SLI Question - Spanning Displays

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2016/11/04 06:43:33 (permalink)
I have two identical cards in the same system.
 
I would like to dedicate 1 card to running folding @ home, and use the other card to drive 3 displays in surround.
 
When I have two different cards in the system, I can simply enable surround on the one card, and fold in the other.
 
When I have two of the same cards, I only get the option in the NVIDIA control panel to enable surround in SLI mode.  I don't want to SLI.
 
Currently, I am running in SLI and can fold on both cards.  However, if I turn off folding on one card and try to play games, I get stutter as the other SLI card is occupied folding.  My only choice is to turn off folding on both cards for gaming (and I don't need SLI to drive my resolutions.)
 
Does anybody know how to do this?
 
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    Re: SLI Question - Spanning Displays 2016/11/04 06:54:33 (permalink)
    Does having the SLI bridge on or off make any difference?

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    Re: SLI Question - Spanning Displays 2016/11/04 07:02:01 (permalink)
    If I take the SLI bridge off, the option to span displays with surround is greyed out.
     
    The only thing I can do with the SLI bridge off is extend the Windows desktop...can't do surround or bezel correction.
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    Re: SLI Question - Spanning Displays 2016/11/04 08:29:21 (permalink)
    Available if bridge is in place but SLI not enabled?
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    Re: SLI Question - Spanning Displays 2016/11/04 08:33:43 (permalink)
    No - with the bridge in place you only get the option to span displays in surround with SLI.
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    Re: SLI Question - Spanning Displays 2016/11/14 05:50:41 (permalink)
    OK - solved the problem differently...got a 43" 4K UHD display:
     

     
    The screen on the left is 23" (one of the 3 23" displays I had in surround).
     
    I now totally understand the 4K UHD hype...the NerdGasm I had after I got this setup was quite extraordinary!
     
    One Titan X Pascal drives 4K UHD with no issues...the other Titan X P happily folds away 24/7.
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