anthony1356 Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Hello, I have been having some trouble trying to get my two 9500gt cards to work properly. The video cards show no improvment on games, the nvidia control panel tells me my sliconnector is not pluged in, and GPU-Z tells me my video cards are both running at x8 on a x16 pci slot. I have tried everything i could think of and I would really like some help on this. PC specs: AMD 965 BE quad core 3.4ghz 2x 9500gt 1024mb (Both have different name brands) 2x 4gb of ram MSI 970a G46 Motherboard 650w power supply 500gb hard drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 other than a 9500gt Sli being the speed of a geforce 640 (kepler) and very outdated, I don't see wh SLi wouldn't work, both the cards and motherboard supports it. Here are my suggestions 1) try each card alone and see if the both work. 2) if so try either one is slot 2 and see if it works 3) reinstall nvidia drivers from a clean state using like ccleaner or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony1356 Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Thanks for the post. I have already tried that before. Both slots work, both cards work alone, and i have tried swaping the cards to and that didn't work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony1356 Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 I also have the latest drivers and the latest bios updates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohldboy Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 (edited) Do the cards operate at different clock or memory speeds? Have you tried a different bridge? Otherwise it seems a software glitz. You may need to address old forum posts on SLI GTX9500. Start with MSI motherboard forum, then each video card's. Edited November 14, 2013 by ohldboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Is it worth the effort? I hate to not have any help for you but honestly I'd sell them both off and pay a little bit to get a used 5850/5870 or GTX460 or something Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 brands and clock speed shouldn't matter as the bottom card will match to top. Only thing left I can think of is maybe the Sli connector doesn't work. Other than that ivy has a good point. is it even worth it? really any single card will preform better at this point and you are a few generations behind now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball1 Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Couple things. What games are you trying to play.Do you you have the sli bridge connector installed on both cards. As some of these card dont even have a bridge. These are very old cards and you will see little to no improvements on some new games with these cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow47 Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 Could you post a screenshot of what the nvidia control panel is telling you? And, if possible, could you take a picture of your rig, specifically the video cards, and how you have the connector installed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper_88 Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) did you make sure sli was turned on in the nvidia control panel? Edited November 15, 2013 by Reaper_88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braegnok Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) You may have corrupted driver files,.. or perhaps a bad SLI connector. Since GPU-Z is showing both cards,. I would remove & clean graphics driver files then reinstall drivers first. Then if you get the same sli connector error in nvidia control panel replace your sli bridge. Download and install Driver Sweeper http://www.guru3d.com/content-page/guru3d-driver-sweeper.html ,.then uninstall the cards from the Windows hardware manager, if asked if you want to remove driver software,.. click yes. Reboot into Windows safe mode and run Driver Sweeper program,.. analyze and remove "AGEIA-PhsyX" and "NVIDIA-Display",.. after that check to see if you have a C:\NVIDIA folder if so, delete that also while in safe mode. Then reboot into Windows normally,.. and install the latest drivers from NVidia's website. Good Luck Just a thought here,.. a single 9800 GTX would be faster than two 9500 GT's in SLI. Edited November 16, 2013 by Braegnok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 Just a thought here,.. a single 9800 GTX would be faster than two 9500 GT's in SLI. http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-NVIDIA-GeForce-9800-GTX-512-P3-N871-AR-512MB-GDDR3-PCI-Express-x16-/221310579028?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3387237154 Yeah but you can easily find a 5770 for $50 shipped anywhere, or even better cards right around that amount. For instance, looking quickly here's a 5870 for $60 shipped. That'd ROCK HIS WORLD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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