sli GTX 960 Sli Problems

[Halomizzer]

Hey guys, so sytem specs are the following:

- Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard

- 2X GTX MSI Nvidia 960s

-850 corsair PSU

-I7-4790K Intel CPU

- 32GB of DDR3 

OS - Windows 10

 

The second 960 wont run while playing overwatch. I've confirmed this with MSI afterburner which can see the card but has no increase in power nor temp to it while in game.

Is there a setting I'm missing or software even for SLI? I have updated GPU drivers and motherboard bios.

[NTDaws]

The card isn't compatible with sli for that game.

[AlTech]

7 minutes ago, Halomizzer said:

Hey guys, so sytem specs are the following:

- Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard

- 2X GTX MSI Nvidia 960s

-850 corsair PSU

-I7-4790K Intel CPU

- 32GB of DDR3 

OS - Windows 10

 

The second 960 wont run while playing overwatch. I've confirmed this with MSI afterburner which can see the card but has no increase in power nor temp to it while in game.

Is there a setting I'm missing or software even for SLI? I have updated GPU drivers and motherboard bios.

A lot of new games don't support SLI. It's basically no longer recommended by Nvidia and it's not really supported well anymore.

[3 Lions]

As @AluminiumTech said many new games simply don't support SLI, many developers are not investing in the feature and Nvidia themselves are trying to move away from supporting it. A few years ago, yeah SLI was something worth while doing and supporting but now we've got single cards that can compete with SLI set-up's consumers are no longer seeing the benefits of it and are just buying single cards instead. Honestly I think in two years time we may never see SLI again, and if it does still exist Nvidia is going to have to invest money into a program that will try and make SLI worth while doing again.  

[Halomizzer]

Hey guys! Thanks for the swift replies.

 

When I looked into this, I did realize that not all games support SLI, but even with that in mind, games like skyrim, DS3, or any other games that are supposed to be compatible with sli just won't run the card.

 

Any ideas come to mind  as to what's going on?

 

Thanks again!

[DildorTheDecent]

Make sure you're running in DX11 mode + enable SLi in the nvidia control panel + make sure SLi bridge is seated correctly.

 

Maybe they removed SLi support or nvidia dropped the profile. You might need to go digging in nvidia inspector and see what SLi compatibility bits work and which ones don't.

 

SLi is enthusiast tier stuff. You have to play with it to get it to work. Some games will not work at all while some will work after some tweaking. Worth it though if it does work especially at higher resolutions.