nvidia's legal department
i agree , if u get it done , it could be the same situation as daniel_k with creative .

Good luck to you . If u r successful , u could have a million thx in ur TPU account .

This news will certainly overshadow nvidia's next generation launch and ur success will be on the front page of every tech site and there will be a tleast 50 page threads on evry major forum.

[wolf2009]

Hey, I definately want in on this. I have access to LOTS of hardware so I am more than willing to help out. My personal system (see my sig) has 2 9800 GTX. I'd love to be able to SLI these guys. I have XP Pro 32-bit, Vista Ultimate 32-bit/64-bit. I mainly use Vista 64, but I can help with the other OS's as well. Just let me know.

thats nice to hear , just bumping ur reply so these guys should not miss it.

These guys need people like u with lots of hardware .

[bluevelvetjacket]

Thanks for the support wolf! Much appreciated by myself and Sol as well I'm sure.

W1zzard is right however. I did whip up my set in a few hours a week or so ago but I haven't been able to test them. He is right this will surely take more than just registry tricks. Working on it..

[Solaris17]

ill help out it will be a few days im mad sick and my system is acting quirky

i appreciate the held bluevelvetjacket..i mean i apprecite the help

and thnx

BYUSinger84 having someone with alot of hardware really helps out as ppl dont usually buy 2x nvidia grfx cards and an intel chipset ya know?

[Mussels]

i remember talking to someone in the know, who said all that is really needed is some bit in the bios. The drivers check for that, and decide whether its SLI enabled or not (as well as whatever other checks exist)

So you'd need to look into that, you'd need drivers, video cards, and mobo/bios to all report SLI ready for it to work.

[Solaris17]

well i can see in some parts of the .ini that their is the device ID for nvidia boards...so technically in order to trick the driver in theorry it would be like adding a card..to add support for a card you simply add the device ID to the list...so in theory it would also work for motherboards if you simply added the chipset deivice ID for like an ati chipset.

[JrRacinFan]

So you'd need to look into that, you'd need drivers, video cards, and mobo/bios to all report SLI ready for it to work.

I PM'd some information to you, Sol, a little while ago about this. To sum that PM up we were talking about emulation.

I beleive what I was thinking of that it will only be available on Vista 32 bit.

[panchoman]

i'm glad to see so many people wanting to contribute to this project, and solaris, make good use of their offerings man! (and upload solaris dvd at the same time...)

[sinister_steve]

Sounds good guys, nice to see others working on these sli drivers...And if I need to change to vista or whatever to get the sli to work on my m3a32-mvp deluxe mo bo I will do so..so just everyone let me know when you guys have gotten somewheres with all this..Thanks all...Steve

[sinister_steve]

I dont know if anyone wants to send direct message to me about sli drivers or what not but in case heres my e mail hod333@hotmail.com ...thanks...steve

[JrRacinFan]

Reason: forgot a fart inside my pants

Thats funny as f***.

More serious side of things, I can help out but won't be able to test them AT ALL. Can't test with any nVidia cards, wife doesn't want me touching her HTPC. So I could help but probly won't TBH.

[sinister_steve]

K sounds good dude...Le t me know whenever ur ready ..mk later...Steve

[Mussels]

i can do some minor testing, i have a friend with an 8800GT, but i cant borrow it often - when a driver with good odds of working come out, i can participate by testing it out on my P35 board.

[BYUSinger84]

BYUSinger84 having someone with alot of hardware really helps out as ppl dont usually buy 2x nvidia grfx cards and an intel chipset ya know?


Yeah no problem :) I work for a computer store so yeah, that should say it all. I have access to my own personal computers which include my main one (the x38 abit board), and I have a 680i board. So, whatever you need, let me know. I can also get my hands on some 8800 series cards too if need be.

Just so you know, I run Vista 64 bit, so anything we test either we'd have to do it in that, or I'll have to install XP/Vista 32. Let me know. :) I've been wanting someone to take this on for a long time. I'm glad to help!

[sinister_steve]

I did,,,,,intel mobo and two 8800gt,s...

[Wile E]

Please spare me from reading 5 pages of stuff. lol. Will this work with X38 and 8800GT's?

[DanTheBanjoman]

Please spare me from reading 5 pages of stuff. lol. Will this work with X38 and 8800GT's?

No. It works with nothing.

[Mussels]

No. It works with nothing.

yet.

[giorgos th.]

any update on the subject?
Dan have you tried it and it`s not functional?

[Mussels]

no its just that they hit a wall and havent made any progress for a while. have hope and they might get somewhere.

[btarunr]

I remember there was a modder who successfully ran two 7600 GT cards on a i975X. That's a long time now. Google turns up empty to that search now :(
Implies it's possible, only that you have to fool Forceware that there's an NForce SLI installed. Logic says SLI could run on a Skulltrail even without those NForce 200 bridges, but NVidia made sure they could make money out of the D5400XS, and also tell the world that for SLI you need NForce. Had they not used NForce 200 and just let Intel use SLI on the 5400b northbridge, it could spread the message that you really don't need NForce to run SLI and that it's just a matter of messing with the drivers to make it work on any chipset.

[DanTheBanjoman]

any update on the subject?
Dan have you tried it and it`s not functional?

Of course I haven't, if it works every hardware site would mention it.

Besides, if it was anyway near easy someone else would have done it already. Nothing against Solaris, but I don't see him as the one doing the job.
Which of course doesn't mean I don't want him to try, I of course don't mind it if he somehow manages to do it.


@bta, read the thread, everyone is aware of that.

[bluevelvetjacket]

I am very close to releasing a set of drivers that (I believe) have a good chance of working to Steve and any others interested in trying. I have mentioned this in my original thread I posted on nVNews forum recently so I thought I'd put it here also.

The more feedback the better obviously.

Please PM me if interested.

[sinister_steve]

Hey man im ready ASAP...Steve

[DanTheBanjoman]

I am very close to releasing a set of drivers that (I believe) have a good chance of working to Steve and any others interested in trying. I have mentioned this in my original thread I posted on nVNews forum recently so I thought I'd put it here also.

The more feedback the better obviously.

Please PM me if interested.

If you have something to test I'd gladly do so.

[cdawall]

@ dan how are you running quad channel with 6 sticks of ram?

[DanTheBanjoman]

@ dan how are you running quad channel with 6 sticks of ram?

2 dual rank modules and 4 single rank modules.

[cdawall]

2 dual rank modules and 4 single rank modules.

oh ok that makes sense

oh and just FYI the color on your sig is off a couple shades

[DanTheBanjoman]

oh ok that makes sense

oh and just FYI the color on your sig is off a couple shades

I know, too lazy to install something to make it transparent.

[bluevelvetjacket]

Hey guys, I'm still working on them. I decided to do the Vista drivers first since they are more complicated (and I can test to see if the drivers still work after my modifications - though I can't test actual CrossFire since alas I don't have a a CrossFire board).

I'll try to post the Vista drivers later tonight and I should be able to backport the changes to the XP ones by tomorrow hopefully.

Do any of you guys have Vista? I know Steve said he uses XP 32-bit which is fine. I don't want you guys to install Vista just to test but if you have it then you can test them when I post them later.

Let me know!

Thanks!

[Mussels]

yeah i have vista. i wont be able to test immediately like i said earlier, but if at least one person says it worked for them, i can confirm it.

[sinister_steve]

yeah i have vista. i wont be able to test immediately like i said earlier, but if at least one person says it worked for them, i can confirm it.

Hey you have ati mobo and two 8800 cards? for it wont really tell anything enless you got both...I dont think anyways...Steve

[Mussels]

Hey you have ati mobo and two 8800 cards? for it wont really tell anything enless you got both...I dont think anyways...Steve

i have an INTEL mobo, which supports crossfire. i have an 8800GT, and i said earlier in the thread that i can borrow one off a friend, as a once-off. i can do it to confirm results, but theres no use me testing a driver with low odds of success.

[sinister_steve]

i have an INTEL mobo, which supports crossfire. i have an 8800GT, and i said earlier in the thread that i can borrow one off a friend, as a once-off. i can do it to confirm results, but theres no use me testing a driver with low odds of success.

Oh ya Ok got ya..cant wait to start testing ...Later...Steve

[bluevelvetjacket]

Just another update. Just got home and its a bit late so I wont be able to post tonight but I don't work tomorrow so I'll try and get em tomorrow morning.

Just letting you guys know I'm still here and working on it. Again no guarantees of success like Solaris's mod but I am gonna cross my fingers since this took forever to do... :o

[sinister_steve]

Just another update. Just got home and its a bit late so I wont be able to post tonight but I don't work tomorrow so I'll try and get em tomorrow morning.

Just letting you guys know I'm still here and working on it. Again no guarantees of success like Solaris's mod but I am gonna cross my fingers since this took forever to do... :o

Ok sounds good man....well eventually they will work it just depends on how much time and effort you guys want to put into it...Steve

[BYUSinger84]

Are we talking 64 bit drivers here or 32 bit or both? I'm so interested in making this work, I'll move entire cities if I have to! If it's Vista 32 bit, I'll have to load Vista 32 on one of my other hard drives. Let me know.

[bluevelvetjacket]

Hey BYU - its Vista 32-bit. I also apologize to Solaris for kinda hijacking his thread..sorry about that. But like I said hopefully we can both try to figure it out.

Here goes if anyone wants to try:

Vista 32-bit 169.35: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQ0G1RMM

Obviously try enabling in Control Panel and see if you can. Also even if you don't get the right options please run GPU-Z and see if it says if SLI is available or not. I haven't tested them but you might also try applying Solaris's registry tweaks too since some of the options have been appearing with those but just try these alone first.

You should uninstall current drivers then install these otherwise you may get an error. In which case you'll have to reboot and it will likely boot in VGA mode and you'll have to reinstall the drivers a second time for them to work. So its best to uninstall then install.

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Sol has versions for vista and xp in both x64 and 32 bit, just download and FTP client and use the user and pass he has in the first post.

[Solaris17]

no my domain is down..server is down :(

[OzzmanFloyd120]

no my domain is down..server is down :(

What happened? It was working fine a couple hours ago.

[Solaris17]

rry? its been down for days you still have ftp access?

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Yeah, I just downloaded both 64bit drivers at around 1:00pm, had no problems at all.
I would have downloaded them a while back, but I've had a busy week.

[BYUSinger84]

Hey BYU - its Vista 32-bit. I also apologize to Solaris for kinda hijacking his thread..sorry about that. But like I said hopefully we can both try to figure it out.

Here goes if anyone wants to try:

Vista 32-bit 169.35: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQ0G1RMM

Obviously try enabling in Control Panel and see if you can. Also even if you don't get the right options please run GPU-Z and see if it says if SLI is available or not. I haven't tested them but you might also try applying Solaris's registry tweaks too since some of the options have been appearing with those but just try these alone first.

You should uninstall current drivers then install these otherwise you may get an error. In which case you'll have to reboot and it will likely boot in VGA mode and you'll have to reinstall the drivers a second time for them to work. So its best to uninstall then install.

Ok, so these are pretty recent drivers. I'll install Vista 32 later this afternoon when I get home at 4 (Mountain time). I'll let you know how that goes.

[sinister_steve]

Hey BYU - its Vista 32-bit. I also apologize to Solaris for kinda hijacking his thread..sorry about that. But like I said hopefully we can both try to figure it out.

Here goes if anyone wants to try:

Vista 32-bit 169.35: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQ0G1RMM

Obviously try enabling in Control Panel and see if you can. Also even if you don't get the right options please run GPU-Z and see if it says if SLI is available or not. I haven't tested them but you might also try applying Solaris's registry tweaks too since some of the options have been appearing with those but just try these alone first.

You should uninstall current drivers then install these otherwise you may get an error. In which case you'll have to reboot and it will likely boot in VGA mode and you'll have to reinstall the drivers a second time for them to work. So its best to uninstall then install.


hey how do i download these drivers you have here..i downloaded the mega maniger and cant figure out how to dl them?

[bluevelvetjacket]

Ozz - were the x64 drivers actually working for Crossfire though? As far as I know we hadn't actually gotten that going yet?

Sinister - Err yeh you don't need to install the Mega manager - sorry thats crap they try to get you to install you can just uninstall it though. If you go to the link it says in the top right corner "Please Enter (Insert Image of 3 Letters Here)" and you can type them and click Download then it counts down 45 seconds and at the end you can click Download.

[sinister_steve]

oh ok thanks man...i just wanted to download the vista ones in case i need them ...

[bluevelvetjacket]

Also I'll try to get the XP 32-bit drivers up in a bit. Shouldn't take too long. Obviously its a bit difficult and time consuming to work on multiple platforms since I'm not sure if the changes I made on the Vista drivers will be enough but hopefully it will :).

[sinister_steve]

sounds good man

[BYUSinger84]

Well, we appreciate it anyway :)

Those drivers will work with my 9800 GTX's right? Because I thought the 9 series drivers started at like 174 or something...I'll probably have to get my hands on some 8800GT's, but it may not be today if that's the case since I don't have any here at work.

[Solaris17]

Also I'll try to get the XP 32-bit drivers up in a bit. Shouldn't take too long. Obviously its a bit difficult and time consuming to work on multiple platforms since I'm not sure if the changes I made on the Vista drivers will be enough but hopefully it will :).

bluevelvet do you have an im?

[bluevelvetjacket]

Damnit. I started modding the drivers before 174 came out so I just kept on it.. unfortunately these don't have 9800 support =/. It may work with a modified driver but I'm not sure. I will try to update the latest Vista ones when I can.

[Solaris17]

you may be abl;e to mod the inf depending on what youve done to add support..it simply wont have the optimization of the new drivers.

[BYUSinger84]

well, either way. it's fine with me. This just means that I will have to find some 8 series cards, but it probably won't be today unless you have the newer version out by the time I get Vista 32 installed... :(

[bluevelvetjacket]

I'll get on it. I'd love for you to test as soon as you can. I'm curious to see how quick I can make the changes to the new files now that I modded the other versions. Technically it shouldnt be too hard now. I'll let you know.

Thanks!

[BYUSinger84]

sweet! 1 more hour and I'm done!

[sinister_steve]

is the winxp 32 bit ready? ive gotten confused what,s been talked about here..sorry...steve

[BYUSinger84]

No, he's going to try to get it done soon. The only one that is done is the one for Vista32

[sinister_steve]

No, he's going to try to get it done soon. The only one that is done is the one for Vista32

ohhh ok thanks for letting me know

[sinister_steve]

ohhh ok thanks for letting me know

meow meow meow meow meow who let the cats out who who who who let the cats out meow meow meow meow meow

[BYUSinger84]

I know I'm not the owner of the thread, but let's try not make the post really long, guys, by posting things that don't matter that much (myself included!). That way if people join in, they can catch up faster. :) Thanks

[sinister_steve]

k sounds good ...im just in a silly as* mood today and had to write something stupid ..I will keep my sillyness to a minimun

[bluevelvetjacket]

Haha. I appreciate your anxiousness sinister :). I also like your avatar heh. Anyway, I got two files to go (1 on XP 32 and 1 on Vista 32). I'm doing 175.16.

*Whew* I'm going to take a break after this LOL. :P

[sinister_steve]

[QUOTE=bluevelvetjacket;802371]Haha. I appreciate your anxiousness sinister :). I also like your avatar heh. Anyway, I got two files to go (1 on XP 32 and 1 on Vista 32). I'm doing 175.16.

*Whew* I'm going to take a break after this LOL. :P[/QUOT

HAHA..Ok cool man thanks much..Steve

[bluevelvetjacket]

Also for those watching this thread. 169.35 is available for beta testing if you have a CrossFire board, 2 cards (and its not a G90 series) and Vista 32-bit. See page 6. 175.16 will be out soon.

Also no guarantees this will work, again, but I have high hopes.

[sinister_steve]

hey there where,s the link to download it for the xp32? my mobo and cards are ready to go

[bluevelvetjacket]

hey there where,s the link to download it for the xp32? my mobo and cards are ready to go

LOL, still not out yet. I was just pointing out that some people might not have noticed I already uploaded drivers for Vista 32-bit (169.35) since I am working with Solaris to get these drivers out and I kinda hijacked his thread and can't modify the first post :P.

[sinister_steve]

LOL, still not out yet. I was just pointing out that some people might not have noticed I already uploaded drivers for Vista 32-bit (169.35) since I am working with Solaris to get these drivers out and I kinda hijacked his thread and can't modify the first post :P.

haha ok got it...I will be back later and by then you might be ready for me to give the xp32 drivers a try..thanks man...Steve

[Solaris17]

First post updated :)

[bluevelvetjacket]

Started a new thread. Please see new thread here:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=60844

v175.16 Vista 32-bit and W2K/XP drivers posted. More info in new thread. :)

[sinister_steve]

Hey guys I have a new project i want to start...Its time i think that i dabble in developing like w1zz unwinder etc...well i think i have a field id like to specialize in..Drivers. Remember those modified Forceware drivers the 85.25 series that allowed SLI on all chipsets? Well the devs seemed to have dropped off the side of the earth so iv decided i want to contribute to thousands of ppl (not like i havent already with my disk) but id like to get into the dev game. So what do you think usefull or no? Should i go through with this? Would you like to see them again only with newer drivers?


PLEASE CHECK BACK TO THIS POST FOR UPDATES

UPDATES:
175.16's For all windows versions added
Alot of progress tword detection
some SLI options are appearing on some board
no official success storys yet I NEED MORE TESTERS!
driver not detecting correct card fixed

DRIVER UPDATES:
All drivers will support quatro
Quadro optimizations
Should support SLI on all chipsets
Will support all new cards and all old cards
Drivers should provide optimization for older models

TO DOWNLOAD DRIVERS PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING

Vista 32-bit 169.35: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQ0G1RMM

ftp.lg3.info

and using the log in and pass here

USN: guest@lg3.info
PASS: guest or Guest

Latest beta screenies! on a M3A32-MVP DELUXE WIFI (790FX chipset)

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture3.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture1.jpg

Hi solaris17 sounds great to me I will be ready for testing whenever you a ready..I know bluevelvet wants to compile with you on making these drivers..Ok take care hope to try youre new ones asap..Thanks man...Steve

[sinister_steve]

Hey guys I have a new project i want to start...Its time i think that i dabble in developing like w1zz unwinder etc...well i think i have a field id like to specialize in..Drivers. Remember those modified Forceware drivers the 85.25 series that allowed SLI on all chipsets? Well the devs seemed to have dropped off the side of the earth so iv decided i want to contribute to thousands of ppl (not like i havent already with my disk) but id like to get into the dev game. So what do you think usefull or no? Should i go through with this? Would you like to see them again only with newer drivers?


PLEASE CHECK BACK TO THIS POST FOR UPDATES

UPDATES:
175.16's For all windows versions added
Alot of progress tword detection
some SLI options are appearing on some board
no official success storys yet I NEED MORE TESTERS!
driver not detecting correct card fixed

DRIVER UPDATES:
All drivers will support quatro
Quadro optimizations
Should support SLI on all chipsets
Will support all new cards and all old cards
Drivers should provide optimization for older models

TO DOWNLOAD DRIVERS PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING

Vista 32-bit 169.35: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQ0G1RMM

ftp.lg3.info

and using the log in and pass here

USN: guest@lg3.info
PASS: guest or Guest

Latest beta screenies! on a M3A32-MVP DELUXE WIFI (790FX chipset)

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture3.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/080506/capture1.jpg

hey solaris still cant sighn in to download...I dont know if this is just me or not tho?

[hoondi]

Hi Solaris17

Well, as the title says, I've got an 8 core Xeon (3.0 GHz) Mac Pro sitting here with 2 x Apple OEM 8800GT's inside, (connected with an Asus bridge cable).

You'll have to forgive me as I don't really know my way around windows at all... I tend to spend my time on Ubuntu and Leopard.

So, I installed 177.26 from the ftp server as mentioned on your first page here.
Had to learn how to force install the drivers, and only GeForceGTX 260 or 280 were presented as options... Is this right?
GPU-Z thinks I have 2 GeForce GTX 260's installed, but not the Nvidia control panel, it's still saying 8800GT's.

Anyway I couldn't see any mention of SLI appear in the 3D settings like what you have up so I'm guessing it's not working?

oh, both cards work fine when I boot into OSX 10.5.4 (latest OS) so everything seems fine in the sense of "working".

Using ZPUz.exe the Mac pro details are:
Chipset: 5400B (rev C0)
Southbridge: 6321ESB

GPU-Z reports 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 with SLI Disabled. (boo)

Anyway, would luv to get this power hungry beast cranking with SLI, so anything I can do to help...

Cheers,

R.

[BIOShazard]

I can test on an ASUS Rampage Formula with 2 7600GT's.

OS is Windows XP 32-bit and possibly even Fedora 8.

I am also interested in those old modded 87.25 drivers.

I can also provide HTTP hosting for your drivers (approx. 90MBit/month)
Your FTP server doesn't seem to work though.

[OzzmanFloyd120]

They stopped working on this project a few months back. Sol and Blue decided it was too time consuming and it was getting harder and harder with the new superdrivers nVidia has been releasing lately.

[BIOShazard]

They stopped working on this project a few months back. Sol and Blue decided it was too time consuming and it was getting harder and harder with the new superdrivers nVidia has been releasing lately.

Oh. How about the 87.25 drivers then? Are they still available?

[OzzmanFloyd120]

I'm sure you could find them if you googled hard enough for them.

[Solaris17]

Anyone with XP x32 want to give these a try for old times sake?

Here (ftp://solarisutilitydvd.com/public_ftp/Downloads/85.96_modXPx32.zip)

[wolf2009]

wow this is back

[sinister_steve]

Anyone with XP x32 want to give these a try for old times sake?

Here (ftp://solarisutilitydvd.com/public_ftp/Downloads/85.96_modXPx32.zip)

Hey there still bugging ya hey hahahahah////But the link dont work ..GIVE ANOTHER PLEASE ..THANKS..sTEVE:rockout:

[Solaris17]

here

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DLN9Z3V8

[sinister_steve]

here

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DLN9Z3V8

Ok gonna try it next week end when I get my 8800 gt,s back from my friend offf on holidays right now..Will let you know how she goes..Thnaks..Steve

[Wile E]

I need an SLI Bridge before I can give it a shot. Anybody have a spare floating around?

Also, Solaris, can you link me the UltraII M2 SLI mod?

[sinister_steve]

I need an SLI Bridge before I can give it a shot. Anybody have a spare floating around?

Also, Solaris, can you link me the UltraII M2 SLI mod?

Sorry cunt help you out..Steve

[Mussels]

Sorry cant help you out..Steve

Ahem. might wanna fix that.

[sinister_steve]

Ahem. might wanna fix that.

hahahahahah..:roll:

[JrRacinFan]

I need an SLI Bridge before I can give it a shot. Anybody have a spare floating around?

Also, Solaris, can you link me the UltraII M2 SLI mod?

How far away are your PCIe X16 slots from each other? 2 slots? Something like this?

http://resources.vr-zone.com/John/aw9dmax/aw9dm_f.jpg

I have an SLI bridge for that exact board. Let me know.

[Wile E]

How far away are your PCIe X16 slots from each other? 2 slots? Something like this?

http://resources.vr-zone.com/John/aw9dmax/aw9dm_f.jpg

I have an SLI bridge for that exact board. Let me know.

That would work. PM me the details, pls.

[Solaris17]

That would work. PM me the details, pls.

its in my sig dude nf4 sli mod :) it will work because we had the same exact board but u already knew that.

[fitseries3]

oh man.... does this work on x48? i could get a few gtx280's and run it on my evo if it works.

[Wile E]

oh man.... does this work on x48? i could get a few gtx280's and run it on my evo if it works.

That's what I want to know. I need a bridge tho, so I can try to test these 8800GT's in SLI.

[Solaris17]

oh man.... does this work on x48? i could get a few gtx280's and run it on my evo if it works.

maybe i cant test it. i took the modded XP x32 drivers from way back and modded the ini to support the new cards so in theory it should absoluitely work...but i cant find those drivers for anything but XP x32 so im out of ideas for right now...also if someone tests it and it doesnt work DL this patch and try again.

http://files.aoaforums.com/F2415-SLI-Patch-NGO.exe

[Solaris17]

That's what I want to know. I need a bridge tho, so I can try to test these 8800GT's in SLI.

you can enable sli with no bridge ;) all the bridge does is enable direct card communication without the bridge the cards talk via pci-e bus though a little slower it only shaves off a few points.

[fitseries3]

but the older drivers dont support the new gtx cards do they?

[Solaris17]

but the older drivers dont support the new gtx cards do they?

thats why i modded the ini

[fitseries3]

any chance you can get this to work with the 180.xx drivers? :D

[Solaris17]

any chance you can get this to work with the 180.xx drivers? :D

no i tried and got close (detection of sli capable systems with intel and ati chipsets) but it wouldnt enable they make the drivers totally diffirent now. i prolly wont give up but this project is on the side for now until i can afford more ciggs.

[Wile E]

you can enable sli with no bridge ;) all the bridge does is enable direct card communication without the bridge the cards talk via pci-e bus though a little slower it only shaves off a few points.

Hmmm, now that I didn't know. Thanks Sol. I think I'm gonna grab my eSATA 120GB 7200rpm 2.5" drive, throw a clean install on it, and see if there isn't a way to get SLI going on this board. If not, I'm just gonna mod the DFI board, and use SLI for a 24/7 type of rig.

[Solaris17]

Hmmm, now that I didn't know. Thanks Sol. I think I'm gonna grab my eSATA 120GB 7200rpm 2.5" drive, throw a clean install on it, and see if there isn't a way to get SLI going on this board. If not, I'm just gonna mod the DFI board, and use SLI for a 24/7 type of rig.

cool if it doesnt work apply the patch i posted a little after that but not before try the plain drivers first. remember i havent put much thought into them just a spir of the moment idea but i will work on them at a later date.

[spynee]

Hi fellas

I have an MSI P45 - 2 gtx 280's (doh) and am running vista 64. should i just go hide under a rock somewhere for being such a n00b or is there a patch i can use??? ivve been looking about but havent dound anything yet...

thanks :)

[Mussels]

Hi fellas

I have an MSI P45 - 2 gtx 280's (doh) and am running vista 64. should i just go hide under a rock somewhere for being such a n00b or is there a patch i can use??? ivve been looking about but havent dound anything yet...

thanks :)

rock is probably a good point.

If you want to sell off a 280 cheap, i'll take one off your hands :D

(P45 is crossfire only. the mods to get SLI are at a standstill, and have been for some time)

[spynee]

[QUOTE=Mussels;1030845]

If you want to sell off a 280 cheap, i'll take one off your hands :D
/QUOTE]

lol i might have to, my 2nd one only arrived yesterday so if its a non starter i may as well..

strangely im am noticing some improvements in game - been using warhead as a tester, and messing about a bit with nHancer seems to give me a bit more... a bit more temprature at least lol... ill keep you posted hehe.

[fitseries3]

im looking for a pair of GTX cards if anyone wants to sell. i have ATI cards for trade if that helps any.

i really want to get the gtx cards working on a intel board though

[p_o_s_pc]

can these drivers run SLI on a P45 or a 790FX or 790GX? Sorry if this has already been answered

[JrRacinFan]

can these drivers run SLI on a P45 or a 790FX or 790GX? Sorry if this has already been answered

Not yet, it's side project that Sol has been working on. Wish they would tho as well. Alot of people come to this thread waiting for updates.

[Solaris17]

If you have XP x32 you can try the drivers above.

[p_o_s_pc]

If you have XP x32 you can try the drivers above.

if i had a 790 or a p45 board and a 2nd 8800GT i would try.i was hoping to know now because i am trying to decide if i should get a SLI board or just get a crossfire board but ohwell no big deal i will just bang my head against the wall till i make up my mind or knock myself out :banghead:

[Solaris17]

if i had a 790 or a p45 board and a 2nd 8800GT i would try.i was hoping to know now because i am trying to decide if i should get a SLI board or just get a crossfire board but ohwell no big deal i will just bang my head against the wall till i make up my mind or knock myself out :banghead:

sounds good either way is a win win either you decide or you vlack out and then you dont have to care.

[p_o_s_pc]

sounds good either way is a win win either you decide or you vlack out and then you dont have to care.

finally someone that sees it the way i do :toast:

btw i made up my mind... get a single slot mobo so that way crossfire or SLI isn't possible

[Solaris17]

finally someone that sees it the way i do :toast:

btw i made up my mind... get a single slot mobo so that way crossfire or SLI isn't possible

i try to be the most open minded person i can and in all honesty i simply didnt see were your logic was flawed. ;)

[Solaris17]

finally someone that sees it the way i do :toast:

btw i made up my mind... get a single slot mobo so that way crossfire or SLI isn't possible

untrue!! then you get the best of both worlds 4870 x2 of GX2!!! and chipset doesnt matter! and then you dont need to look for modded drivers!

[Mussels]

upgrade to nehalem, where you can SLI and crossfire on the same board!

[p_o_s_pc]

untrue!! then you get the best of both worlds 4870 x2 of GX2!!! and chipset doesnt matter! and then you dont need to look for modded drivers!

didn't even think of that thanks :toast: