SLI Widescreen Broken

Zardon · May 4, 2005, 12:03 AM

Kyle Bennett posted this at hardocp, its an interesting read:

Seems as though folks with a pocket full of money are getting the shaft when it comes to using their NVIDIA SLI setup. Users that have recently purchased monitors such at Dell's 2005FPW Widescreen LCD panels are having some major quality issues when it comes to using their SLI setups. The biggest complaint seems to be a "jittery" or "rolling" screen. Also some folks have complained about Vsync being broken as well under SLI with their widescreens. There are a couple of heated threads to review here and here.

Tested the latest official 71.84 WHQL driver and it did not fix the "jittery" rolling screen issue when running HL2 and CS:S widescreen resolutions: 1680x1050 DVI or 1280x768 VGA with SLI.

Workaround is to select 1280x1024 or any other 4:3 resolution or run 1680x1050 in a window.

This would of course obscure the proportions of game elements.

Contacting NVIDIA, they seemed to be well aware of the problems with SLI and widescreen and promised that fixes for these issues that have been bothering SLI users for months and months would arrive soon. I would not expect anything sooner than a month out though.

It is quite a shame that the what is likely the cream of the high end user group has been getting the stinky end of the stick since last year. Or I guess we can just blame Dell for making those widescreens so available.

http://www.hardocp.com/

Shadow Lady · May 4, 2005, 02:01 AM

go figure, SLI has bugs...

i still dont get why would they release that as being the best thing around...

bananaman · May 4, 2005, 08:46 AM

*hugs x800 xt*

*looks at WoW in 1920x1200*

Just hope that the ATI version of SLI will be able to do widescreen.

It really seems as if Nvidia rushed out the hardware side of SLI without actually making sure the software was up to the standard that it deserves to be when their customers are paying a lot of moeny to have 2 Nvidia cards.

nana

swatX · May 4, 2005, 04:54 PM

SLI is still not mature and it will still have bugs .. so LIVE WITH IT.. its not like every card is perfect.

bananaman · May 4, 2005, 05:12 PM

why should someone who has spent a hell of a lot of money on the hardware have to "live with it" because nVidia have released SLI with premature software.

It is a case of a company thinking more about advertising and bragging rights within the community over actually looking after the customers.

Same with games that are released early to catch Xmas or something along those lines with so many bugs that it ruins or at least severly inhibits the game.

i just dont think that is right

bake15 · May 4, 2005, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bananaman

why should someone who has spent a hell of a lot of money on the hardware have to "live with it" because nVidia have released SLI with premature software.

It is a case of a company thinking more about advertising and bragging rights within the community over actually looking after the customers.

Same with games that are released early to catch Xmas or something along those lines with so many bugs that it ruins or at least severly inhibits the game.

i just dont think that is right

agreed

May 4, 2005, 12:03 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	SLI Widescreen Broken Kyle Bennett posted this at hardocp, its an interesting read: Seems as though folks with a pocket full of money are getting the shaft when it comes to using their NVIDIA SLI setup. Users that have recently purchased monitors such at Dell's 2005FPW Widescreen LCD panels are having some major quality issues when it comes to using their SLI setups. The biggest complaint seems to be a "jittery" or "rolling" screen. Also some folks have complained about Vsync being broken as well under SLI with their widescreens. There are a couple of heated threads to review here and here. Tested the latest official 71.84 WHQL driver and it did not fix the "jittery" rolling screen issue when running HL2 and CS:S widescreen resolutions: 1680x1050 DVI or 1280x768 VGA with SLI. Workaround is to select 1280x1024 or any other 4:3 resolution or run 1680x1050 in a window. This would of course obscure the proportions of game elements. Contacting NVIDIA, they seemed to be well aware of the problems with SLI and widescreen and promised that fixes for these issues that have been bothering SLI users for months and months would arrive soon. I would not expect anything sooner than a month out though. It is quite a shame that the what is likely the cream of the high end user group has been getting the stinky end of the stick since last year. Or I guess we can just blame Dell for making those widescreens so available. http://www.hardocp.com/

May 4, 2005, 02:01 AM	#2
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	go figure, SLI has bugs... i still dont get why would they release that as being the best thing around... __________________ Oblivion ftw

May 4, 2005, 08:46 AM	#3
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	hugs x800 xt looks at WoW in 1920x1200 Just hope that the ATI version of SLI will be able to do widescreen. It really seems as if Nvidia rushed out the hardware side of SLI without actually making sure the software was up to the standard that it deserves to be when their customers are paying a lot of moeny to have 2 Nvidia cards. nana __________________

May 4, 2005, 04:54 PM	#4
swatX ba\|\\|\\|ed Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 618 Rep Power: 0	SLI is still not mature and it will still have bugs .. so LIVE WITH IT.. its not like every card is perfect. __________________ thx stick for the sig

May 4, 2005, 05:12 PM	#5
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	why should someone who has spent a hell of a lot of money on the hardware have to "live with it" because nVidia have released SLI with premature software. It is a case of a company thinking more about advertising and bragging rights within the community over actually looking after the customers. Same with games that are released early to catch Xmas or something along those lines with so many bugs that it ruins or at least severly inhibits the game. i just dont think that is right __________________