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Re: Important News for SLI users!

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From: Rich
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00
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Made no difference on mine. Quake 2 got exactly 79.8 fps at 1024x768
repeatedly on both. I got an i740 agp with it. Voodoo2's in first and second
slot on my super7 mb.

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James wrote in message <36CB7CA7.D08AB778@hotmail.com>...
>Just a small 'discovery' that I would like to share:
>
>I'm using a Spectra 2500 and two Creative Voodoo2 12MB in SLI.  The two
>V2s are inserted in the fourth and fifth PCI slot (the second farthest
>and furthest PCI slot away from the AGP slot respectively) on a Aopen
>AX6BC mainboard.
>
>When the reverse passthrough cable is connected to the V2 in the fifth
>slot, my fps in Unreal is about 49-50.  Connecting the passthrough cable
>to the V2 in the fourth slot, my fps dropped to about 44-45. Thinking
>that my V2 in the fourth slot might be faulty, I switch the two V2s (the
>one in the fifth PCI slot originally is now inserted into the fourth PCI
>slot and vice versa)and connecting the passthrough cable to the V2  in
>the fifth slot(originally in the fourth slot), and the fps is at 49-50
>again.
>
>It seems to be that the fps is affected by the 'position' which the
>passthrough cable is connected to the V2. Connecting the passthrough
>cable to the V2 in the PCI slot further away from the AGP slot seems to
>allow more fps.
>
>This is only what I experience personally and doesn't guarantee that it
>would have the same effect for you.
>
>Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading.
>
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From: "Rich" <cyberpager.$removethis$@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Important News for SLI users!
Date: 1999/02/18
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