Graphics card SLI problem.

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The Phoenix

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I recently got a new computer. It had a 2x GTX 560 ti SLI. I don't think they are truly SLI. Because i don't get any performance boosts in my game. plus this, When i go to the NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL. It says i have 2 graphics cards. It only uses the one graphics card. How i know that is, when i game just 1 graphics card heats up. 2 of all, when in MSI afterburner. It shows that the first GPU is the one doing all the work. How do i enable sli? Or fix this?
 
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Thelps
To begin with, download the latest, non-Beta, drivers for your Graphics Card(s) from the Nvidia website.

The drivers will include the installation of an application called Nvidia Control Panel. This application will appear in the Quick Launch Bar of your computer (in the lower-right corner of the desktop, on the taskbar).

Open Nvidia Control Panel and click the Set SLI Configuration option on the left of the window, then click Enable SLI Technology (recommended). Once this is done, and you are certain that an SLI Bridge Connector is connected between your two Graphics Cards, then SLI should be up and working.

Keep in mind some games have errors with SLI setups, some games don't make use of SLI at...
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To begin with, download the latest, non-Beta, drivers for your Graphics Card(s) from the Nvidia website.

The drivers will include the installation of an application called Nvidia Control Panel. This application will appear in the Quick Launch Bar of your computer (in the lower-right corner of the desktop, on the taskbar).

Open Nvidia Control Panel and click the Set SLI Configuration option on the left of the window, then click Enable SLI Technology (recommended). Once this is done, and you are certain that an SLI Bridge Connector is connected between your two Graphics Cards, then SLI should be up and working.

Keep in mind some games have errors with SLI setups, some games don't make use of SLI at all and usually only certain big-name games that feature Nvidia sponsorship and are well past release actually function optimally with SLI.
 
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First of all, if you look inside your case where your graphics cards are, is there something connecting the two of them? This connecting the two of them are called SLI bridge. You must have this to be able to run the cards simultaneously. Then you'll have to activate it in the Nvidia Control Panel.
 
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