Why does SLI/Crossfire suck?

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce' started by miffywiffy, Nov 9, 2012.

  1. Undying

    Undying Ancient Guru

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    Sell both of them and go crossfire....wait that sucks too...oh well... :D
     
  2. HeavyHemi

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    Wait, you never heard of 'but will it play Crysis'? You mean they release new games that push the newest hardware? Why, THE NERVE! The non-stop emotional breakdowns over GAMES is silly. 'People are morons'...are you including yourself or, have you designated yourself the High Priest of All Gaming?
    Try the blue pill.
     
  3. Strikerx80

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    lol yeah right thats why i run BF3 at 1080 MAXED @ constant 60fps with a 670. but yeah i suppose more than 1 monitor would be a problem. but its stupid unless you play flight sims. i just ask myself is sli worth it to have a better gaming experience.

    when i double my cost i want double. not +30-50%
     
  4. Solfaur

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    I had 2x580 for over a year and now 2x680s for half a year and I never had any issues. It rarely happens with new games that I have to wait 2-3 days for sli profile in the driver to come out, other than that it's great. Sure SLI might not work well with OLD games, but who the hell needs the extra hp for those anyway?

    Seriously, xfire and SLI scaling and support has matured so much in the last 2-3 years that it feels to me as if this is a thread from 2008.
     

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    I remember back when I had 9600GT SLI and call of duty 4 had over 200% performance scaling. (TRUE STORY) No idea how it worked... go look at guru3d 9600GT SLI review .

    And back then, there where people complaining about SLI ... I don't know. Simply it does not work for some system configurations or games. Some people have rogue issues where other people use it with great performance gains.

    I agree with Solfaur, this seems like a thread from 2008.
     
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    No, I have designated myself among the enlightened minority - very few people have reached my level of awareness.

    Apparently.


    On another note, I did actually try to play Crysis, a few times, with my 680 SLI - it was an absolute abysmal mess, even worse than Borderlands 2.




    I would settle for a flagship card which was 30-50% faster than the current weak ass **** - HOWEVER, as it IS, if I want 30-50% extra speed, guess what my options are?

    Why is everybody confused by this.
     
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    That pic reminds me of strengthoflength. God bless his banned soul. He had very similar specs as well. He was also from the UK too. Small world lol
     
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    riiiiight...

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    Absolutely, I did real world tests on this, the guru3d review of the HIS 4870X2 is the reason I purchased a HIS 4870X2 - COD4 was my favorite game, performance on the 4870X2 was MIND BLOWING with regards to scaling, the maths made no sense at all, but sure enough... about 120+% scaling - made, and still makes, no sense at all, however, numbers were numbers, and to this day, I don't understand that scaling, still, got totally screwed down the line by 4870x2 drivers / game coding / whatever, in the end.

    COD4 was short lived glory days for my 4870x2, the software decimated performance as time went on.

    I watched this happen carefully, with open eyes, and then switched to xbox gaming and vowed never to come back to PC gaming - I forgot this, earlier this year.


    <---- ooops.

    I am just so driven for 60FPS.
     
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  10. cowie

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    Somethings wrong with your rig if you dont get more fps in bf3 with sli.
    i dont care what driver you use even at that rez
    Sli 680's with your settings should be over 100avg in mp mine do,plus i get 99/84-93 use.
    For sli/cf
    Thing is if its a cpu type game you dont see a crap differance.

    remember this
    sli may suck but cf swallows.
     
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    I am taking a shot in the dark, and I apologize if you are not talking to me, however, if you are, I ask myself, does anybody actually READ or understand my posts?

    You are probably not talking to me.. just you mentioned BF3 and OP does not.
     
  12. HeavyHemi

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    Actually you cited BF3 twice in this thread.


    "It is the only way I can get a solid 60FPS 1080p in BF3."

    "I want to play BF3 on Ultra 1080p 60FPS - so, nothing to do with being a sucker, I just ave NO CHOICE - £860 on gfx alone that experience cost me - and BF3 was out LONG before the 680, but simply if Nvidia released a card powerful enough to run BF3 at a solid 60FPS on ultra, then as that is still one of the most demanding games, foresight told them almost none, or extremely few up coming games, would be demanding enough for people to need SLI - job done, release a 680 and make sure it is not TOO powerful."

    STML?
     
  13. dark_surge

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    If the amount of suck becomes unbearable I'll gladly take that second 670 off your hands. :)

    But yeah I agree with you, Miffy. As much as I'd love (really love) to have an SLI rig it doesn't make sense for me to pay another ~400-500 bucks for ~$200-250 more performance. I do envy those that get a constant 60fps with >=8xAA though.
     
  14. Darkest

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    Guessing its been several years since you used AMD cards at all, let alone in multi gpu configurations? If you've ever used them that way. Suprising how many people spout nonsense such as that when their real world experience is zero.
     
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    LOL man, I don't think I will ever get over this, I seriously need to work on my communication skills it seems.

    Anyway I have said my piece and I am gonna slither out of this thread, coz quite frankly my intention is genuinely not to annoy people.

    peace out.

    Oh just one more thing..

    I absolutely agree with this, to a point, however, it really is not so much about the AMOUNT of extra performance you get, (which is actually sometimes pretty good, but rarely) it really is about paying the extra for exactly what you said - that solid 60FPS. Performance just IS what it is, that solid 60FPS is worth SO MUCH to me, and as such I see myself paying for THAT, not the NUMBER of the performance increase, hope I am explaining myself OK apparently I suck balls at it.

    If there was one card which could do it, (and I see BF3 as my benchmark - being my most played and one of the most demanding) then one card would be all I had - remember, for those who DO actually READ and understand my posts, this is how Nvidia play the game...
     
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  16. cowie

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    Did you read your own post?
    Sometimes when you post so much crap you just cant remember maybe thats it.
     
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    My only issue with SLI or pc gaming in general is that in order to play some games at a minimum fps of 60 (the only way to play on pc imo) then you need to spend $1600+ NZD on 2 gpus, just for a $50-$100 game and to me that's just stupid, but here I am 2 GTx580s water cooled later.

    Do i feel i got my money's worth when i look at it like that, no but I cant stand choppy frames so i had no choice really.

    Next upgrade probably wont be until gtx800 series or whatever they'll call it as looking ahead to next years releases (the ones i know of) there really isnt anything other than Metro LL that has me excited.

    If your thinking of going sli then i think the best thing to do is look at what you currently have in your collection, whats coming out and also reviews of those games either from friends or dedicated sites, but of course your main concern should be your bank account.

    In the long run i don't regret sli, it's just the lack of content that there is to fully use it. I'm in the same position with my Vita - Great hardware but crap content. So weigh it up.

    Also, whether it's amd or Nvidia you do get good support from them both with profile updates, the issue is with game dev's.
     
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    Well i may be wrong but 7970 cf was broke in a few games at launch,it should not be.
    I do know cf but it has been awhile, i think in a few weeks i will get another 7970 and i will see then.
     
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    ahh let me know how it runs cowie. am tempted to try out an amd card again...

    tbh am trying to save money atm (need a new screen/case/ssd etc).

    p.s am with striker80 on this single fast gpu fine for single screen but if you want the extra beef get the extra card.

    2 stock cards are generally 2 noisy for me...although decent pair of headphones does cut out the noise.
     
  20. Strikerx80

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    lenghty one maybe you have a problem with your pc if you need 680's sli to get 60 fps in BF3. my 670 FTW easily gets 60 fps in that game. ive spent hours on it.

    maybe you have viruses bogging down your system cuz you surf for gay porn i dont know?? what was with that picture?
     

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