Dual SLI Issues

[Buffylvr]

Hey guys,

Wondering if anyone else is running Dual-SLI cards and CIV IV? I'm having trouble since I got my new computer with the image flickering, it's quite annoying and makes the game unplayable.

I know the game *CD* is fine, I installed and played it on my old computer.

Battle for Middle Earth and FFXI both installed and play fine.

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Buffy

 

[DaviddesJ]

Have you patched to the most recent version? What resolution are you running at? I have SLI on (dual 7800GT, Dell 3000WFP monitor), and I get some artifacts if I run at 2560x1600. But I find that Civ4 doesn't look so great at that resolution, anyway; a lot of text is just too small. So I run at 1600x900. This works fine, at least since the patches. (I do wish I could scroll out further, before the game switches to "globe mode", but that's a relatively minor complaint.)

 

[Buffylvr]

Yes, I have the 1.61 Patch downloaded and installed.

I've tried running @ multiple resolutions, including your recommended 1600x900 with no luck.

Anywhere I can get a good explanation of why some game play smoothly and others have issues?

Buffy

 

[DaviddesJ]

Did you try turning off SLI, to see if that helps? At least you can find out if the problem is SLI-related, or something else.

 

[Buffylvr]

How do you turn off the SLI function?

 

[DaviddesJ]

How do you turn off the SLI function?

On my system:

go to Control Panel
click on Display
select Settings tab
click on Advanced button
select "GeForce 7800 GT" tab (or whatever your card is)
Click on "SLI multi-GPU" sidebar option
uncheck "Enable SLI multi-GPU" box