Old Crow, I don't have a pair in SLI yet (working on it though), but my XFX 9800GTX 512Mb GPU runs like a raped ape with Forceware version 185.20 for Vista X64. I will be updating to 185.66 this morning....The 185.20 include the PhysX 8.0.xxx drivers, ambient occlusion adjustment, and they support 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200 series nVidia GPUs. This version made a huge improvement in my visuals and frame rates and has been running rock solid for 2 months now... the 185.66 version ( 32bit Vista 185.66 here:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-185.66-Vista---32-bit-Beta-download-2237.html and 64bit Vista 185.66 here:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-185.66-Vista---64-bit-Beta-download-2236.html ) includes PhysX drivers 9.09.0203, all the goodies from 185.20, and enough extra performance improvements that the big dogs at guru3d.com are strongly reccomending this beta driver....it supports SLI in any combination you want to try as well..... Make sure you get the NFR (nasty file remover) program from the downloads section at guru3d, uninstall your current nVidia drivers, reboot into safe mode, run NFR to remove all the leftover nVidia files (they can cause endless BSODs and poor performance) reboot normally and install the new drivers...
I also use RivaTuner for overclocking the core and memory on my 9800GTX, and nHancer to dial in the 3D settings (AA, Aniso-filter, transparency AA, LOD, mip-maps, texture filter, etc) each of those two applications gives you much more precise control of the options than the nVidia control panel or nTune does...and they explain the options and how to use them....which nTune doesn't do at all......If your 8800s are the ones that use the same G92 core as my 9800 does....you are only running at about 75% of full speed if you leave them at stock clock settings....the G92 overclocks like a wild beast....ecspecially on water cooling....
You might take an hour or two and browse the forums at
www.guru3d.com while you are there. You will find info from some of the biggest and best individuals in the 3D community, and from a wide variety of gamers all striving to push their systems to the limit, and squeeze every last 1/2Mhz or 1/2FPS they can get out of it....I learned more there than at every other forum I ever visited online put together.....
Ok, I'm done windbagging now...time for me to update my own drivers, and get some windscreen time in myself...
Watch your six.....or lose it!!!
