SLI Not Using Second GPU But Does Acknowledge That it is Installed

askediia7

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I recently purchased a second gtx 770 to sli with my current 770.
I installed it into the pci-express slot and installed my sli bride but no matter what I do the second GPU will not fire up in games. MSI Afterburner sees the card and monitors it's temps and fan speeds but when ever i fire up a game the car never goes past 1 percent power.

Basically the second card is not being used.
I am using drivers 347.09 (downloaded with Geforce Experience)
In my nvidia control pannel and Geforce Experience it tells me there are 2 gtx 770's but there are no sli settings
 
did you make sure that sli was enabled in the NVidia control panel? In the 3d settings there is a Configure SLI, Surround, PhysX make sure you have it enabled there. If it is and your still having issues I would try another sli bridge

Also what games are you playing? Oddly enough some games don't use sli still to this day.
 

askediia7

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there are no sli options in the Nvidia control panel and that is what puzzles me, but the nvidia control pannel does show that I have 2 gtx 770's and most other options are there just not any sli ones. I can dedicate the second 770 to be a physx card but thats it and if i plug one of my 3 monitors into the second card they still work properly
 

sla70r

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Ok I think I can help you out here.

Download this HyperSLI 1.0, install it. Restart once or twice and see if you can get SLI going. I have a feeling your MOBO is a bit older and is having trouble on the SLI front.