SLI question

by Olly • 21 Jan 2008, 01:06 • Forums › Technology
How much do you really gain from a SLI setup? I've heard it's just a 10% gain compared to only one gfx card. Anyone with experience who can enlighten me?
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h1tmAn 21 Jan 2008, 01:10
yeah sorta
EDIT: but then again 1 gfx could be handling AA + AF and the other the main graphics so you could play with a supersexy game with the same fps as one card
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Ronner 21 Jan 2008, 01:17
It's not just 10%. Whoever told you that bullshit is a moron.

Wether an SLI setup will be effective depends on more than one thing.

The game itself and wether it's GPU intensive.
Wether your CPU can keep up with having two GPU's.
The resolution you want to play on.
Wether you want to use AA+AF and such.

Just google a couple reviews on it, and you'll find more info than anyone here can tell you.
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Klapp 21 Jan 2008, 01:50
its only gain if you play @ high res and all filtering on
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Olly 21 Jan 2008, 02:05
Yeah, i just read a pretty big test of my desired card in both normal configuration and SLI on guru3d, and the difference is pretty big when the resolution gets higher, often close to double fps. Plus they said that a cpu bottleneck prevented them from utilizing the full SLI potential :)
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Spirea 21 Jan 2008, 11:06
for ET u don't gain much, but for games that use relatively more GPU u can achieve 50% or even more with AA, AF, high res etc.
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zenix 21 Jan 2008, 12:03
im building SLI system this week yoo.
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jaaN 21 Jan 2008, 16:57
u guy got to much money :o
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peoples 21 Jan 2008, 17:38
That's like shouting "I'm a stupid douche" on the street.
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Pickelschwanz 21 Jan 2008, 12:34
Surely its pointless, cos by the time they actually make a game that will use both to the full the cards will be out of date!
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Quazz 21 Jan 2008, 17:37
What you said isnt pointless , it means that with older cards you can still keep up with the newest games ..
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