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shadowdeth
03-21-2006, 06:49 PM
i just bought a second 7800 gtx by evga to accompany my 7800gtx. They are both the same exact model. I was getting around 45 fps while in org playing wow. But now after installing my second 7800gtx i find myself getting worse performence than i did with one card. I found this strange. at first i was getting no lag graphically but now on occasion i do. I was not sure if heat was an issue but i did install a new heatsink and fan. My performence issues did not go away. I have also found lately that when i minamize a game the screen flashes and when i exit a game completly it freezes for a second in jumbled colors. I did enable sli but i was wondering if maybe i have done something wrong. Here are my other comp specs if it helps.
processor-amd 3800 dual core
ram-2.5gb
mobo-ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
video card- dual evga 7800 gtx

any help would be appreciated

kram 2.0
03-21-2006, 08:26 PM
Have you tried downloading the new SLi drivers?
http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_downloads.html

kram

rspassey
03-21-2006, 09:05 PM
Could just be that WOW doesn't perform better with SLI. AOEIII is like this - in all benchmarks, it gets more frames per second with 1 card than two with SLI. Also, I hope you aren't trying to use SLI AA... as it kills frames per second, and doesn't improve the visual appearance.

giantkoreandorq
03-21-2006, 09:11 PM
Could just be that WOW doesn't perform better with SLI. AOEIII is like this - in all benchmarks, it gets more frames per second with 1 card than two with SLI. Also, I hope you aren't trying to use SLI AA... as it kills frames per second, and doesn't improve the visual appearance.

That also happens with HL2 and the Source engine.