SLI on non nvidia chipset drivers, can u help these guyz undertaking this project ?

[wolf2009]

Do any of u guys know how to mod nvidia drivers so that SLI will work on non nvidia chipsets , if u do maybe u could help these guys over here.

If u have access to 2 nvidia cards and a non nvidia mobo , u can help by testing the drivers , much appreciated.

Cmon bros's , lets accomplish this dream .

Take a look :

http://www.techpowerup.com/for...showthread.php?t=58232"]Thread 1[/URL] & http://www.techpowerup.com/for...hp?p=802710#post802710"]Thread 2[/URL]

 

[angry hampster]

No. :laugh: Spend $120 on an SLI board and call it a day.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

what dream?

 

[wolf2009]

anyone ?

@ LOUISSSSS getting SLI working on non nvidia mobos .

 

[magreen]

I don't think there's anyone here with that level of technical expertise, even assuming it's possible.

 

[VulcanX]

I dont even think that is possible let alone worth it...
What will the big benefit be?

 

[Sylvanas]

It's for people who incorrectly purchased an Intel mobo and either have or want SLI....tbh you should do your homework before purchasing- Nvidia have good alternatives these days- 750 SLI or budget, 780/90 SLI for High end 750a/780a Budget and High end for AMD. There were 'hacked' drivers once upon a time but its a mammoth undertaking to keep them updated let alone pull off such a thing in a functional manner in the first place. Good luck in your quest.

 

[magreen]

Nah, it's not just for people who want to save money or who incorrectly bought the wrong mobo. It's for the hacker spirit in people who want to stick it to the man. Nvidia can't tell me what to do with my hardware! If my board supports two gpus then they can't artificially license it out of the picture. You can't control me! You want the truth? You can't HANDLE the truth!

...or something like that.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Well, Nvidia kind of designs the chipsets for SLi, you know... It's their tech. Why don't Intel CPUs work on AMD chipsets? AMD's chipsets are arguably better...

 

[surfsatwerk]

I'm pretty sure it's not a fix that can be achieved by software alone. I mean Skulltrail did it using an extra chip to enable SLI, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[magreen]

That's b/c it's illegal for Intel, not necessarily b/c it can't be done.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

So we are to modify our motherboards as well?

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: magreen
That's b/c it's illegal for Intel, not necessarily b/c it can't be done.

not illigal, unlicensed. Skulltrail was licensed for it, and they used a physical chip instead of simply bios / software (which makes more sense). So it probably requires some hardware.

That, or it was too much work modifying software to make it work. or they were afraid that if they made such software, it will be adapted for other mobos

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: angry hampster
No. :laugh: Spend $120 on an SLI board and call it a day.

Some of us do not like nForce based motherboards.

 

[Scotteq]

Personally, I'm a fan of the "Do Your Homework BEFORE Building" approach. Saves a lot of effort trying to solve stupid problems which would never happen in the first place had the proper components been selected prior to assembly.

But maybe I'm just a curmugeon that way... <shrug>

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: angry hampster
No. :laugh: Spend $120 on an SLI board and call it a day.

Some of us do not like nForce based motherboards.

i dont know why, its by far the best chipset out there.
But regardless, no reason why nForce might be "worse" could compare to the pains you would have to undergo to get an intel/AMD board to run hacked nForce drivers to do SLI... You are going from "bad" (arguably) to much much MUCH worse.

Just sell your mobo on ebay and buy an nforce SLI board.

 

[magreen]

Unlicensed and therefore illegal.

 

[BigLan]

Originally posted by: magreen
Unlicensed and therefore illegal.

It's definately unlicensed, but should be possible. Unless there's encyption involved I don't think it'd be illegal.

I'm suprised that this hasn't been done already, ULi released a patch to enable SLI on their boards more than 2 years ago now. Link.

 

[superunknown98]

It is definetly possible with just bios code. Alienware did this maybe a year ago, they eve n explained what they had done.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: taltamir
i dont know why, its by far the best chipset out there.

Maybe so, but their dropping of support of the nForce 3 so quickly left a bad taste in my mouth for the company's motherboard chipsets (I own / have owned 3 nForce based motherboards).

nForce3 XP drivers were last updated in 2004. I omitted the 5.11 drivers released in 2005 (the driver that nvidia's site defaults to) because installing them causes many computers to enter in a blue screen of death loop (including mine).

Nvidia could never quite get the firewall working correctly that is advertised on the box of the nforce3 and 4 motherboards.

There are also issues with newer SATA HDDs like the SamSung SpinPoint F1 series and nForce3 (4 as well I think) motherboards, basically one cannot use nVidia's IDE / SATA drivers, it is a common enough problem, google it for more info.

Let us also not forget about the abandoning of Windows Vista support for the nForce3.

SiS and VIA had also problems with their chipset drivers (mainly agp.inf), but quickly released patches to correct these issues.