Triple SLI won't work with Surround

Biohacker53

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I just ordered my 3rd GFX card and I cannot figure out what is going wrong.

Current config:

Asus Maximus VI Extreme
Intel 4770k i7
32 GB 1866 Corsair Dominator RAM
3X Asus GTX770 Direct CU GFX cards 3 way SLI bridge installed
(drivers installed 332.21)
1 DVI connected per card
Corsair Ax1200i Power supply
3x Dell 3008WFP Monitors all connected via DVI

I used to run 2 way SLI just fine but now I installed my 3rd card and I cannot get the settings to keep. I can run 3 way SLI on the "maximize 3d performance" setting all cards are showing activity during benchmarks. But when I choose "Span displays with Surround" the displays go blank blink a few times then just jumps back to the previous setting I chose.

Played around with the settings and config as much as I could. Have any ideas? It would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you,
 
Your problem is that all three monitors need to be connected to the same card.

Weren't you using the SAME card for Surround before with 2xSLI?

Your screens are also 2560x1600 at maximum resolution which I'm pretty sure requires Dual-Link DVI or DisplayPort.

Unfortunately, I don't think you have THREE of these connections on the same card. You would likely get THREE working at 1920x1200, but only two at 2560x1600.
 

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I tried that from what I read in forums with different cards. Nvidia control panel wouldn't have it. It grayed out the apply settings button. It told me to run 1 DVI connection to each card. Also not running at full resolution I'm actually running 1920x1200 to avoid the dual link thing.