evga gtx 580 & evga gtx 580 SC sli-able?

[Tiso]

Hello guys, i am having a problem. Is there a way that those 2 cards cannot be together in sli? i have tried basicly everything except switching sli bridge which is comming in mail in next few days.

my mobo is sli capable (gigabyte p55a-ud4) cpu is i5 760...

 

my cards get detected in nvidia control panel, i have sli options, but they are greyed out... im going nuts.

 

[dappy10]

It should work, it will run on the lower clocked speed though.

[TrigrH]

I bet its the bridge, have u tried the other set of SLI fingers?

[AbstractView]

SLI will work with cards that are manufactured by the same company (i.e. Nvidia and AMD) and they must have the same amount of video memory. So you could have an EVGA 580 with a MSI 580 because of the same company, Nvidia, and the same V ram

[Tiso]

11 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

I bet its the bridge, have u tried the other set of SLI fingers?

yup i have tried both set of fingers and i even tried flipping bridge aroud. 

[don_svetlio]

That is one mighty furnace

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, Tiso said:

yup i have tried both set of fingers and i even tried flipping bridge aroud. 

if you have rev 1 of the mobo you need atleast F6 bios (get f15):

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3239#bios

"Improve PCIe x8 slot compatibility"

 

[Tiso]

19 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

if you have rev 1 of the mobo you need atleast F6 bios (get f15):

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3239#bios

"Improve PCIe x8 slot compatibility"

 

i have rev 2.0

but i suspect fault bridge. at least i hope it is

[TrigrH]

25 minutes ago, Tiso said:

i have rev 2.0

but i suspect fault bridge. at least i hope it is

Reply back when you get the bridge, tell us if it worked or not (quote me)

[Tiso]

3 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

That is one mighty furnace

what do you mean haha?

[kicker2222]

4 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

That is one mighty furnace

at least it is not crossfired r9 290x blower styles cards. 

[don_svetlio]

57 minutes ago, Tiso said:

what do you mean haha?

I mean you have 2 of the hottest cards ever made

12 minutes ago, kicker2222 said:

at least it is not crossfired r9 290x blower styles cards. 

580 reference was the same and 480 reference was way worse (talking 102*C core temps and 120*C VRM temps)

[kicker2222]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

I mean you have 2 of the hottest cards ever made

580 reference was the same and 480 reference was way worse (talking 102*C core temps and 120*C VRM temps)

A heater is not as bad as a heater and a vacuum cleaner  

[don_svetlio]

Just now, kicker2222 said:

A heater is not as bad as a heater and a vacuum cleaner  

Erm, have you heard the 480? Was about twice the noise of the 290X. You really missed out on the glory days of Thermi

[don_svetlio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHHsPK_QS0s

[Tiso]

On 11. 3. 2016 at 5:55 PM, TrigrH said:

Reply back when you get the bridge, tell us if it worked or not (quote me)

got the bridge today... it still does not work. tried both set of fingers and i even tried switching the bridge around(up side down?)... don't know what else to do.. 
i'll try and reinstal nvidia drivers. but i doubt it'll help.

[Tiso]

27 minutes ago, Tiso said:

got the bridge today... it still does not work. tried both set of fingers and i even tried switching the bridge around(up side down?)... don't know what else to do.. 
i'll try and reinstal nvidia drivers. but i doubt it'll help.

ok well... i ended up reinstalling drivers, booted up and i got the notification that my rig is sli capable.. well okay! 
but i have the bridge on 2nd set of fingers and upside down.. i am afraid to remove it and put it on the 1st set.. 
does it in any way hinder the performance if it's there? otherwise ima just leave that son of a bitch there

[TrigrH]

5 hours ago, Tiso said:

snip

it makes no difference, but if you want it on the other side, move it. If its not working reinstall the drivers (you should of been doing that every-time anyway).