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an SLI + BF2 question...

locutus12

locutus12

locutus12

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im simply curious about this... a friend of mine has said he can see further in BF2 with his SLI enabled than with just a single card... i was wondering how this was possible :confused: surely what you see should be the same with 1 or with 2 cards ??? just simply the speed with which its renderd would be faster ?? i.e. higher fps...

otherwise having SLI is kind of like cheating surely ? :eek:
 
I think all that was happening is that BF2 was setting the graphics higher due to having SLI. That would make the draw distance longer or further. ;)
 
when i jump out of a jet i can see for READ THE RULES , NO SWEARING & THAT INCLUDES DISGUISED SWEARING miles in sli and with the same setting as one card all i see is cloud ????? :confused:
 
Is the draw distance increased by SLi, or could a high end card such as the X1900 yield the same effect?
 
Its basically cos SLi would generally have more graphics power than a single card; that is, after all, the whole point of it. In that case, you're able to max your settings out (hypothetically) and probs increase your max view distance.
 
Lonz said:
Its basically cos SLi would generally have more graphics power than a single card; that is, after all, the whole point of it. In that case, you're able to max your settings out (hypothetically) and probs increase your max view distance.
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but you can max out the settings for bf2 on a 7600GT, surely your draw distance is set by the game ??? and as such anyone with a hafl decent ammount of power should be able to accomplish the same... so why is he seeing such a difference with 1 7800GT compaired to running 2...
 
i tried a 7300 gt for a laugh and i saw as far as 1 7800 gt but i gotta say sli makes a hell of a difference, i can snipe u and u cant even see me hahahah
 
Trilogy said:
i tried a 7300 gt for a laugh and i saw as far as 1 7800 gt but i gotta say sli makes a hell of a difference, i can snipe u and u cant even see me hahahah
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incase anyone didnt know... this guys the guy with the far seeing SLI rig that i mentioned in my first post... :rolleyes: :D
 
I have been wondering this also recently, playing a lot of BF2 and I don't think my 7800Gt (OC) can cut it,..even though I turned the vision distance up to 100%.....I wonder if it turns it down in game ?
Dam you uber snipers :p
 
I've gotta say BF2 looks pretty amazing at full settings etc on my 1900, and i'd say I can see pretty damn far, i'd like to see some sort of screenshot comparision to back up this story :p
 
i have two 7300gt's and i can concur - you can see for miles and miles and miles....

But that should be the same with any high end card ?

Offtopic

is the new 2012 version worth getting ?
 
Trilogy said:
i dont think one card cuts it at all in fact i h8 playing bf2 in single gpu mode
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I was going to SLi my set up, but the slots are very close together on my mobo, heat has been an issue all summer with a single card so two would be a nightmare...going to change to the fastest single card solution I can afford. ;)
 
ye i solved that problem with my messhed case, if i get time later i'll put up some screenies and ** all be buying another card sli or crossfire! my system pulls over 12000 3d marks 05
 
The view distance thing on BF2 is annoying, Maxed out with my X1950 i can't see as far as i should be able to :mad:
 
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