nVidia sli question

New to Sli. This is my first game without an NVIDIA premade profile.

from Demigod Forums

I just started using a SLI setup a couple of weeks ago and this is my first game that doesn't already have a pre-made setting in the "manage 3D settings" tab of the NVIDIA Control Panel. If i don't add a profile, then is SLI working at all? I can add the game and make a profile. The default setting if i do that is "Use global setting (NVIDIA recommended)". the global setting is "NVIDIA recommended". that seems to be a logic loop that doesn't get anywhere. Does that mean SLI is turned off? Should I try forcing SLI on? What setting do you think i should use? Sorry for all the questions and i know they aren't absolutely related to this game, but I would really appreciate some help. 

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

SLI is enabled unless you disable it in the nvidia control panel.  I use a gtx 295 and it runs without issue with SLI enabled.  

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Thanks for your reply. I just tested it by creating a profile and forcing SLI to Alternate Frame 1. I can say that it was definitely not on before. Things are running perfectly now that i forced it on. Without making a profile for it and forcing SLI on I was getting some stutter when zoomed all the way out on full quality at 1920*1200 with 4x antialiasing. Things are much better now, and my computer is definitely noisier. I have 2 9800gxt+ 1gb cards. It may be different for your SLI-on-a-card gtx 295. But I can say without a doubt now that SLI is not on by default on this game without making a profile and setting it to force SLI on. 

 

I do have another question though. Is it possible to show how many fps I am getting? I would like to up the AA if i can.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

I'm not sure if you can do it using only the game, but I use fraps to show fps (it also lets you record movies and take screenshots).  http://www.fraps.com/

With my setup, my frames are silky smooth with 16xaa and maxed @1920x1200, but the temp of the cards goes into the low 80's and the fan becomes louder than I like, so I keep it at 4x.  I imagine the sli is working fine, cus I doubt a single gtx260ish card could handle that.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Thanks for pointing out fraps. That seems like its exactly what i've been looking for for awhile actually. It does sound like your SLI is on by default. it must be different for having 2 separate cards and SLI on one card.