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    How do I know if SLI is working?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mademperor, Mar 8, 2008.

  1. mademperor

    mademperor Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just received a replacement laptop, and was suprised to get a 1730. The laptop has dual 8700M GTs

    However I can't find anything in the Nvidia control panel on SLI (nor in the manual it came with)

    I'm using the most current video drivers listed under my service tag from dell.


    **The only thing I could find is if I go under Manage 3D settings, Program Settings, then I select a game.

    SLI Performance mode -> Only option is Nvidia recommended (SLI)


    I want to take advantage of what this laptop has to offer :D
     
    mademperor, Mar 8, 2008
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  2. Skillhouette

    Skillhouette Notebook Geek

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    You are on the right track.. Right click your desktop an enter the Nvidia Control panel.. Go under performance.. An Enable SLI There should be 2 boxes...
     
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  3. mademperor

    mademperor Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't see those options.

    Driver date: 9/6/2007
    driver version: 6.14.11.5661

    Control panel version: 1.4.200.08

    (these are the XP 32bit drivers)
     
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  4. Skillhouette

    Skillhouette Notebook Geek

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    Thats strange.. Iam using XP as well.. You should have had a ballon pop up saying "SLI Capable System"... Did you hit advanced options when opening the Nvidia Control panel? You should have a performance tab in the left column... If not reinstall the video drivers..
    GO to Dell.com/support... Download the Drivers under windows XP listed for the Nvidia 8800GTX they are newer drivers an fully compatible with the 8700's.. Install those an see if it helps.. Good luck!
     
    Skillhouette, Mar 8, 2008
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  5. mademperor

    mademperor Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried the nVidia GeForce 8800M GTX SLI XP drives....
    R175657 .exe
    They gave me alot of error messages, and I couldn't access the control panel (I fully uninstalled the old drivers too)

    Back to nVidia GeForce GO 8700M GT SLI
    R167604.EXE


    I don't have this option     : SLI Performance Mode: If you are running two or more Nvidia graphics cards in SLI Mode, you can select a specific SLI rendering mode here. This option will not be covered in detail as I do not have access to an SLI setup to test or describe these options properly. If in doubt, select the default Recommended option.
     
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  6. mademperor

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    anyone else?
     
    mademperor, Mar 9, 2008
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    well thats a simple answer you dont have sli. In this case you only have 1 card installed which is the 8700m gt. This is possible because on dell website their current basic m1730 offers 1 8700m gt and the ability to upgrade to 2 8700mgt or 2 8800m gt.
     
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  8. mademperor

    mademperor Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, it seems nobody reads what I say before they reply.

    "The laptop has dual 8700M GTs"
     
    mademperor, Mar 9, 2008
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    the best website to go to for drivers is www.laptopvideo2go.com make sure you also download the modded inf and copy it to the installtion directory of the driver. I am use 175.16 I think and they are working very well. not sure on performance but sli option is there. Hope this helps.
    Rig
    xps m1730
    4gb
    2x200
    2.5ghz
    8700 dual sli
     
    rob7779, Aug 1, 2008
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