680 sli vs 690 + microstutter/frame metering

[Speedy Pete]

I came across this

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2012/test-nvidia-geforce-gtx-690/8/


And it really has made my decision on what graphics card to upgrade to that much more difficult.

Ok so the sli 680's are slightly faster and cheaper than a 690 but what if the 690 is so much smoother?

Apparantly the entire 600 series has software frame metering which reduces microstutter but only the 690 has a hardware based method that shows to be almost as good as a single card solution.



Has anyone out there tried both and care to shed some light?

 

[Speedy Pete]

Surely if the 680 software based frame metering eliminated the microstutter completely then you have to ask yourself why did they even implement a hardware one on the 690?

 

[Speedy Pete]

Well the 680's and 70's had the software version before the 690 was released