Important News for SLI users!

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#666

Author: James
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00

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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.

Re: Important News for SLI users!

#665

Author: 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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