970 SLI Problem

[GillarN]

Hey LTT

I've ran into some trouble trying sli my GTX 970 G1 Gaming and my MSI Tiger NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which in theory should work.. but as i go to the nvdia SLI panel i get this message.. https://gyazo.com/07c3ab52cfff91f7a3ad2dfbbf58aaf1

It's in danish but tells me to connect the sli bridge for maxium performence, which it is, also the option to deactivate SLI is also selected and any other option is greyed out.?

So i went troubleshooting and found out that apparently not all 970's can SLI with eachother, EVGA put out which cards goes with what card, but i don't know where my cards classify.

Could you help?

https://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=59534

[othertomperson]

My immediate reaction is that maybe your SLI bridge isn't making a good connection. Maybe the fingers or the bridge itself is dirty, or it's just not attached properly.

[zMeul]

vBIOSes should be also the same - this is a very big problem when SLIing cards from different manufacturers

yes, in theory SLI with cards from diff manufacturers works, but practice isn't that simple

[GillarN]

I know the SLI Bridge is making a solid connection, what im trying to find out is, which cards and go with eachother from that EVGA list, so i can return my MSI 970 and get one that will sli

 

[GillarN]

Just now, GillarN said:

I know the SLI Bridge is making a solid connection, what im trying to find out is, which cards and go with eachother from that EVGA list, so i can return my MSI 970 and get one that will sli @othertomperson

 

 

@zMeul

[zMeul]

4 minutes ago, GillarN said:

what im trying to find out is, which cards and go with eachother from that EVGA list, so i can return my MSI 970 and get one that will sli

and you have no EVGA card - that compatibility table applies only to EVGA's cards:

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See the chart below to see which cards will function together in SLI. Cards in the same column will function in SLI together. A card from one column will not work in SLI with a card from another column.

it means that cards listed in the same column will work together in SLI

Edited October 1, 2016 by zMeul

[GillarN]

Just now, zMeul said:

and you have no EVGA card - that compatibility table applies only to EVGA's cards:

 

Ah i see now.., welp

[GillarN]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

and you have no EVGA card - that compatibility table applies only to EVGA's cards:

 

Then i think my best bet is just send the card back, and save the money..