SLI Help!!

[Incarn8te]

I am running dual 6600gt s and my frame rate is sub 30fps in battlefield 2. I tryed reinstalling drivers new and old versions nothing seems to be helping. Any advice would be helpfull on the subject.
Thanks
System Name: SAK
[System Summary]

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OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SAK
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
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Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1944 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1011, 7/26/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
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[Samsa]

I am running dual 6600gt s and my frame rate is sub 30fps in battlefield 2. I tryed reinstalling drivers new and old versions nothing seems to be helping. Any advice would be helpfull on the subject.
Thanks
System Name: SAK
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SAK
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1944 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1011, 7/26/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory E:WINDOWS
System Directory E:WINDOWSsystem32
Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name SAKIncarN8te
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 628.38 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File Eagefile.sys

What resolution and what AA/AF settings?

 

[mpjesse]

System Name: SAK
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SAK
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1944 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1011, 7/26/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory E:WINDOWS
System Directory E:WINDOWSsystem32
Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name SAKIncarN8te
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 628.38 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File Eagefile.sys

No offense, but all that doesn't really tell us crap. Only useful info was how much RAM u had and ur processor speed.

Like the dude above me asked, what resolution are you trying to play at? And what FSAA/Anistropic filtering settings are you using?

-mpjesse

 

[Admiral_Cecil]

Hello,

Sell your 6600. They won't run games as good as the newer 6800 GS. Or, get X1800 XL or 7800 GT instead.

Many reviewers say, it is not worth SLI'ing the 6600 since youa re better off with a single 6600 instead.

 

[Incarn8te]

My Bf 2 settings are 1024X768, every thing on medium, and 2x aa.
My comp is a64 3000+, 1 gig of ram, asus a8n-sli.

 

[Samsa]

My Bf 2 settings are 1024X768, every thing on medium, and 2x aa.
My comp is a64 3000+, 1 gig of ram, asus a8n-sli.

Unfortunately it looks like 30 fps is just about right for your system.

The following link has a list of benchmarks for Battlefield 2, and it includes a setup with dual eVGA 6600GTs in SLI configuration. See the 4th image down in the list. That's 1024x768 with Max AA/AF settings. The processor in their test bed is a bit faster, which could be making the difference, since your video cards are not very powerful.

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=145&page=1

Still, please don't accept my answer as definitive. I am not overly familiar with troubleshooting SLI issues.

Though the Admiral is a little blunt, he's right that dual 6800 GSs will outperform dual 6600GTs. The 6800 GS is comparable to a 6800 GT, but costs only about $200. Obviously, if you don't have enough money to get them, then the advice is moot. IMHO, you might be better off buying a single 7800 GT for about $300. SLI mostly just allows you turn up the detail settings (AA/AF), but your cards are on the very low end of SLI cards, so you're still not going to get great performance out of them.

Some more questions:
Have you ever tried to run the game with just one card? Is there a lot going on on your screen when you're getting sub-30 fps? Who exactly manufactured your 6600 GTs?