SLI GT 750m?

[Mehoff56]

I have bought a lenovo y510p with the dual GT 750m graphics. When i run rome 2 it doesnt appear that both graphic cards are running because only one fan is active. also when i run the game, the game system tells me that the graphics card is GT 750m with 1962mb which is well below the capacity of the SLI Dual GT 750m. How can i make sure that both graphic cards are running so i can maximize me experience.

[SHON]

GT750M has 2GB of vram, using sli you still only have 2GB of vram, Sli doesn't add vram together. As long as the GT750M is in the ultrabay, then I guarantee its running because I don't think there's anyway to disable it. Maybe go into "device manager" and make sure its being recognized.

Are you sure the fan isn't running?

[[UFO] rad87gn]

Are you sure that game supports SLI? Does it work fine with other games?

[Mehoff56]

i just found out that the game does not support SLI i did not understand that it was a specific to the game. i thought it the SLI would compound on each other making the graphics that much better. thanks for the help guys

[PowerHaus930]

What is the point of having SLI in a laptop? Why not just make it with one more powerful card? If I spent $1100 on a laptop I wouldn't want 2 cards sucking up battery life while not being compatible with some games anyway. Just my opinion.

[Joscco]

You can download a program like MSI Afterburner to monitor your GPU usage, temperature, and so on. I have the Lenovo Y500 laptop which has the GT 650M's in SLI and I just monitor them in games with Afterburner.

I've heard Rome II has been running into quite a few performance issues since launch and they're currently being addressed but if you have SLI enabled in the driver settings and it's still not using the other card you might have to wait until a patch is released or NVIDIA releases a driver update.

I recently ran into an issue with Splinter Cell: Blacklist where SLI wasn't working. At home I have two GTX 670's in SLI and it was still using one card. I enabled the setting "force alternate frame rendering 2" and that fixed the SLI issue but I don't know how that would work for other games.

[Mehoff56]

okay thanks guys i really apperciate your help in this matter.

[OctoberMagic_NY]

Would that lenovo laptop be abloe to play games like COD Ghost, Battlefield 4 or Dark Souls 2?

[SHON]

Początkowo opublikowane przez OctoberMagic_NY:

Would that lenovo laptop be abloe to play games like COD Ghost, Battlefield 4 or Dark Souls 2?

I have a Y500 with a single gt750m and can play Metro 2033/last light on high with a stable 40-60 fps and pretty much any other game on a mixture of mid/high settings. I guarantee it'll play those games, but can't say how well considering Ghosts and BF4 aren't released yet.

[OctoberMagic_NY]

Good to hear. I was considering getting the y500 or building a desktop. Can't decide.

[SHON]

Początkowo opublikowane przez OctoberMagic_NY:

Good to hear. I was considering getting the y500 or building a desktop. Can't decide.

A well built desktop will always to better for gaming, but i like portability. But I'm pretty impressed with the Y500 and grad I got it, just have to figure out whats right for you.

[Mehoff56]

ya i love my y510p and have no issue with the computer, its the games lack of having an SLI component. the game runs pretty well with most of the graphics turned up only on the gt 750m so i like it a lot

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I highly recommend Y510P[shop.lenovo.com] over the Y500[shop.lenovo.com]
Especially right now the differences between specs and pricing.

Y500 starts at approx $849, yet has 3rd Gen CPUs, 2x GT 650M (SLI), 1080p Display. Problem is, it's GPU choice is not beefy enough to run most games @ 1080p. If the game can utilize SLI, sure, but if not, then the single 650M falls short.


Y510P starts at approx $819, yet has 4th gen CPUs, 1x GT 750M, 768p Display.

Overall, Y510P is better choice regardless if u want cheaper, or the better more expensive one.

For $1199 you can get Y510P, with 2x GT 750M (SLI), 1TB HDD, 24GB SSD, 1080p Display.
For $1249 same specs, but with 16GB RAM instead of 8GB. Overall still not bad considering the $1249 price is marked down from $1599.

[SHON]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Bad-Motha:

I highly recommend Y510P[shop.lenovo.com] over the Y500[shop.lenovo.com]
Especially right now the differences between specs and pricing.

Y500 starts at approx $849, yet has 3rd Gen CPUs, 2x GT 650M (SLI), 1080p Display. Problem is, it's GPU choice is not beefy enough to run most games @ 1080p. If the game can utilize SLI, sure, but if not, then the single 650M falls short.


Y510P starts at approx $819, yet has 4th gen CPUs, 1x GT 750M, 768p Display.

Overall, Y510P is better choice regardless if u want cheaper, or the better more expensive one.

For $1199 you can get Y510P, with 2x GT 750M (SLI), 1TB HDD, 24GB SSD, 1080p Display.
For $1249 same specs, but with 16GB RAM instead of 8GB. Overall still not bad considering the $1249 price is marked down from $1599.

Those Y500s you linked to have the GT750M in them (expect for the first one), as does mine. When I got my Y500 Lenovo was supposed to start selling the separate GT750M ultrabay), but I guess its taken them a lot longer to start carrying them. For now I'm satisfied with a single gt750m, but kinda mad they're not selling yet (not sure if they ever will at this rate).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes more expensive Y500 do have GT 750M, but they are also using 3rd Gen CPUs.

Y510P is 4th Gen CPUs

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Początkowo opublikowane przez PowerHaus930:

What is the point of having SLI in a laptop? Why not just make it with one more powerful card? If I spent $1100 on a laptop I wouldn't want 2 cards sucking up battery life while not being compatible with some games anyway. Just my opinion.

Laptop gaming is not meant to be practical;) But its easier than carrying around a desktop.

Sli gpu don't share ram, they each work with their own copy of the data, it isn't combined.