Help setting up 3x GTS 250s

[crazyhorsejohnny]

All ready to go. I realized I won't be able to put 4x GTS 250s like I wanted to. The last one hits the support "beam" on my Highspeed Tech Station and won't fit. So 3x it is for now.

XP 32 is set up. I haven't downloaded/installed the GPU drivers yet. Should I do it with just one card to start and then after reboot add another and so on?

[Perineum]

Install the driver and it should do for all 3, then install FAH

[3.0charlie]

Back when I had my HSPC set up for 4 GPUs... exactly what you want. Easy to do. Look at the right post. You won't be ablt to use the crossbar, but with 4 GPUs they are going nowhere.



edit: or set up above...

[crazyhorsejohnny]

Never thought of that. I think I'll do like your bottom picture. Do I need to do dummy plugs?

[sswilson]

Best way to do it (IMO) is to install one card first with the drivers, then install FAH with just the single card installed.

Once that's up and running, copy the fah folder for each of the extra cards (you'll need the -gpu0, gpu1, gpu2, etc.... switch for each one... there's a thread here with links to the best way to set it up), and then physically install each extra card individually to allow windows to install the drivers. Under XP32, if you install each one individually, you'll only need one extra monitor hookup (the second VGA on an lcd monitor works fine) to allow you to "extend the desktop" and once it's set you can disconnect the vga connection for the next card. If you do it this way you won't need dummy plugs.

For day to day operation, I've got a folder on my desktop with icons listed as GPU1, GPU2, etc..... for starting the individual FAH instances.... I prefer doing it manually on each startup so that I know for sure which taskbar icon corresponds to which physical card.

[MarkOne]

Why Charlie put 8 dummies , 1 for each card is not enough ? or you can start 2 client per card ?

[crazyhorsejohnny]

Originally Posted by MarkOne

Why Charlie put 8 dummies , 1 for each card is not enough ? or you can start 2 client per card ?

I think it has to do with the cards he had in there.

[crazyhorsejohnny]

Originally Posted by sswilson

Best way to do it (IMO) is to install one card first with the drivers, then install FAH with just the single card installed.

Once that's up and running, copy the fah folder for each of the extra cards (you'll need the -gpu0, gpu1, gpu2, etc.... switch for each one... there's a thread here with links to the best way to set it up), and then physically install each extra card individually to allow windows to install the drivers. Under XP32, if you install each one individually, you'll only need one extra monitor hookup (the second VGA on an lcd monitor works fine) to allow you to "extend the desktop" and once it's set you can disconnect the vga connection for the next card. If you do it this way you won't need dummy plugs.

For day to day operation, I've got a folder on my desktop with icons listed as GPU1, GPU2, etc..... for starting the individual FAH instances.... I prefer doing it manually on each startup so that I know for sure which taskbar icon corresponds to which physical card.

Ok I will give it a try.

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by crazyhorsejohnny

Do I need to do dummy plugs?

Not if you're using XP.

[crazyhorsejohnny]

Originally Posted by Zero82z

Not if you're using XP.

And once I set it up properly ( I hope !!! ) I won't need a 2nd monitor right ?