ok am seeing a lot of things about this all over Google and here it seems to be so close then it side tracks to SLI 2 ect all i want to know is i got the money to buy 1 Asus GTX TITAN or GTX 690 am only going to buy 1 that's it am a gamer big time 
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Asus GTX TITAN or GTX 690
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Or even better off with 7950 crossfire for £400.
Could be worth reading this before recommending CF/SLI.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=23949705&postcount=975
Frame times are the biggest issue I have seen with SLI 680's. I even see it with SLI Titans in some titles.
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Titan gets trounced thoroughly on frame rates, but the microstutter is an issue. Depends whether it you can live with the stutter, a few hundred quid in my pocket would convince me I could.
My experience going sli has been a mixed one.
In games that run well, you will get your monies worth but I just so happen to play three games where the benefit hasn't been so great.
BF3, Hitman Absolution and Crysis 3 hasn't given me what I expected.
I don't think that it's Nvidia's fault either and I haven't had any hardware or driver issues. I haven't noticed any micro stuttering either.
I am playing Tomb Raider which does produce excellent results in sli but that's due to the developer sorting out their game in quick time, unlike Crytek.
So what I am getting at is, if you are spending that much money anyway, I would take the Titan even though the 690 may be faster in some situations.
In games that run well, you will get your monies worth but I just so happen to play three games where the benefit hasn't been so great.
BF3, Hitman Absolution and Crysis 3 hasn't given me what I expected.
I don't think that it's Nvidia's fault either and I haven't had any hardware or driver issues. I haven't noticed any micro stuttering either.
I am playing Tomb Raider which does produce excellent results in sli but that's due to the developer sorting out their game in quick time, unlike Crytek.
So what I am getting at is, if you are spending that much money anyway, I would take the Titan even though the 690 may be faster in some situations.
Don't forget all you need is RadeonPro and you can remove all microstutter from AMD crossfire cards completely. It becomes even less than single card microstutter.
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Just recently switched to SLI 680's and its been brilliant.
I nearly went for the Titan but just added another 680 and its been the best decision I could have made.
Do not know what all the fuss is about microstutter as I have never seen it.
Crossfire on the other hand a few years ago was garbage and that did cause problems.
If it was a straight choice between Titan and the 690 though I would go Titan.
I nearly went for the Titan but just added another 680 and its been the best decision I could have made.
Do not know what all the fuss is about microstutter as I have never seen it.
Crossfire on the other hand a few years ago was garbage and that did cause problems.
If it was a straight choice between Titan and the 690 though I would go Titan.
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I would look into crossfire tbh, or at least if you want a single card a 7990.
Many people around here will try to say its crap due to "microstutter" but they are blowing smoke out their bottoms.
Go into a PC shop, such as OCUK's shop and ask to look at some systems that run said crossfire or ask around.
if you have money to burn and want the BEST that this year can offer you so far then get a titan.
Many people around here will try to say its crap due to "microstutter" but they are blowing smoke out their bottoms.
Go into a PC shop, such as OCUK's shop and ask to look at some systems that run said crossfire or ask around.
if you have money to burn and want the BEST that this year can offer you so far then get a titan.
Microstutter is there and those frame latency times prove it is. When I was checking the smoothness in a couple of games on SLI 680's, It looked smooth but just didn't feel it. When I checked, it was very apparent it was there.
I didn't say it wasn't there... But only a handfull of people can see it, along with the fact AMD are addressing the issue in soon to be released drivers i dont see an issue?
If it was such a "BIG DEAL" like many on here make it out to be then why has this issue only been made a massive fuss of now?
I have used Crossfire with the 4k, 5k and 6k series from AMD, and never had an issue like many seem to report.
Seems like User problems to me
I have to agree its not as big an issue as some are making it out to be, but it is an issue to be considered. It also affects some titles more than others. However, as far as crossfire is concerned there is a perfect solution and that is radeonpro. It will remove ALL microstutter, unless its a particular game issue/gpu scaling issue.
Not a lot of people know this but behind the scenes AMD are supporting the creator of radeonpro and have recently provided him with multiple monitors in order to help improve eyefinity issues.
Back on topic. Probably best to listen to the advice of Kapstaad as he has owned both cards and can provide much better advice than me on which card would be better for you.
Both are pretty good tbh.
Not a lot of people know this but behind the scenes AMD are supporting the creator of radeonpro and have recently provided him with multiple monitors in order to help improve eyefinity issues.
Back on topic. Probably best to listen to the advice of Kapstaad as he has owned both cards and can provide much better advice than me on which card would be better for you.
Both are pretty good tbh.
You said "Many people around here will try to say its crap due to "microstutter" but they are blowing smoke out their bottoms" which is quite clear that anyone who feels microstutter is there, is taking rubbish. Maybe I misread what you said?
The issue has been around since SLI/CF was first available. It has always been talked about but I guess you have only just started to notice it.
It is good that you have never had a problem but to say "user error" is a little naive. Frame times do not lie.
This is where I did notice it on a couple of games when I had my 7970's/eyefinity,
radeonpro did a very good job of reducing it.
I have to agree its not as big an issue as some are making it out to be, but it is an issue to be considered. It also affects some titles more than others. However, as far as crossfire is concerned there is a perfect solution and that is radeonpro. It will remove ALL microstutter, unless its a particular game issue/gpu scaling issue.
Not a lot of people know this but behind the scenes AMD are supporting the creator of radeonpro and have recently provided him with multiple monitors in order to help improve eyefinity issues.
Back on topic. Probably best to listen to the advice of Kapstaad as he has owned both cards and can provide much better advice than me on which card would be better for you.
Both are pretty good tbh.
It would be good to see some CF frame latency times in games like FarCry3/Crysis3/Tomb Raider at high resolutions and full details. These are the games I noticed microstutter more so because of the power needed to run on full details. Anything with loads of fps, it doesn't show or at least doesn't stick out so much.
This is where I did notice it on a couple of games when I had my 7970's/eyefinity,
radeonpro did a very good job of reducing it.
Good news lads. I've entered the ocuk competition to win an Ares II.
If i win expect more latency benchmarks than you could ever possibly want.