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Hi there,

Both the Voodoo2's need to be identicle. One of your cards has 8MB and the
the other 12MB. See if you can find a second hand 12MB card somewhere
(best to get the same make) and then you will be able to hook them up in
no time via SLI.

The card(s) you have now were made by Creative Labs. I have two Orchid
12MB cards and they work fine so like I say your problem is not that any
of the cards are faulty on their own, it's simply a matter of pairing them
up correctly. It's either 12 and 12MB or 8 and 8MB.

Depending on what processor you have in your system you will find that all
games play fine at 1024x768 so spending around $30 on a 2nd 12MB
Voodoo2 board is a good idea I reckon if you want to keep things on
the cheap side.

Adam

"Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
news:8scdsn$2jo$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> I just picked up a second 8MB 3d Blaster Voodoo 2 Card for my son's
system.
> I can't seem to get SLI to work properly.
>
> Individually, each card works well in the system.  As soon as I put both
> cards in and hook up SLI, all glide, opengl and direct 3d apps get sort of
a
> wire mesh look to them and I usually get areas of green distortion around
> menu screens or items.
>
> I've tried both the latest 3dfx drivers and the last Creative Drivers and
> neither fix the problem.
>
> Both cards are listed as Model Number CT6670.  The control panel app
> indicated 8 total MB of memory installed when each card is installed
> individually.  There is a few visual differences between the cards
however.
>
> The one card just has 34 pins sticking off the board to attach the SLI
> cable.  The other card has a socket to plug the cable into.
>
> The one card has only four memory chips on the back of the card.  The
other
> has twelve memory chips on the back of the card.
>
> Can anyone help me get this SLI rig up?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Alicea
>
>

According to the control panel app both cards are 8's.  They both have the
same model number.  Are you sure that one is a 12?

Jeff


"Adam Honek" <AdamHonek@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8sfuk3$k21$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> Hi there,
>
> Both the Voodoo2's need to be identicle. One of your cards has 8MB and the
> the other 12MB. See if you can find a second hand 12MB card somewhere
> (best to get the same make) and then you will be able to hook them up in
> no time via SLI.
>
> The card(s) you have now were made by Creative Labs. I have two Orchid
> 12MB cards and they work fine so like I say your problem is not that any
> of the cards are faulty on their own, it's simply a matter of pairing them
> up correctly. It's either 12 and 12MB or 8 and 8MB.
>
> Depending on what processor you have in your system you will find that all
> games play fine at 1024x768 so spending around $30 on a 2nd 12MB
> Voodoo2 board is a good idea I reckon if you want to keep things on
> the cheap side.
>
> Adam
>
> "Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
> news:8scdsn$2jo$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > I just picked up a second 8MB 3d Blaster Voodoo 2 Card for my son's
> system.
> > I can't seem to get SLI to work properly.
> >
> > Individually, each card works well in the system.  As soon as I put both
> > cards in and hook up SLI, all glide, opengl and direct 3d apps get sort
of
> a
> > wire mesh look to them and I usually get areas of green distortion
around
> > menu screens or items.
> >
> > I've tried both the latest 3dfx drivers and the last Creative Drivers
and
> > neither fix the problem.
> >
> > Both cards are listed as Model Number CT6670.  The control panel app
> > indicated 8 total MB of memory installed when each card is installed
> > individually.  There is a few visual differences between the cards
> however.
> >
> > The one card just has 34 pins sticking off the board to attach the SLI
> > cable.  The other card has a socket to plug the cable into.
> >
> > The one card has only four memory chips on the back of the card.  The
> other
> > has twelve memory chips on the back of the card.
> >
> > Can anyone help me get this SLI rig up?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Alicea
> >
> >
>
>

Hi there again,

Yes I know since you told me one of the cards has 4 chips on the back if I
recall
correctly and 12 on the front. Has each of the SOJ (black memory chips) have
512K memory in them 16x 512K = 8192KB = 8MB.

So yes, if what you said is correct then your cards have different memory
configs
which disallows SLI to take place. I've alsways had SLI so I can't say how
much
faster things will feel if you buy that 2nd 12MB card but what I can tell
you is that
it plays all the games I've tried so far (including Quake3) at 1024x768 very
smoothley. That's on a P2 450 and I expect things will jump higher once I
put
in a P3 800 which should be coming in this week.

Adam


"Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
news:8sg5er$p6v$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> According to the control panel app both cards are 8's.  They both have the
> same model number.  Are you sure that one is a 12?
>
> Jeff
>
>
> "Adam Honek" <AdamHonek@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8sfuk3$k21$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Both the Voodoo2's need to be identicle. One of your cards has 8MB and
the
> > the other 12MB. See if you can find a second hand 12MB card somewhere
> > (best to get the same make) and then you will be able to hook them up in
> > no time via SLI.
> >
> > The card(s) you have now were made by Creative Labs. I have two Orchid
> > 12MB cards and they work fine so like I say your problem is not that any
> > of the cards are faulty on their own, it's simply a matter of pairing
them
> > up correctly. It's either 12 and 12MB or 8 and 8MB.
> >
> > Depending on what processor you have in your system you will find that
all
> > games play fine at 1024x768 so spending around $30 on a 2nd 12MB
> > Voodoo2 board is a good idea I reckon if you want to keep things on
> > the cheap side.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > "Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
> > news:8scdsn$2jo$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > > I just picked up a second 8MB 3d Blaster Voodoo 2 Card for my son's
> > system.
> > > I can't seem to get SLI to work properly.
> > >
> > > Individually, each card works well in the system.  As soon as I put
both
> > > cards in and hook up SLI, all glide, opengl and direct 3d apps get
sort
> of
> > a
> > > wire mesh look to them and I usually get areas of green distortion
> around
> > > menu screens or items.
> > >
> > > I've tried both the latest 3dfx drivers and the last Creative Drivers
> and
> > > neither fix the problem.
> > >
> > > Both cards are listed as Model Number CT6670.  The control panel app
> > > indicated 8 total MB of memory installed when each card is installed
> > > individually.  There is a few visual differences between the cards
> > however.
> > >
> > > The one card just has 34 pins sticking off the board to attach the SLI
> > > cable.  The other card has a socket to plug the cable into.
> > >
> > > The one card has only four memory chips on the back of the card.  The
> > other
> > > has twelve memory chips on the back of the card.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me get this SLI rig up?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff Alicea
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks, I'll start looking for another 12.  Unfortunately, when I bought
this one, I was told it was an 8.  I guess I'll buy another 12 and then sell
my 8.


--
Jeff Alicea

"Adam Honek" <AdamHonek@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8shfgv$mt5$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> Hi there again,
>
> Yes I know since you told me one of the cards has 4 chips on the back if I
> recall
> correctly and 12 on the front. Has each of the SOJ (black memory chips)
have
> 512K memory in them 16x 512K = 8192KB = 8MB.
>
> So yes, if what you said is correct then your cards have different memory
> configs
> which disallows SLI to take place. I've alsways had SLI so I can't say how
> much
> faster things will feel if you buy that 2nd 12MB card but what I can tell
> you is that
> it plays all the games I've tried so far (including Quake3) at 1024x768
very
> smoothley. That's on a P2 450 and I expect things will jump higher once I
> put
> in a P3 800 which should be coming in this week.
>
> Adam
>
>
> "Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
> news:8sg5er$p6v$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > According to the control panel app both cards are 8's.  They both have
the
> > same model number.  Are you sure that one is a 12?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > "Adam Honek" <AdamHonek@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:8sfuk3$k21$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > Both the Voodoo2's need to be identicle. One of your cards has 8MB and
> the
> > > the other 12MB. See if you can find a second hand 12MB card somewhere
> > > (best to get the same make) and then you will be able to hook them up
in
> > > no time via SLI.
> > >
> > > The card(s) you have now were made by Creative Labs. I have two Orchid
> > > 12MB cards and they work fine so like I say your problem is not that
any
> > > of the cards are faulty on their own, it's simply a matter of pairing
> them
> > > up correctly. It's either 12 and 12MB or 8 and 8MB.
> > >
> > > Depending on what processor you have in your system you will find that
> all
> > > games play fine at 1024x768 so spending around $30 on a 2nd 12MB
> > > Voodoo2 board is a good idea I reckon if you want to keep things on
> > > the cheap side.
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > "Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
> > > news:8scdsn$2jo$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > > > I just picked up a second 8MB 3d Blaster Voodoo 2 Card for my son's
> > > system.
> > > > I can't seem to get SLI to work properly.
> > > >
> > > > Individually, each card works well in the system.  As soon as I put
> both
> > > > cards in and hook up SLI, all glide, opengl and direct 3d apps get
> sort
> > of
> > > a
> > > > wire mesh look to them and I usually get areas of green distortion
> > around
> > > > menu screens or items.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried both the latest 3dfx drivers and the last Creative
Drivers
> > and
> > > > neither fix the problem.
> > > >
> > > > Both cards are listed as Model Number CT6670.  The control panel app
> > > > indicated 8 total MB of memory installed when each card is installed
> > > > individually.  There is a few visual differences between the cards
> > > however.
> > > >
> > > > The one card just has 34 pins sticking off the board to attach the
SLI
> > > > cable.  The other card has a socket to plug the cable into.
> > > >
> > > > The one card has only four memory chips on the back of the card.
The
> > > other
> > > > has twelve memory chips on the back of the card.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone help me get this SLI rig up?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Jeff Alicea
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

As a note to what you said earlier about it reporting 8MB in system info on
the 3dfx tab
in control properties then that's the fram buffer memory of both cards which
is in fact
8MB as both the 8 and 12MB versions have the same 4MB frame buffer memory.
The only difference is that the 12MB version packs 2MB more per each texel
unit
which improves frame rates when using large textures in some games.

Adam


"Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
news:8siau7$d33$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> Thanks, I'll start looking for another 12.  Unfortunately, when I bought
> this one, I was told it was an 8.  I guess I'll buy another 12 and then
sell
> my 8.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Alicea
>
> "Adam Honek" <AdamHonek@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8shfgv$mt5$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > Hi there again,
> >
> > Yes I know since you told me one of the cards has 4 chips on the back if
I
> > recall
> > correctly and 12 on the front. Has each of the SOJ (black memory chips)
> have
> > 512K memory in them 16x 512K = 8192KB = 8MB.
> >
> > So yes, if what you said is correct then your cards have different
memory
> > configs
> > which disallows SLI to take place. I've alsways had SLI so I can't say
how
> > much
> > faster things will feel if you buy that 2nd 12MB card but what I can
tell
> > you is that
> > it plays all the games I've tried so far (including Quake3) at 1024x768
> very
> > smoothley. That's on a P2 450 and I expect things will jump higher once
I
> > put
> > in a P3 800 which should be coming in this week.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > "Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
> > news:8sg5er$p6v$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > > According to the control panel app both cards are 8's.  They both have
> the
> > > same model number.  Are you sure that one is a 12?
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > > "Adam Honek" <AdamHonek@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
message
> > > news:8sfuk3$k21$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > Both the Voodoo2's need to be identicle. One of your cards has 8MB
and
> > the
> > > > the other 12MB. See if you can find a second hand 12MB card
somewhere
> > > > (best to get the same make) and then you will be able to hook them
up
> in
> > > > no time via SLI.
> > > >
> > > > The card(s) you have now were made by Creative Labs. I have two
Orchid
> > > > 12MB cards and they work fine so like I say your problem is not that
> any
> > > > of the cards are faulty on their own, it's simply a matter of
pairing
> > them
> > > > up correctly. It's either 12 and 12MB or 8 and 8MB.
> > > >
> > > > Depending on what processor you have in your system you will find
that
> > all
> > > > games play fine at 1024x768 so spending around $30 on a 2nd 12MB
> > > > Voodoo2 board is a good idea I reckon if you want to keep things on
> > > > the cheap side.
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > > "Jeffrey Alicea" <idontlikespam@youspamer.spam> wrote in message
> > > > news:8scdsn$2jo$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > > > > I just picked up a second 8MB 3d Blaster Voodoo 2 Card for my
son's
> > > > system.
> > > > > I can't seem to get SLI to work properly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Individually, each card works well in the system.  As soon as I
put
> > both
> > > > > cards in and hook up SLI, all glide, opengl and direct 3d apps get
> > sort
> > > of
> > > > a
> > > > > wire mesh look to them and I usually get areas of green distortion
> > > around
> > > > > menu screens or items.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've tried both the latest 3dfx drivers and the last Creative
> Drivers
> > > and
> > > > > neither fix the problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Both cards are listed as Model Number CT6670.  The control panel
app
> > > > > indicated 8 total MB of memory installed when each card is
installed
> > > > > individually.  There is a few visual differences between the cards
> > > > however.
> > > > >
> > > > > The one card just has 34 pins sticking off the board to attach the
> SLI
> > > > > cable.  The other card has a socket to plug the cable into.
> > > > >
> > > > > The one card has only four memory chips on the back of the card.
> The
> > > > other
> > > > > has twelve memory chips on the back of the card.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone help me get this SLI rig up?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Jeff Alicea
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>