cant get the sli option in the nvidia control panel

[MattMcclamma]

i have tried amost everything i can think of and/or find on the web...i have switched the cards they both work i have tried different sli bridges also uninstalled and reinstalled drivers and updated my mobo bios...i even went to nvidias live chat and they couldnt help they said they would send me to a L2 support tech and they will email me with a solution but its been a while so yeah....

my system specs

1. Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

2. motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 V2 AMD AM3+ 140 Watt

3. CPU: AMD FX-8350 EIGHT-CORE 4GHZ 16MB 125W AM3+CPU

4. Memory: Patriot Viper 3 DDR3 16GB 1866MHz Kit

5. Power supply: Thermaltake TR2 700W Cable Mangement Power Supply

6. GPU#1: EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

7. GPU#2 EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti SC 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Does Device Manager see both cards ?

 

[Eduello]

What are the full specs of your PC?

 

[MattMcclamma]

yes device manager does detect them....what do you mean by full specs?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Where are you looking ? Better yet as you go thru the following, where is something missing ?

1. Rt click on desktop, select nVidia control panel.
2. 3D Settings / Configure SLI, Surround, PhysX
3. SLI Configuration / Select Maximize 3D performance

 

[Eduello]

yes device manager does detect them....what do you mean by full specs?

You just pretty much listed the specs. Try only using one card in the secondary slot of your motherboard and see if it works.

 

[MattMcclamma]

they work in the second PCIe slot

 

[MattMcclamma]

lol may be to small to see....i have in the 3D settings 1. adjust image settings with preview 2. manage 3D settings 3. configure surround, physX

 

[MattMcclamma]

nothing that says SLi

 

[MattMcclamma]

 

[Eduello]

nothing that says SLi

Go two tabs down to "Configure Surround, PhysX"

 

[ahnilated]

Straight from the website, I see nothing that says it supports SLI or Crossfire:


Detail Specification


CPU

• 64bit AMD® FX, Phenom II X6/X4/X3/X2, Athlon II X4/X3/X2 and Sempron CPU in AM3 / AM3+ package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Hyper Transport Bus

• HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 5200MT/s

Chipset

• AMD® 990FX and SB950 Chipset


Main Memory

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866*/2133* (OC) DRAM, 32GB Max



Slots

• 2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
• 4 PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
• 1 PCI slot, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.


On-Board SATA

• 6 SATA III (1~6) ports by AMD® SB950
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 6Gb/s

RAID Function

- SATA III 1~6 support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 mode by AMD® SB950
MSI Reminds You...
• The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.


USB 3.0

• 2 USB 3.0 ports by NEC® D720200



Audio

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC892
- True Blu-ray Audio Support
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec



LAN

• Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8111E
- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in single chip
- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s
- Compliance with PCI-Express Bus specification v1.0a



Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x ATX 24-pin power connector
- 1 x ATX 8-pin 12V CPU power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 1 x Front panel connector
- 1 x Chassis intrusion switch connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 6 x Serial ATA III connectors
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector



Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse port
- 1 x Claer CMOS button
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports (blue)
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack



Dimension

• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.

 

[Eduello]

@ahnilated: Look at the 'Overview' page.

 

[Eduello]

@MattMcclamma: How to enable SLI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7X9Wj55is0

 

[MattMcclamma]

what should i look for in configure surround, PhysX?

 

[MattMcclamma]

in the configure PhysX tab i dont get the SLI configuration tab at all so i can click maximize 2D performance (i cant see this option)

 

[Eduello]

This might be a silly question, but is your Windows legit?

 

[MattMcclamma]

at this point no question is silly..lol...yes I hope it is i paid for it thru tigerdirect when i built my (this) pc/rig

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Your in the wrong section....the image shows the "Adjust Image Settings" cjoice highlighted. Drop down two notches to "Configure SLI, PhysX, Surround"

 

[MattMcclamma]

look up 4 post thats what i get when i click configure surround, PhysX....theres no SLI in the option it only says surround,PhysX...NO SLI

 

[Eduello]

Try this: Remove all drivers with this, start up the PC with only one GPU and install the drivers. Shut down, install second card and start up. After this, shut down again, install SLI bridge and see if it works.

If this doesn't help, the only thing I can come up with at this point is a re-installation of Windows.

 

[MattMcclamma]

I was just thinking man im gonna have to reinstall windows....lol...Ive done the uninstall reintall with one the install the other then the sli bridge twice now....im gonna give nvidia another day or so to see if they can help if not i will reinstall windows....im so mad why cant i get this to work...i konw its something little i keep overlooking and when i find it im gonna feel like a idiot....thanks for the help guys

 

[Eduello]

Sorry we couldn't help you solve this 🙁

 

[JackNaylorPE]

You ghad originally posted:

6. GPU#1: EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

7. GPU#2 EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti SC 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

But, looking at your pic ... it says you have one 660 and one 660 Ti .... they are two different cards and, to my understanding, can not be SLI'd.

GTX 660 Ti
GPU Engine Specs
CUDA Cores - 1344
Base Clock (MHz) - 915
Boost Clock (MHz) - 980
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 102.5

GTX 660
GPU Engine Specs
CUDA Cores - 960
Base Clock (MHz) - 980
Boost Clock (MHz) - 1033
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 78.4

The reason you see what you see is cause while you can not SLI, you can use the lower end card as a dedicated PhysX card or use one for the monitor and one for TV

 

[Eduello]

You ghad originally posted:

6. GPU#1: EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

7. GPU#2 EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti SC 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

But, looking at your pic ... it says you have one 660 and one 660 Ti .... they are two different cards and, to my understanding, can not be SLI'd.

GTX 660 Ti
GPU Engine Specs
CUDA Cores - 1344
Base Clock (MHz) - 915
Boost Clock (MHz) - 980
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 102.5

GTX 660
GPU Engine Specs
CUDA Cores - 960
Base Clock (MHz) - 980
Boost Clock (MHz) - 1033
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 78.4

The reason you see what you see is cause while you can not SLI, you can use the lower end card as a dedicated PhysX card or use one for the monitor and one for TV

That's your solution right there.

I can't believe I missed that... Well, it's a good thing somebody noticed.