3-way SLI worth it for racing games?

garry · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:12

Not sure where to post this but here goes.

Hi everyone. I'm thinking of going 3-way SLI and water cooling my system, but I only play racing games (dirt, dirt 2, grid etc). I don't play any FPS games. Is it worth it just for this type of game? :confused:

ChrisJSY · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:14

No, I don't even think 2waySLI is worth it, most if not all the racing games currently out shouldn't need such power.

garry · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:17

ChrisJSY said:
No, I don't even think 2waySLI is worth it, most if not all the racing games currently out shouldn't need such power.

Damn! And that's after me buying an 850w psu.

barmyllama · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:21

2 way Sli scales quite well in most games, but adding a third card only increases you electric bill and makes the room you are playing in even hotter.

To be honest the games you mention will all max out at 1920x1200 with a GTX 460.

jmc007 · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:22

Might come in handy for eyefinity? Or would a game like F1 2010 need an SLI set up, for eyefinity; I don't know?

Stromatolites · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:25

jmc007 said:
Might come in handy for eyefinity? Or would a game like F1 2010 need an SLI set up, for eyefinity; I don't know?

Eyefinity is only with ATI cards, not Nvidia.

orderoftheflame · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:25

All the ego engine games (Dirt/Grid/Dirt 2) run fantastic on my SLI set-up.

It's a particularly good engine on the PC, so it'll run smooth with just a single card though.

A single GTX 460 will suffice for maxed out settings at 1920x no problem.

Tefal · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:25

As eyefinity is on ATI cards an nvida sli set up wouldn't be much use

garry · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:29

orderoftheflame said:
All the ego engine games (Dirt/Grid/Dirt 2) run fantastic on my SLI set-up.

It's a particularly good engine on the PC, so it'll run smooth with just a single card though.

A single GTX 460 will suffice for maxed out settings at 1920x no problem.

Well I play at 1600x1200 for now, but when I get a new monitor it will be higher. And I already have one 460 so I think I'll just buy another and settle with that.

jmc007 · 5 Sep 2010 at 20:14

Tefal said:
As eyefinity is on ATI cards an nvida sli set up wouldn't be much use

The yolk is on me.

666_Pounder · 6 Sep 2010 at 00:06

garry said:
Well I play at 1600x1200 for now, but when I get a new monitor it will be higher. And I already have one 460 so I think I'll just buy another and settle with that.

At that res you won't even need 2 tbh.

24"+ is where the benefits really start to show.

orderoftheflame · 6 Sep 2010 at 00:16

garry said:
Well I play at 1600x1200 for now, but when I get a new monitor it will be higher. And I already have one 460 so I think I'll just buy another and settle with that.

I think you'll be fine with one tbh, any more is overkill for your needs.

If you only play racing games, I don't believe there's a title out there that wont run maxed on a single GTX 460.

If you're desperate to improve your experience, have you considered buying a good sound set-up or something instead?