SLI Artifact issues

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Published on 2009-12-23T18:04:38Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 19:48 UTC
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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?

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