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Is this normal behavior? SLi 460

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I am new to SLi and scaling but I think I got the jest of it, but when the gpu's run together, are they supposed to be using the same amount of gpu % or can it be defferent? I was messing around with the FFIV beta and I put all the graphics to max with SLi enabled, and I got like 14-18 fps. I don't think thats should be right. I uninstalled my drivers, ran in safe mode, ran driver sweeper, re-installed my version that came with my graphics cards and tried again, same results. Here is a pic of the afterburner graph

My specs:

-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64bit (build 7600)
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
Number of Processors Logical Core Count 4 Physical Core Count 4
BIOS Default System BIOS
Language English (Regional Setting: English)
Physical Memory 8191.227MB
Virtual Memory 2047.875MB
Page File 16380.598MB
Storage C:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 931.424GB Free Disk Space 704.653GB
Storage F:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 465.759GB Free Disk Space 43.609GB
DirectX Version DirectX 11
Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
+Device \\.\DISPLAY1
+Chip GeForce GTX 460
+Maker NVIDIA
+Video Memory 993.438 MB
+Shared Video Memory 3071.996 MB
+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
+Driver nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
+Driver Version 258.56
+Driver Date 6/14/2010 7:43:00 AM
+Driver Language English
+Vertex Shader 3.0
+Pixel Shader 3.0
+Vertex Texture Supported
Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
+Device \\.\DISPLAY2
+Chip GeForce GTX 460
+Maker NVIDIA
+Video Memory 993.438 MB
+Shared Video Memory 3071.996 MB
+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
+Driver nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
+Driver Version 258.56
+Driver Date 6/14/2010 7:43:00 AM
+Driver Language English
+Vertex Shader 3.0
+Pixel Shader 3.0
+Vertex Texture Supported

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I will ask again do you have the bridge if you don't get one it makes the difference. However if you already do have one then there isn't much that can be done since there is a bottleneck some ware. Lets go through this one small step at a time to see if the issue can be at least alleviated. As for behavior no this isn't normal for sli much less any Nvidia card. I only got one GTX 460 and it has yet to arrive since I had only recently bought it from amazon.

Check list..... SLI connector, Ram is in dual channel mode, ram timings are at least stock or lower, volts on 12v rail are at least 11.5v or higher at the lows after dip, HT clock and mult is at lest stock or higher. If you already have all the above done then you can be looking at a driver bug or something that is being overlooked.

Bridge is in and works. lowest I have ever seen my 12v rail was at 12.14, it's usually 12.23. down clocked the ram, HT link was a little higher than stock, but to be sure, I loaded my "safety settings" <stock profile in bios> tried even running on one card, got about 4 frames worse. Played BFBC2 this is the screen,
I avg 60 frames, <forced vsync> some micro stuttering in some vehicles, < it's a driver issue >

But i should have just checked mousemonkey's post and did a google search lol, no SLi support = /
I am almost embarrassed that I posted this lol... So new to SLi... ty guys ^^
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