maniacvvv

Congrats bro

Lets hope the reports keep coming in so positive!

 
Thanks again for your help!
 
Played a round in Oasis everything maxed 5984x1080 FOV55
Running right up against the Vsync limit 60fps 90% of the time.  Zero stutter and no CTD!
 
The overclock on the cards really helped smooth things out.

I've more-or-less come to the conclusion that I have a hardware issue, so my troubleshooting is coming to an end.  I'm just going to have to wait until the 29th for the BF3 beta and if that gives me issues, back to EVGA my card goes.  Thanks for the guide though; it's really been useful for my friends and I.

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Hey guys,
 
 I have followed this set up to a tee and I'm still having serious problems with BF bc2
As long as I use this set up in non SLI, every thing works great. Enable Sli and the game lockes up in about 15 min play time. I've also tried 3 different drivers for my video cards from the 285 beta to the 270.61 driver listed in this post, still same problem. I guess I can wait till the new driver comes out Monday, but I fear there will be no change. What do I need to do?

tarko

thank you so much. worked like a charm. this comes as a relief after a week of bashing my face off the keyboard. after calling tech support the agent told me about this post. life saver. 

your welcome
 
and welcome to the EVGA Fourms!

AchillesGOW

maniacvvv


Welcome to the fourms

If everything is working correctly with one card, but when using (2) in SLI the game is locking up at the 15minute mark everytime...

That would lead to wondering about your videocard temps, as in most setups one card is always much hotter than the other.

Please install the latest Afterburner 2.2.0 BETA 7, and monitor your videocard temps using SLI.
Sounds to me like one of your cards might be temp creeping on you 

Hey thanks Maniac,

  The last time it locked up I did record the temps.

Card 1 65 C @ 71%
card 2 63 C @ 83%

The temps run about the same with single card but the usage goes to 80 - 99 %.

Now THAT does not sound correct at all bro...
When running BFBC2 in SLI your GPU use should be appox the "same". Your showing more than a 10% difference? Either something is running in the background, or you might be have somekind of hardware issue...
Please go here http://forums.evga.com/fb.ashx?m=1174372 and follow the steps for a custom/clean install, and test again
 
-->Sorry your having problems bro, lets see if we can find out whats causing it

Hi,
Thanks for this guide. Works perfect for me now with no more crashes to desktop, freezing or bsod's. I think the main factor may have been the "bloom" thingy as I also max out AA & AF @ 1920 x 1200. I'm using the newest BF3 beta driver.

I have to do all that were do i just push one button and
i am done.

Hi thank you for the right up works great.
I still want the one button thing.
thanks again.

*test post for my upcoming "Battlefield 3 Ultimate Guide"
 
 

 
Yeah, I'm working on it

What driver are you using?
Please test and see if this is happening in other games or benchmarks
 
Full shut down and reboot.. and test
 
If your 580 is overclocked... reset it to default clocks and voltage--> RIGHT NOW
 
What you are seeing is problems with the memory on your videocard, it can be SERIOUS 

vanilla cpu, vanilla 580.......

maniacvvv

Its only happening in BFBC2?
yea, only bfbc2, just ran a furmark bench, no crash/artifact
What is the condidtion of your SSD? That is a very small drive and only the OS and BFBC2 will really fit on it.

I would suggest a BFBC2 reinstall... but if thats on the SSD, then your going to need to do a "Secure Erase"
i had bc2 on the ssd, but then copied all files to storage drive(1000gb)
Test and make sure its only BFBC2... before you wipe anything

*also turn OFF the Precision OSD overlay display and see if it still happens 
yes, will try
And turn off the computer, open the case and reseat the card 
ok, will reseat
thanks for the tips, will get back to ya :)

My BFBC2 settings.ini @ 2560x1600 on a single GTX 580 (950/2300/1.150v)


[WindowSettings]
Width=2560
Height=1600
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.972
VSync=true
[Sound]
Quality=high
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=high
Soldiers=high
Vehicles=high
Overgrowth=high
Undergrowth=high
StaticObjects=high
Terrain=high
Shadows=high
Bloom=true
HSAO=true
MSAA=1
Water=high
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=auto
Aniso=1
Detail=high
RenderAheadLimit=0
Fov=74
[Chat]
ChatWindowAlpha=10
SmallChatWindowTimer=5

 
 

Zibri

My BFBC2 settings.ini @ 2560x1600 on a single GTX 580 (950/2300/1.150v)


[WindowSettings]
Width=2560
Height=1600
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.972
VSync=true
[Sound]
Quality=high
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=high
Soldiers=high
Vehicles=high
Overgrowth=high
Undergrowth=high
StaticObjects=high
Terrain=high
Shadows=high
Bloom=true
HSAO=true
MSAA=1
Water=high
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=auto
Aniso=1
Detail=high
RenderAheadLimit=0
Fov=74
[Chat]
ChatWindowAlpha=10
SmallChatWindowTimer=5

VSync=true     *this should be false. 

Bloom=true     *this is only working because you have your AA levels near zero
 
MSAA=1           *This level is so low as to greatly efffect the Quality. I suugest a minium of 4 and 7 looks best
. 
Aniso=1           *This value is completly wrong and should be set to 4. This setting carries zero overhead and makes distant objects appear sharper
 
 
RenderAheadLimit=0     *this setting should really not be adjusted below a value of 2
 
Your using a 2560x1600 monitor
The settings that you are using above, will greatly impact quality in a negitive manner
 
Try the ones I suggest

maniacvvv

Zibri

My BFBC2 settings.ini @ 2560x1600 on a single GTX 580 (950/2300/1.150v)


[WindowSettings]
Width=2560
Height=1600
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.972
VSync=true
[Sound]
Quality=high
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=high
Soldiers=high
Vehicles=high
Overgrowth=high
Undergrowth=high
StaticObjects=high
Terrain=high
Shadows=high
Bloom=true
HSAO=true
MSAA=1
Water=high
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=auto
Aniso=1
Detail=high
RenderAheadLimit=0
Fov=74
[Chat]
ChatWindowAlpha=10
SmallChatWindowTimer=5

VSync=true     *this should be false. 

 
LOL. *should* based on what? I know what VSYNC is and it's totally useless to have the card generate more frames per second than the monitor can display.
Fortunately, NVIDIA will soon implement an FPS limiter which could be much better than VSync.
I like VSync because: 
1) there is no tearing and I hate that.
2) the card doesn't consume useless power to do useless frame renderings.
 
Note: the important thing in a setup is the MINIMUM framerate not the maximum.
My setup easily achieves a minimum FPS of 60 with a very few drops below that in a very few situations.
Obviously with the second GTX 580 that won't be an issue anymore but STILL it's useless to consume (and cool off) a KILOWATT just to get 200 fps when the monitor can only show 60.

maniacvvv
Bloom=true     *this is only working because you have your AA levels near zero

Then please explain what bloom is. 

maniacvvv
MSAA=1           *This level is so low as to greatly efffect the Quality. I suugest a minium of 4 and 7 looks best
. 

 
This is enough to get a VERY GOOD visual quality on a 2560x1600 monitor. Anyhow tomorrow I will install my second GTX 580 and the new PSU and all settings will be maxed out :)

maniacvvv
Aniso=1           *This value is completly wrong and should be set to 4. This setting carries zero overhead and makes distant objects appear sharper

 
Really? I know what anisotropic filtering is but I think it causes some overhead.

maniacvvv
RenderAheadLimit=0     *this setting should really not be adjusted below a value of 2

 
Wrong. Framerate improves and I have no downside effects with this setting to 0.

maniacvvv
Your using a 2560x1600 monitor
The settings that you are using above, will greatly impact quality in a negitive manner

 
I can send you some screenshots then so you can show me what do you mean by "negative".
The only "negative" setting is the Aniso and obviously the AA. But even with a 2x AA (the 1 setting) there are no visible aliased lines or just a few. Obviously that can be set to maximum as my new card is installed but it was not the point of my post. My settings are a good balance for a very good playability and a very small visual downgrade.

maniacvvv
Try the ones I suggest

No need. I will max the settings put in a day. Posting the settings was just a starting point for people with my same configuration.
 
Anyhow, thanks for answering :)