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What card(s) are you using at 2560x1440 or above?

Marvin

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Just a general thread really, what GPU(s) are you using with 1440p or above (inc Eyefinity/Surround), and what games (if any) do you have to turn the settings down on?

I am currently using GTX460 2GB SLI, and Crysis 2 causes me to turn down to the middle preset for best frame rates. I do have a bit of interest in this thread, as I'm looking to replace the GTX460 SLI with something else...
 
At that rez VRAM is very important, though if I'm reading your post riht you have the 2GB versiosn of the GTX 460, correct??

The only route from their would be either the HD6950 or Gigabyte GTX 480 SoC for just over the £200 mark.

I played Crysis 2 with my GTX 480 SoC at 1920x1200, and it was smooth as silk, and your GTX 460's in SLi should atleast match it.

I've got a feeling SLi might not be working for you in Crysis 2. Try disabling one card via Nv control panel, fire up the game and see if it plays the same, only way to know for sure.
 
Magnum_Force said:
At that rez VRAM is very important, though if I'm reading your post riht you have the 2GB versiosn of the GTX 460, correct??

The only route from their would be either the HD6950 or Gigabyte GTX 480 SoC for just over the £200 mark.

I played Crysis 2 with my GTX 480 SoC at 1920x1200, and it was smooth as silk, and your GTX 460's in SLi should atleast match it.

I've got a feeling SLi might not be working for you in Crysis 2. Try disabling one card via Nv control panel, fire up the game and see if it plays the same, only way to know for sure.
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I do have 2GB GTX460s, in SLI (Palit ones. Just a recommendation - don't bother with the Sonic coolers. They are rubbish. Really noisy, no matter whether it's idle or not. 40% minimum fan).

Luckily, I only received them on Friday, so have booked an RMA (for DSR) already.

I'm just wondering whether to splash out on a GTX580, or save a bit and get a 6970/50 (and overclock the **** out of it), or go the whole hog with two 6950s. I'm not going GTX480 SLI as nice as they are, as I'm not replacing my PSU.

Oh, and SLI is definitely working. I'm on the 270.56 Beta drivers, and GPU usage is 99% each.
 
In that case I'd recommend getting a GTX 480 SoC. It's only alittle slower than the GTX 580 and it's atleast £100 cheaper.

Infact looking at the prices now I'd get a Gigabyte GTX 480 SE and overclock it. Save yourself over £150 off the GTX 580.

Only real alternative after that is the HD 6950/70.

**Edit** I've got 2 GTX 480 SoC running at the moment, you don't have to worry about noise tbh. Yes, at the default idle fan speed of 48% they are audible in the desk, but thanks to MSI afterburner I've set them to 30% fan speed (lowest it will go) and they are inaudible now. They idle around 47c at that fan speed.

Only thing I'd recommend against get the GTX 480 SoC is if your using more than a single monitor, even for desktop use. When you add more than one monitor they only downclock to 405mhz rather than 51mhz in 2D mode (all fermi cards do this I think). AMD / ATi cards do not have this problem.
 
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I'm using a 5870 @ 2560x1600, admittedly it wont run smoothly with higher AA at that res.

Ive no interest in SLI/dual GPU so I'll probably wait another gen for an upgrade.
 
I'm using crossfire 6950s on a dell u2711, everything but crysis2 runs so nice, but crysis2 is giving me such damn problems because of its horrid amd optimisation...
 
Marvin,

You used to have a 5970 didn't you?

I use a single 6950@70 at exact the same res but I haven't played Crysis 2 so can't comment there but 2 of these would murder any game. You should be able to get 2 6950@70 for less than £400. That is what I would get if I had the cash :)
 
Ezyryder said:
Marvin,

You used to have a 5970 didn't you?

I use a single 6950@70 at exact the same res but I haven't played Crysis 2 so can't comment there but 2 of these would murder any game. You should be able to get 2 6950@70 for less than £400. That is what I would get if I had the cash :)
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I did, but 1GB VRAM per GPU is rubbish (well remembered though :))...

I'm looking down the 6950 XFire route, as they'll fit nicely within the 650W limit, but I'm still hesitant about dual GPU set-ups. I might just get a single nice 6950/70 and wait till 28nm...

And, oulton, I found that with the 5970 - flickering lights and all sorts. Still played a fair bit of it though, and I have to say, I do enjoy it rather a lot. Sure it's a bit more limited than Crysis 1, but it's still good gameplay wise. And while DX9 is a disappointment, it's not like it looks rubbish - it still looks great. The only thing that really annoys me is a lack of prone, but then I guess multiplayer would suck...
 
Marvin said:
I did, but 1GB VRAM per GPU is rubbish (well remembered though :))...

I'm looking down the 6950 XFire route, as they'll fit nicely within the 650W limit, but I'm still hesitant about dual GPU set-ups. I might just get a single nice 6950/70 and wait till 28nm...

And, oulton, I found that with the 5970 - flickering lights and all sorts. Still played a fair bit of it though, and I have to say, I do enjoy it rather a lot. Sure it's a bit more limited than Crysis 1, but it's still good gameplay wise. And while DX9 is a disappointment, it's not like it looks rubbish - it still looks great. The only thing that really annoys me is a lack of prone, but then I guess multiplayer would suck...
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I know what you mean. A single 6950@70 is probably enough if you don't mind dropping the detail a little bit. It will also save you on the possible head aches that dual cards configs give you too!

That said in the games I play the most framerate is usually pretty good. In SC2 even in intense fights framerate rarely goes under 50 fps and in games such as MEtro 2033 and BC2 under intense fights framerate drops to 30 fps and thereabouts.
 
Yeah, I'll be calling the shop I bought the GTX460s from and will send them back for a 6950, which I'm going to fit a core-only waterblock to. Unlocked and then overclocked as far as it will go - that should do me good for a while.
 
Running 3 30" Hazros (7680*1600) on two GTX480s.

Some games are fine at the full triple-screen resolution, whereas others I run at 2560*1600. 1.5Gb of video memory isn't enough for triple-screen 1600p in some cases, and performance can drop also.
 
Have been running 5760x1080 on just a reference 5850 at 1ghz for quite a while now.

I mostly run racing games and have been playing Shift, f1 2010, hot pursuit etc I have also been playing some batman AA and supcom.

On all the games I run mostly at medium to high settings with low levels of AA, some games will even let me blast them up to full and just go. I must admit my 3 screens are mainly used to increase productivity but generally I have been happy with the 5850 and have been using eyefinity without so much as a driver issue (mind you I don't think I have bothered changing the driver) for the best part of 5 months now.
 
Nvidia sli is working really poorly in comparison to Crossfire. The same can be told about 2560 resolution.

AMD all the way.

a pair of 6950 beats a pair of 570s comfortably in that resolution. When speaking about high end it's only AMD's terriotory

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Can't help but be paranoid ATI are using their "controlled tesselation" profiles for fps boosting. Anyone have any insight?
 
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