Do any games make use of more than 2 GTX 680's?

DrHycodan

I'm debating whether to sell my sound card and settle for onboard sound to get 3x GTX 680's for tri-SLI or should I just keep what I have and settle for SLI 680's and a xonar DX.

orion24 · 05-28-2012, 23:28 | posts: 812 | Location: Greece

What resolution do you game at? For typical gaming resolutions more than 1 680 is not needed. The tri-SLI should be for extreme scenarios. But if you really want more graphics performance, you can also consider waiting for the high-end Kepler card, instead of going for multi GTX-680 configurations.

Agent-A01 · 05-29-2012, 01:54 | posts: 5,712 | Location: USA

would be a waste

Ji1986 · 05-29-2012, 04:49 | posts: 831 | Location: Australia

I wouldnt bother, the increase in performance is next to irrelevent compared to the money you will be spending.

save your money...

DrHycodan · 05-29-2012, 05:13 | posts: 870 | Location: Houston, TX USA

Well I game at 2560x1440 with my Dell u2711 27" IPS monitor.

angmar · 05-29-2012, 05:17 | posts: 1,040 | Location: Monmouth County, NJ

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Originally Posted by DrHycodan

Well I game at 2560x1440 with my Dell u2711 27" IPS monitor.

2 should be just fine...and in most cases a bit overkill.

snowdweller · 05-29-2012, 06:05 | posts: 492 | Location: Sydney

As someone said above it in relation to the situation. Me personally My 580s can't handle the Dell u3011 and 4xmsaa for most games. The worst being Crysis 1 and 2, B:AC, BF3. All are generally under 60fps. I'm waiting to get my hands on a 690 and new CPU but as said depending on the situation, mine being can't have games under 60fps with jaggies, big no-no.

Icanium · 05-29-2012, 06:14 | posts: 870 | Location: Detroit,MI.USA

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Originally Posted by DrHycodan

Well I game at 2560x1440 with my Dell u2711 27" IPS monitor.

Looks like it may depend on the games you play. Check out the guru3d tri-sli review for Metro 2033 @ 2560 X 1600.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...-sli-review/11

Sinaster · **Memory**: 2x1 GB DDR2 1056 5-5-4-13

For 99% of the games it should be fine.Metro 2033 is one hell of the game and its not optimized for the new kepler series.

Veteran · 05-29-2012, 07:45 | posts: 7,516 | Location: United kingdom

2x580s isnt really needed let alone 2x680s,always good to have a motherboard that will allow you to upgrade for overkill if you need to.

jbmcmillan · 05-29-2012, 12:58 | posts: 849 | Location: Langley,B.C. Canada

Tri sli doesn't scale as well as going from 1 card to sli does.If you have no problem with the money for 3 cards and a power supply to match eh why not.

Icanium · 05-30-2012, 00:54 | posts: 870 | Location: Detroit,MI.USA

@ DrHycodan

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Originally Posted by Icanium

Looks like it may depend on the games you play. Check out the guru3d tri-sli review for Metro 2033 @ 2560 X 1600.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...-sli-review/11

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Originally Posted by Sinaster

For 99% of the games it should be fine.Metro 2033 is one hell of the game and its not optimized for the new kepler series.

That said, no need to go tri-sli just to play metro 2033. If you are considering tri-sli, then it is obvious that you want your gaming experience to be better that just fine.
You probable want to protect against min FPS dipping into the 30's area. Can you use this anand review to gage if at your resolution these results are acceptable to you?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/555?vs=585
Note that at 2560 X 1600 EQ + 4xAA Batman Arkham City only averaged 59 FPS with a single GTX 680.
At the most, keep your sound card and do no more than GTX 680 SLI.
Personally I would not go GTX 680 SLI because I am content with "fine".

Loophole35 · 05-30-2012, 02:13 | posts: 1,931 | Location: FLA,USA

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Originally Posted by orion24

What resolution do you game at? For typical gaming resolutions more than 1 680 is not needed. The tri-SLI should be for extreme scenarios. But if you really want more graphics performance, you can also consider waiting for the high-end Kepler card, instead of going for multi GTX-680 configurations.

Current games do not need any more than one 680 for smooth game-play at resolutions up to 2560x1600 (exception for Metro 2033 which seems to favor AMD) so more than one is just compensating to insufficientness elsewhere (unless you are a bench-marker then yes three is great but why stop there why not get 28). Sarcasm aside one is more than sufficient to play current games maxed out if you can wait then wait for the GK110.

Icanium · 05-30-2012, 02:57 | posts: 870 | Location: Detroit,MI.USA

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Originally Posted by DrHycodan

Well I game at 2560x1440 with my Dell u2711 27" IPS monitor.

Enjoy your GTX 680 SLI !!!

hobb · 01-11-2013, 01:22 | posts: 1

no one actualy need gtx680 because no games need it. no company have a game engine so powerfull that you need gtx 680 to run it without lag... crysis 3 hi performance rec gtx 680 though... sorry for my bad english

RPGgamesplayer · 01-11-2013, 09:22 | posts: 399 | Location: London

hitman absolution
far cry 3
the witcher 2

these will see benefit even at 1080p

Greyleroux · 01-13-2013, 13:09 | posts: 73 | Location: Japan

2way sli is the maximum in my opinion ,i've had 3gtx275 the noise and the heat was above anything I've had experienced . stick with your 2cards,keep the money for the next gen gpu.

atramel · 03-03-2013, 10:01 | posts: 1

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Originally Posted by Loophole35

Current games do not need any more than one 680 for smooth game-play at resolutions up to 2560x1600 (exception for Metro 2033 which seems to favor AMD) so more than one is just compensating to insufficientness elsewhere (unless you are a bench-marker then yes three is great but why stop there why not get 28). Sarcasm aside one is more than sufficient to play current games maxed out if you can wait then wait for the GK110.

There are quite a few current games that will bring a single 680 to its knees, even at resolutions as low as 1920x1080, and forget about multi-monitor gaming with this setup. Games like Metro 2033, Crysis 3, and a few others that I don't personally play can't be completely maxed out, especially if you like to use 4xAA or higher. In fact, even a GTX 680 SLI setup will dip into the low to mid 30's during some scenes. That is one of the problems with high-end video cards in general. We rush out (myself included) to spend $500 on a new graphics card, expecting that we're future-proofing our systems, and that we'll be able to crank every setting up. The reality is, by the time these cards hit the shelves, the games have already advanced to completely utilize them.
Personally, I would highly recommend the 680 SLI setup. The prices have come down quite a bit, and the gaming experience is mostly smooth and solid. I would stay away from tri-SLI or anything beyond a standard SLI or Crossfire configuration using the current generation single GPU cards.
With the 680 SLI setup, you should be good to go for at least the rest of this year, and probably part of next.

Loophole35 · 03-03-2013, 14:33 | posts: 1,931 | Location: FLA,USA

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Originally Posted by atramel

There are quite a few current games that will bring a single 680 to its knees, even at resolutions as low as 1920x1080, and forget about multi-monitor gaming with this setup. Games like Metro 2033, Crysis 3, and a few others that I don't personally play can't be completely maxed out, especially if you like to use 4xAA or higher. In fact, even a GTX 680 SLI setup will dip into the low to mid 30's during some scenes. That is one of the problems with high-end video cards in general. We rush out (myself included) to spend $500 on a new graphics card, expecting that we're future-proofing our systems, and that we'll be able to crank every setting up. The reality is, by the time these cards hit the shelves, the games have already advanced to completely utilize them.
Personally, I would highly recommend the 680 SLI setup. The prices have come down quite a bit, and the gaming experience is mostly smooth and solid. I would stay away from tri-SLI or anything beyond a standard SLI or Crossfire configuration using the current generation single GPU cards.
With the 680 SLI setup, you should be good to go for at least the rest of this year, and probably part of next.

Please look at the date of the post you quoted it was almost a year ago crysis3 was not even out not even the alpha was available.

---TK--- · 03-03-2013, 14:39 | posts: 14,941 | Location: New Jersey, USA

way to take an old post out of context.
did not know gskill makes video cards now

ESlik · 03-03-2013, 15:05 | posts: 1,666 | Location: Sault Ste. Marie Ont. CA

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Originally Posted by atramel

There are quite a few current games that will bring a single 680 to its knees, even at resolutions as low as 1920x1080, and forget about multi-monitor gaming with this setup. Games like Metro 2033, Crysis 3, and a few others that I don't personally play can't be completely maxed out, especially if you like to use 4xAA or higher. In fact, even a GTX 680 SLI setup will dip into the low to mid 30's during some scenes. That is one of the problems with high-end video cards in general. We rush out (myself included) to spend $500 on a new graphics card, expecting that we're future-proofing our systems, and that we'll be able to crank every setting up. The reality is, by the time these cards hit the shelves, the games have already advanced to completely utilize them.
Personally, I would highly recommend the 680 SLI setup. The prices have come down quite a bit, and the gaming experience is mostly smooth and solid. I would stay away from tri-SLI or anything beyond a standard SLI or Crossfire configuration using the current generation single GPU cards.
With the 680 SLI setup, you should be good to go for at least the rest of this year, and probably part of next.

You're wrong bud. At 1920x1080 resolution,one 680 GTX will run ANY game. Including Crysis 3.

Darkest · 03-03-2013, 15:12 | posts: 5,376

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Originally Posted by ESlik

You're wrong bud. At 1920x1080 resolution,one 680 GTX will run ANY game. Including Crysis 3.

A 7850 will run ANY game at 1080p. What's important are the settings you want to use and the framerate you want to attain. Crysis 3 can still take a 680 to its knees in the correct scenarios, even under 1080p.

ESlik · 03-03-2013, 16:57 | posts: 1,666 | Location: Sault Ste. Marie Ont. CA

I have a 30" 2560x1600 monitor,and I have tried all of my games with one 680. Mostly to see how much of a difference there is. I don't have Crysis 3 yet,but I run BL 2,Far Cry 3 etc. maxed with one card,and NO issues. One 680 works harder than two,but one card,with the right drivers and PC configuration,will perform wonders. Drivers are a very very important component.

---TK--- · 03-03-2013, 17:19 | posts: 14,941 | Location: New Jersey, USA

you cant play farcry 3 maxed at 1080. let alone 1600 with 1 680.
its going to chug maxed out 8xmsaa. I am talking maxed out in game settings. every 1 cranked to the max. If you make compromises it should be playable on 1 680

ESlik · 03-03-2013, 17:55 | posts: 1,666 | Location: Sault Ste. Marie Ont. CA

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Originally Posted by ---TK---

you cant play farcry 3 maxed at 1080. let alone 1600 with 1 680.
its going to chug maxed out 8xmsaa. I am talking maxed out in game settings. every 1 cranked to the max. If you make compromises it should be playable on 1 680

I've done it TK. The only compromise I made was,4x anti aliasing. Once or twice,I might get a jitter when grenades,fire etc. is filling the screen,but I have had no real issues at all. I use the 310.70 drivers,and with my set up,thet works best.