I was running two 9800 GTX+ SLI. But, when I first connected the 2 cards SLI, it ran awesome. But since then, in game, it has freezes up on me everytime. So I would have to do a hard-reboot. When it would start back up it would come up with a black screen. I would then have to shut it down and restart it again. Then it would run fine. Also, I ran 3dMark advantage Benchmarks it also would freeze up. I would have to do the same process all over again, restart=black screen, shut it down and restart and then it works fine. It just keeps happening over and over. Also, I ran Rivatuner and I put the fan speed up to 90% on each card but it still would freeze up. I also noticed that my 1st GTX 9800+ has two 6-pin power connectors, while my new 9800+second card only has one and is about 1 1/2 shorter. Will this affect the SLI and stability?
I play games like COD4/COD5, Crysis, Frontlines online. I would like to play the new games coming out like COD6, Battlefield 1943 and games in the next couple of years.
Any suggestions?
i7 920
Asus p6t
6gb 1600mhz
850w psu
20" monitor 1680x1050
1tb hd
Vista 64bit
Im not really familiar with SLI, but the different size and the different power requirements MAY be the problem...is it possible to RMA and get the "Original" sized one
Thanks for your help