Virtu MVP not working

[jleon088]

Hi ROG forums,

I own a Maximus V Formula that came with Virtu MVP, as well as 2x EVGA GTX 670 FTW graphics cards. Since build time a couple of months ago, I have not been able to get Virtu MVP to work. Currently, everytime I enter into a 3D application that uses Virtu, it persistently flickers and/or won't start (Guild Wars 2, StarCraft II, 3DMark 11, etc.). The latest version is currently installed, and I am running the most up-to-date NVIDIA drivers (306.23 WHQL). Before loading Virtu MVP onto my computer, I enabled iGPU multi-monitor support in the UEFI.

Before my last Windows install, I was having trouble installing Virtu MVP. Asus support referred me to the manual, and stated it will only work on a NVIDIA GTX 400-500 or AMD Radeon 5000-6000 series card (last generation). Has anyone gotten Virtu MVP to work with a NVIDIA 600 series card? Any other advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


With regards,

jleon088

Intel i7-3770K
Asus Maximus V Formula
GeIL Evo Veloce 4x4GB
2x EVGA GTX 670 FTW
Seasonic Platinum 1000W
Corsair 650D case; Corsair H100 cooler
2x Crucial M4 128GB; WD Caviar Black 1TB
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

[bikeman]

Have tried the lucid official version of it?
http://www.lucidlogix.com/download/VirtuMVP2-1-115a-23214_Setup_64Bit.exe

[jleon088]

bikeman@ASUS wrote:
Have tried the lucid official version of it?
http://www.lucidlogix.com/download/VirtuMVP2-1-115a-23214_Setup_64Bit.exe

Hi bikeman,

Thank you for the reply. Yes, that is my currently installed control panel.


jleon088

[Nackers]

Hi mate, as far as I know Virtu won't work with SLI or Xfire..

[jleon088]

Nackers wrote:
Hi mate, as far as I know Virtu won't work with SLI or Xfire..

Hi Nackers,

That is a good thought I haven't considered. I will try disabling SLI in my control panel and see if I get the same results. I will post back soon.


jleon088

[jleon088]

Nackers wrote:
Hi mate, as far as I know Virtu won't work with SLI or Xfire..

Hi Nackers,

That is a good thought I haven't considered. I will try disabling SLI in my control panel and see if I get the same results. I will post back soon.


jleon088

[Nackers]

You may have to remove the second card all together to get it to work, I've done a bit of testing with Xfire using 3dmark11 and cinebench, with cinebench I was getting 72-76fps with one card and virtu and in Xfire I getting 80-84fps,, 3dmark it's about 150-200 points between xfire and virtu,, I also found that virtu slows down boot times more than xfire does by 10s or so..

[jleon088]

Thanks Nackers,

That is excellent information I can use!

I just had a really unexpected result. I disabled SLI (did not remove card) and rebooted. Afterward, I noticed that Virtu MVP disappeared from my notification area altogether. I tried running it with no luck. I then tried running GW2 twice, crashing. Upon another reboot, I received NVIDIA control panel errors from Windows.

That was an extremely scary experience, because I recently went through an RMA process because of crashing and driver errors. Lol =|

I lastly tried reinstalling Virtu MVP with the same results.


I may try removing my second card, but at the moment am unwilling to because of my aforementioned experience. Again, I appreciate the info Nackers and imagine that I am better off without Virtu MVP.

Comments from anyone else trying to run it in SLI or XFire would be great.

[Nackers]

Yer get rid of it all together, and just run your SLI, You might have to go into bios and disable the iGPU multi monitor under system agent config-graphic's config and set your primary display to PCIE

I have seen a few post about this, it's not just you mate. Here's one link. For more just do a search for virtu mvp

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?22710-Help-with-Lucid-Virtu-!&highlight=virtu

[Nackers]

Yer get rid of it all together, and just run your SLI, You might have to go into bios and disable the iGPU multi monitor under system agent config-graphic's config and set your primary display to PCIE

I have seen a few post about this, it's not just you mate, I'll hunt down a couple and send you a couple links