SLI Artifact issues

Question

When I enable SLI I keep getting artifacts in random games and in Windows Aero sometimes .

It doesn't seem to be about over-heating as it happens randomly, and sometimes whole computers just crashes (not blue-screen, just black gone...)

My setup:

• Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB ( http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgr88512gtoce.aspx ) x 2
• GIGABYTE EX58-UD4
• Windows 7 RC
• PSU 800W

I've got the latest NVIDIA drivers and F5 BIOS update (SLI update). When I disable SLI and use the cards separately they are working just fine even in games.

Any idea why this might happen?

Answer 1

Do you have a non-RC version of a Windows OS to try? nVidia doesn't officially support Windows 7 RC, so there's no ruling out the drivers as an issue until you're on a supported OS.