How To Install and Setup Nvidia SLI
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2014
- Increasing the performance of your system is simply an extra GPU and a SLI adapter away.
Jump to 3:13 for the SLI instructions.
Check out this guide on how you can increase your performance of your gaming PC.
It is easy to do on your own! So get it done!
Products used in this video: (Purchased by LethalPC)
Nvidia GTX Titan Blacks: www.geforce.com/hardware/deskt...
Nvidia Claw SLI Bridges: www.geforce.com/hardware/techn...
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Simple, easy, and informative walk-through. Thank you for posting this
I have set up like your clip but I saw in the task manager that is just one card running. Like one card ran 90-100% and another one is 0-5%. Can you tell me why? Thank you
@@nasushoang98 Whatever applications or lack there of you are running doesn't support SLI. Applications have to support SLI to utilize SLI.
Thanks for this, I was having issues with it. Amazing tutorial. Keep the knowledge flowing!
Thanks for this vid, it really helped me out. I wasn't getting the SLI option in the control panel and was scratching my head. I jimmied the wiring a bit and voila there it is. Your point about it not even appearing if incorrectly installed really helped me out. Not seen that advice anywhere else, so many thanks.
Thanks for the video. And thanks for taking time to explain in detail for us newbs. I was able to follow step by step and now my 770s are connected. It was more uncertainty than difficulty. You made it easy.
Thanks man, I just did this myself. Now I know I Installed everything right.
thanks man hooking up gtx 580 tomorrow needed to know how to do this. really thanks for posting
Thanks man, the whole process is very self explanatory, but I felt much more confident after seeing how you've done it.
Tried to SLI 2x GTX950. I know they're outdated by most modern standards and so on but I just wanted to try out how's it working in general 😅
Tho only thing giving me concerns is the code 73 that was popping up until I have changed the cards in order and literally rebooted the system after every change made (connected one - reboot, 2d one - reboot, switched off, aadded SLI cable, booted an rebooted after, and finally after 5th reboot win had gone for a self setup for some time then the SLI option appeared in the Nvidia control panel). But now it works. Gaming tests are coming up next 😅
I just bought two 970's super clocked and I cannot wait!! This helped a noob like me know how to install the card, thanks.
Thank you so much for the video Lethalhammer. it really did help me out about the sli connectors,because i wasnt sure which one i had to use. and yeah got 2 gtx 970 running now in sli with a i7 4790k and its really amazing :) thx again ^_^
Glad to hear!
+Jw Den Heijer what psu do you have? i have my second 970 and my current psu says its sli ready but it doesnt seem to actually support it.
+fsball i have a 1000 watt power supply.
thank you my man. sli is now enebled on my system running 2x 970 very helpfull video . you made it really eazy to do!
hey johney we have same graphics card gtx 970 im planning to buy one more card to have sli connection of both cards.is my power supply 600 watts can handle bot cards?
thank you every one else has dual monitor set up videos the biggest thing is where to plug in the bridge, witch is into the far left hand bridge thx man
Thanks sooooo much! Finally got the Titan Blacks on SLI!!! Wow. what a difference it makes!
After going through hoops, and reading through a lot of forums, here's what I got to trouble shoot: (if detects 2 GPUS but does not have SLI option on Nvidia control panel)
1. update drivers. (update bios if needed, or check if device - mobo, supports SLI etc); use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to uninstall, and re-install with up to date driver.
2. rearrange GPU on different PCIe lanes. (1st & 2nd, or 1st & 3rd lane etc)
3. switch or flip SLI bridge etc.
4. disable unused, or conflicting devices on Bios, or device manager --> force triggers Windows to detect new device(GPU)/hardware changes.
5. Nuke Option: reinstall Windows; change Mobo, PSU, or GPU etc. (don't go this route; have patience)
etc.
There are news that Nvidia does not support SLI anymore. But as of 2022, their drivers still do have SLI options.
nice video...you covered all bases...Kudos. Very well explained
You described my scenario perfectly. Had a GTX 770 on my build and purchased a 2nd GTX 770 for $20. Way cheaper than upgrading to a higher end card. Can't wait to find out how it performs
how did it go my dude
@@jsgv7935 Went really well! I used this setup up until recently. A few months ago, I upgraded to RTX 2070 Super, but I moved those cards over to a Plex server I have and it’s doing great for transcoding videos
@Joel Carranza ayyy I’m happy for you man
Hello sir, I really enjoyed this video it was informative and easy to understand.
I'm currently rebuilding my PC and I'm running 2 ASUS gtx 970 strix and an i7-6700k and 32gb of DDR4 RAM.
I haven't done SLI before and this video was perfect. I can't believe it's that easy to setup SLI.
I am waiting for the pascal GPUs but I want to have a real nice gaming system in the time being whilst waiting for the new GPUs to be released.
I want to thank you for your video it really put it all into perspective for me.
Juan2003gtr lmao that comment was 2 years ago
Hey guys 2 grafix card is better than 1.
@Juan2003gtr R.I.P to GTX 1080 and hello to RTX 2080
Hey bro , I have just bought a strix 970 , will you recommend going in for another 970 and a sli board ? Both 970s will cost me less than a 1070 ( not mined)
Well informed video, as I'll be adding another EVGA NVIDIA 960 GTX SSC 4 GB DDR5 card, after cloning my SSHD on to a 1 TB SSD equivalent. Over all I'm looking forward very much to seeing the system performance once the upgrades are complete, and seeing how easy connecting the the cards in SLI mode is just gave me the extra nudge to say yes, time to do this! Thank you @lethalhammer for this :)
you're video is a really high quality video.
you deserve more subs.
This is great because I'm thinking about running 2 970s, crazy how much changes in 6 years
THX, great video and really help with install SLI in my computer.
Well I would hope so
Highly Clean Setup , Thank you so much man
Dude, Your vid was very "some what helpful" .. my system for some undetermined reason automatically turned on these setting for me; it was already set up. I just wanted to say thanks because it confirmed I had everything setup correctly. Been on the red team for a long time, but wanted to see what all these high priced green team cards are all about.
if I could make a suggestion, ( it just seems like too many these days get defensive first before evaluating genuine suggestions). Your video road map runs what is called the hillbilly shortcut, ( the long way ). What i mean buy this is, after your intro to confirm what you are providing a tutorial for and you start the step by step by the numbers keep going step by step, and throw all the nice to know items before or after.
You kind of go off track when you think of some thing here and there and if your someone watching and trying to follow, take notes, or play and pause right along; it is kind of like watching an action movie and then you have to wait for a commercial about this, and another one about that .. I think you get it.
Not meant to be a dig or a dis, just figured if your taking your time and effort to provide this content; you just might appreciate the vantage point of a viewer in order to become more effective and improve content going forward, and it was useful, and that is why I took the time to comment as a way of saying thanks.
Very Respectfully,
WX2
thanks for the guide Lethal!
Hi as I routinely install GPU in workstations, 1. power off and undo power cable, 2 the easiest and safest way is to tilt the box on the side (motherboard horizontal) so the weight of the card pushes vertically
Very good video. thank you. no more open questions.
Have a Zotac GTX 960 4GB card and may try adding another after watching your video. I think I can get one for $125 and that sure beats $500+ for a GTX 1080 8GB. You made this look easy so thanks!
i dont even know you did tech stuff too, nice job btw
Outstanding Review... Thank you so much. Buddy. I learned a lot from the video. I really loved how you showed every step with extremely clear explanations and showing us the PCIe (6 pin and 8 pin power VGA connectors) and the SLI "Claw" (bridge) setup with these dual tab video cards.
I do have a few questions please.
1) During the installation of the video cards... You showed a ribbon cable that could be used for connecting (joining) the two cards... Using either of the two tabs. But in actuality you ended up using that cool metallic Bridge (claw). I wanted to ask you if you had to install the SLI ribbon cable inside that Bridge (Claw) yourself... Or if the video cards provided you two separate parts (one being the standalone SLI ribbon cable, and the other being the Claw). I kind of got the impression that you may have had to install the SLI connection cable inside the "Claw" (Bridge) yourself... Prior to joining the two cards using that Claw.
2) prior to installing these video cards for the first time, did you by chance first remove any pre-existing older drivers using a popular free utility called UDD (uninstall display driver). I think many people suggest using that UDD tool to make sure older drivers are first removed prior to installing new cards. Then I think when you boot into Windows 10 for the first time... Windows 10 will install some default drivers for your GTX titan cards. But what I am wondering is the following. If Windows 10 tries to install drivers for your cards, the first time you boot up... Then if you go to Nvidia.com and download the latest driver for your cards... Will Windows 10 be smart enough to begin using the updated drivers (without conflicting with the pre-existing Windows 10 installed drivers that Windows installed by default)?
3) These beautiful GTX titan cards (black edition) that you are installing in this video... Are they the same model as I see people referring to as the 1080Ti or is that a different model?
4) I noticed you're using an awesome 1200 Watt power supply. But for a 2 card rig like this one... Don't you think that a 750 or 800 Watt PSU would have been sufficient? I am not criticizing your awesome build or expertise here... I am just wondering if from an efficiency and cost savings standpoint... If you could have gotten away with a lower wattage PSU? I personally think you could have... But I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Thank you so very much once again for the time and very awesome kind effort you put into creating this video, for us "newbies" who have never had the luxury and privilege to build or afford such expensive equipment. I'm into this stuff because I hold a computer science degree and love hardware technology (as well as software).
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I look forward to your kind replies to educate me on my curiosities about computer hardware building.
Sincerely Yours
Alexander Madani
If you are the guy sitting back playing 1080p in 2022 don't give up 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing things...it help me a lot
It is worth noting: If you install the 2nd GPU later, it is best to do a FRESH install of your graphics drivers. Nvidia will not recognize that your have an SLI compatible 2nd GPU if you installed the drivers with only one GPU installed. You may also run into issues trying to start Nvidia Control Panel as well. Your Display drivers for your monitor may be affected as well and may want to reinstall those too.
Helpful. Thanks for the info on this vid.
Very informative, thank you.
2 780s here :) I got one of those fancy bridges too! Great vid
i am planning to put another Pny 780 reference card. im just wondering if a corsair AX760i is enough for power them both.
It should be, I was unsure myself as to whether to use a ~750 watt PSU for dual 780's and my current EVGA 750G seems fine with them so yeah, you should be good! But I did just go and get a CM V850 for my new build :)
Does the restriction of airflow from having the cards so close make a noticeable difference in heat?
most def
Very Nice Demo
Thanks for the tips!
Thank u ... Thank u ... Thank u ... Thank u ...
for such a nice information
Or does this sli configuration option popping off, when you dont have the bridge?
so how can I get dual monitors to work with the max 3d enables instead of surround? Or is it possible. Also, with SLI on two monitors, which card should I plug my monitors into?
Awesome video man Thank You. I was looking on UA-cam to understand what SLI was and your video was the best one hands down. I just have a question tho, how can I find out if my Power supply can handle both cards?
www.sweclockers.com/image/diagram/4259?k=f09a034359624449d7be904077ea972a
make sure your psu has all the cables for 2 gpus
Thanks man it helped!
Cool Video Bro. Thank you
learnd alot thnx yo
Your Outstanding excellent tutorial..
I love SLI I did it and saw such a difference..
Made me happy buying 2 graphic cards.
I couldn't afford like $800 + tax...
SO I spent $200 Tax in! buying to Mid - high range cards SLI 'ing them
Wow Best Gaming idea, they pulled as much and sometimes more than the high end 1 GPU
at 40% less cost which was affordable.. and the store got 2 sales instead of one.
Going back in time !!!
I fell in love with SLI on my HD 5970 2G Video card that thing was sick powerful and smooth 1080p
Gaming loved it so much ! always wanted to run 4 GPU's but way to much POWER needed 1000Watts.
Now I run 2 MSI Gamer GTX 960's OC and let me tell you everything is really nice and smooth!
Very very pleased .
It runs like a "GTX 980" - and sometimes like a 980Ti in frame rate and power.. Very very happy.,
I tried getting the high end cards but they were not available so I compensated and it was a great choice.
Good video and thanks
thanx . I just wanted to check me SLI configuration but it's been three years since I had done so.
For the bridge, can i have 2 of them connected or do i only need 1 connected
I noticed that one bridge on Amazon said not to install the bridge backwards because the 5v line won't go to the right post. This could have been easily solved by keying the edge connector when it was engineered. Which direction does the flared side of the connector need to face? In toward the heat sink or away from the card?
Thank you for the excellent detailed video....☺☺☺
I’m getting a second 1070 today :))
I'm currently running the EVGA nvidia GTX 650ti boost (2gb edition) and just ordered a second one of these to run in SLI, even though this runs the games I play at the moment smoothly (NFS undercover and dying light) I am hoping adding a second card will improve the gameplay quality on the more demanding games
Noticed your molex adapter was missing a 12volt to the card in the middle, make sure your molex on the 6 prong plug has 3 positives and 3 negatives to power some of these GTX cards
just good. Thanks
That Nvidia SLI bridge is a work of art compared to the bendy ones.
Amazing tutorial i will buy another 750ti and do this ...thank you
Good. I was wondering was my sli option wasn't showing up without another card installed
one question, where did you connect your display port for your monitor? will it be on the top card or on the lower card?
can you SLI two different cards? I have a 1050 TI and 1660, can those SLI together? I'm getting mixed results searching the web.
Great guide , Easy to follow ++++
Thanks
+Lethalhammer You dont have to plug an hdmi cable into both cards for a dual monitor do you or can you still just put both cables into the one of the cards???
so you can connect HDMI/display cable to any one of the graphics card? what do you do if you have to monitors? how do you connect the cables if you have to run the game on both the monitor merged?
i have two 2080ti but only one is showing up i look at his tutorial and everything is more clear for me on why my second car is now showing up any other video tutorial that you may have on showing how to get that fix?
are you able to have monitors going in all the outputs of both cards wile using sli
Thanks I was wondering how to sli my 2 1080 ti
When I install a Video card , I always lay the tower down so the card does not try to hang down and put unwanted load on the port or connector .
You need to make sure both graphics cards are similar to enable SLI you could use a Palit GTX 670, Gigabyte 670, not necessary to have both from same manufacturer but model e.g 670,770 they have to be the same in order for SLI to work. You cannot have a GTX 670, 770 together as SLI will not work both have to be either 670 or 770 in order for SLI to work.
I have a 600w in my PC would I have to change it if I got another 1080ti to sli?
hi i have a quick question what happens if you sli 2 identical cards but with different amount of ram
Hi im trying to sli 2 cards, they are the same number, have the same ram, and what it needs to be to be sli. However when i go to nvidia it only shows configure surround, physx instead of configure SLI, surround, physx like on youtube. can someone help me? it may be because my sli bridge is from another motherboard but it should work as well right?
good to know thanks!
what is sli do we must buy another graphic card and add it to the computer or the pc comes with 2 nvidia graphic cards from the manufactorer
holy shit.. i didn't know expect to see you Matt XD
Lol, old video is old
Hy , how to activate SLI for GTX Quadro m5000? i don't have that option in Nvidia control panel. THX
did it double the FPS ? howmuch was it before and after SLI ?
Hey, i was thinking of upgrading my system and was wondering of i should get a second GTX 980 ti or sell mine and buy a 1080?
Can I use sli with different cards cause I have a gtx 1070 and an rtx 2080
The intro music is not the music of the trailer of Kali Linux?
thanks bruh got my two 1080 and 19 letsa gooh
Thanx. Seems like every time I reload my OS I forget how to set up my SLI in the software.
i got a gtx 970 should i add a 1070 next to it or replace it?
How do i awitch between the gtx 1080 ti sli and titan v
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Hello Sir
I have HP Z840 Workstation and installed 2 x Gtx 1080Ti FE and connected with SLI bridge but it wont shows SLI setting in control panel plz help sir
My question is if I want to run three ministers and run most all games now on ultra two gtx 970 over clocked be able to do it
I’m running the same setup with two titan blacks with an sli bridge and sli compatible motherboard, but the sli config isn’t showing up, can someone please help
Should we connect the hdmi cable to both graohics card or to one ?
loved video very helpfull
Great video! One Question: I can't really make out what goes where in regards to connecting the cards to the power supply? The adapter cables looked like they had PCIE 6 and 8 pin cables that go where? And what's on the other end of that cable and where does THAT go? Thanks!
+Keith Scull sounds like you have a modular PSU. Look to the PCI-E power connects on the Power Supply and run either the 6 or 8pin cables to your card. Some cards require one or the other. If it is a lower end xard, they might not require any additional Powe cables.
I have rn 580s is crossfire the same idea? They don’t got the bride slots or anything
Would it make sense to use duel old GPUs? For an example two radaen hd 6950s?
I want to run 2 nvidia cards to increase gpu 3D rendering performance. Should I disable SLI for this?
i have 2 gpu nvidia titan x maxwell, in hp z800 i instal everithing god and is no sli option please help me
very helpfull, thank you
Thanks for the video it answered most of my questions. May be a ignorant question but how is the cable to the monitor hooked up. I mean does all video come from one ouput such as the HDMI or Display port? If so how do you know what to hook up to?
Thanks in advance
Christopher
+Chris Thompson Your can technically connect to any card, but use the ports from the top card.
do the two gpu have to be identical to the T, say i have 2 different gtx 1080, would they work together>?
My friend is giving me her gtx 970 and I currently have one. I want to connect it using sli. will a bronze standard CX 750 PSU be fine?
Love how im watching this video with 2 Titans :D
Do you have a cooler for them?
I want to do this. Do you have to have matching cards?
hello, I have been having an delema with my 2 graphics cards, if i have my monitor plugged into one the other still has power and is still read in task manager and everything, but its not actually processing, i was wondering if this is necessary in order to have bolth running simotainusly? also if it means anything i currently am running a rx 550 radeon and a nvidea geforce gt 710
do we have to connect a dvi to first titan x and a hdmi to second titan x ?
I never seat cards side by side... not enough air.. one always overheats. I always double space the cards and get longer SLI cables.