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Pierre3400
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2015/03/30 11:14:47 (permalink)
Hey guys,
 
I am running testing on Windows 10, and i have a few questions as far as drivers go, and setup.
 
First of all, I went ahead and installed windows 8.1 drivers, and they seem to work. But nvidia claims updates that i am unable to install, and also i cant enable Sli.
 
What i dont understand is, why my bottom GPU seems to be the main?  Has anyone played around with windows 10 yet?
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    chicochaco
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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/03/30 14:57:02 (permalink)
    I havent cuz I dot want to have issues like you are having. The Beta is really for programmers that find that sort of thing intersting and a challenge to try and fix themselves.

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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/03/31 05:40:25 (permalink)
    Which build of winows 10 are you using?
    i am on build 10041 and for me everything works just fine with 2 way SLI evga 970.
     
    I have even run successfully  the 3Dmark api test for direct12 and i can't wait the official windows 10 to hit the market.

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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/03/31 13:08:26 (permalink)
    I seem to be on 9926, but currently updating to 10049. 

    I did get it to Sli, but no differnce to spot with 3dmark11. Looking forward to doing a test soon with BF4, before i get me ny Dell ultrashap 1440p tomorrow.
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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/03/31 13:23:11 (permalink)
    Getting SLI to run on Windows 10 is tricky. I'll try to explain this but I don't know if I'll do a good enough job.
     
    1. Load your video driver
    2. On the desktop open the NVIDIA control panel
    3. On the left hand side of that panel choose configure SLI
    4. Put a tick mark in the main panel where it says maximize 3D performance
    5. Click Apply at the bottom right
    6. When you do this there will be several programs you must close in a box entitle APPLY CHANGES to include your browsers so do that. To close Windows based tasks you'll need the task manager. Now it is entirely possible that one of the Windows programs might pop back on within a few seconds. So what you have to do is to close that program and as quickly as possible click continue in the APPLY CHANGES box before the program decides to pop back up. That should then have you setup in SLI. (The program that likes to pop back up is the windows shell experience host)
    post edited by rjohnson11 - 2015/03/31 13:27:18

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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/03/31 14:07:41 (permalink)
    Thanks, thats what i did end up doing. After update to 10049, is did crash while applying. Im ok with bugs, i know its not a final version.
     
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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/10/07 18:36:01 (permalink)
    Can I SLI a GTX 980 Ti SC with a GTX 970 Ti?
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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/10/07 18:50:48 (permalink)
    arcticspyder
    Can I SLI a GTX 980 Ti SC with a GTX 970 Ti?


    No.


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    RTX 2080 Ti 4-way SLI?!?!: https://forums.evga.com/RTX-2080-Ti-4way-SLi-set-by-yours-truly-m2954756.aspx
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    Re: Windows 10 and 980 SLI 2015/10/07 19:37:02 (permalink)
    arcticspyder
    Can I SLI a GTX 980 Ti SC with a GTX 970 Ti?


    970ti?


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