Looks like SH5 doesn't like my SLI setup

Akula20342 · 04-29-11, 02:14 AM

Just finished a long sail across the atlantic and fired up MSI Afterburner to see if both GTX560 TIs were being used and just as i suspected, they are not. Weird......

Jan Kyster · 04-29-11, 05:03 AM

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naights · 04-29-11, 06:20 AM

Hi:

No SLI support for SHV, if you want more info try search button or Uby forums, there are some posts about it.

Bye

Akula20342 · 04-29-11, 08:45 AM

Naights is right. There isn't anything I can do about it. I played bad company 2 and sli is working fine so it's not an issue on my end.

Also, since ubisoft alreay has their money it's not likely they'll release patch to support it.

Akula20342 · 04-29-11, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan Kyster

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Thanks Jan but I have an i7 930. This build has taken almost a year to complete and now it is SWEET!

Jan Kyster · 04-29-11, 09:58 AM

Ah! I see... the crappy i7 930

I use the same i7

with a 5970 and if multi-GPU is enabled (A.I for AMD, 3D-Performance for nVidea) the load will be shared by both GPUs whether or not the game is supporting it.

Somewhere I picked up, that Alt-Tabbing out of a game may disable SLI?

In your SLI configuration panel is "3D-Performance" ticked?
Drivers are updated of course? For MB as well?

Can't you make a profile in MSI Afterburner for SH5?

Will follow this and wishing you Good luck!

Akula20342 · 04-29-11, 02:20 PM

I've had SLI and worked with dual card setups so uhhh, yeah! SLI is enabled.

I do know that in Bad company 2 disables Crossfire when you alt tab but their latest patch fixed that.

Profiles for a game do nothing more that set the card to the optimal settings for the game specified. It cannot force SLI or crossfire onto a game that was not made to support it.

As for your 5970s, if you REALLY think the load is being shared, install MSI afterburner and it will show you that it is not being shared. The primary card is doing 97% of the work. If you can prove me wrong (and I sincerely hope you can) please provide me with the steps you took to get both cards to work with SH5

Thanks

Jan Kyster · 04-30-11, 07:30 AM

Are you using latest version of MSI Afterburner? Perhaps try 2.2Beta? http://downloads.guru3d.com/-MSI-Aft...a-2_d2604.html

For the 5970 you have three option in Catalyst Control Panel:

Disable A.I. = disable CrossFire = single GPU
Enabling A.I. gives you two settings:
Standard = default setting for application profiles and uses normal rendering algorithms in drivers
Advanced = forcing driver optimisations and forces Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR).

I run with A.I. enabled in Standard mode.

Got a 5870 a couple of weeks ago and ran a series of tests.
These tests shows that scaling is near 90% for the 5970 and so good, that I've decided to use the 5870 and run TriFire...

Don't you have a pair of ATI/AMD cards somewhere in the neighbourhood you can test?

04-29-11, 02:14 AM	#1
Akula20342 Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 25 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Looks like SH5 doesn't like my SLI setup Just finished a long sail across the atlantic and fired up MSI Afterburner to see if both GTX560 TIs were being used and just as i suspected, they are not. Weird......

04-29-11, 06:20 AM	#3
naights Sparky Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 154 Downloads: 384 Uploads: 7	Hi: No SLI support for SHV, if you want more info try search button or Uby forums, there are some posts about it. Bye __________________ http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/album.php?u=239334

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04-29-11, 05:03 AM	#2
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Perhaps there's something useful for you here: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=60844

04-29-11, 08:45 AM	#4
Akula20342 Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 25 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Naights is right. There isn't anything I can do about it. I played bad company 2 and sli is working fine so it's not an issue on my end. Also, since ubisoft alreay has their money it's not likely they'll release patch to support it.

04-29-11, 09:58 AM	#6
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Ah! I see... the crappy i7 930 I use the same i7 with a 5970 and if multi-GPU is enabled (A.I for AMD, 3D-Performance for nVidea) the load will be shared by both GPUs whether or not the game is supporting it. Somewhere I picked up, that Alt-Tabbing out of a game may disable SLI? In your SLI configuration panel is "3D-Performance" ticked? Drivers are updated of course? For MB as well? Can't you make a profile in MSI Afterburner for SH5? Will follow this and wishing you Good luck!

04-29-11, 02:20 PM	#7
Akula20342 Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 25 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I've had SLI and worked with dual card setups so uhhh, yeah! SLI is enabled. I do know that in Bad company 2 disables Crossfire when you alt tab but their latest patch fixed that. Profiles for a game do nothing more that set the card to the optimal settings for the game specified. It cannot force SLI or crossfire onto a game that was not made to support it. As for your 5970s, if you REALLY think the load is being shared, install MSI afterburner and it will show you that it is not being shared. The primary card is doing 97% of the work. If you can prove me wrong (and I sincerely hope you can) please provide me with the steps you took to get both cards to work with SH5 Thanks

04-30-11, 07:30 AM	#8
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Are you using latest version of MSI Afterburner? Perhaps try 2.2Beta? http://downloads.guru3d.com/-MSI-Aft...a-2_d2604.html For the 5970 you have three option in Catalyst Control Panel: Disable A.I. = disable CrossFire = single GPU Enabling A.I. gives you two settings: Standard = default setting for application profiles and uses normal rendering algorithms in drivers Advanced = forcing driver optimisations and forces Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR). I run with A.I. enabled in Standard mode. Got a 5870 a couple of weeks ago and ran a series of tests. These tests shows that scaling is near 90% for the 5970 and so good, that I've decided to use the 5870 and run TriFire... Don't you have a pair of ATI/AMD cards somewhere in the neighbourhood you can test?