For a moment I thought they might have made one of there accidental price mistakes like they did on a certain Asus GTX 580.
He, I vaguely remember that, bet there was a few "bristling" in anticipation.
Oh god, they're getting worse
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He, I vaguely remember that, bet there was a few "bristling" in anticipation.
Oh god, they're getting worse
I dont know how people can stand the microstutter, it does my head in
I had a 4870x2 and even at the lower fps rates (in games like BFBC2) I never experienced microstutter tbh. Perhaps that was because of my CPU however e4300 at 3.2. (Apparently cpu bottleneck limits the microstutter somewhat).
Additionally I also ran 260 SLI, and never had an issue with micro stutter than I can tell, the setup just wasn't fast enough to cope with BC2 at the quality I wanted.
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Well I'm not running a slow CPU myself as my Q6600 is at 3Ghz, but I notice microstuttering bad in some games and dire performance in some games due to the card being nothing more than an XFire on one PCB.
Can you get your cpu clocked to say at least 3.1 - 3.2? If so, run a few benchies or games and see how you find things then. I can see a very real difference between 3Ghz and 3.2
my 3870x2 used to drive me mad - was so unconsistant performance game - game to game
and even on some games (Crysis) - level to level !! - some levles were superfast with internal crossfire, other levels were faster (substantially !!) with crossfire disabled
put me off big style
and even on some games (Crysis) - level to level !! - some levles were superfast with internal crossfire, other levels were faster (substantially !!) with crossfire disabled
put me off big style
I saw none with my 5770s or 5850s, but then I always tweak game settings to ensure just over 60FPS, meaning I can v-sync.
Only time I've seen any affect of microstutter is heaven benchmark in SLI with 32x AA and extreme tessellation at part that drop under 30fps, never noticed it with any of my SLI setups in normal gaming and I'm the sort who notices the difference between 60/120Hz and input lag from vsync.
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Micro stutters don’t show up in benchmarks for me, benchmarks aren't games as well. I really dislike the concept of these programs and the resources companies spend on them. How about they spend it on improving or sorting XFire and SLi instead or improving games interaction with the cards.
Don’t even get me started with the latest generation of games that basically tell the card to run as fast as possible even to the point of the cards frying themselves.
Civ 5 being an example, I have to run it in windows mode to stop it raggin the nutz off my 4870x2. If I stick it full screen mode it pushes the card to about 100 degrees and the fan to 100% with no point since the FPS is over 40.
This isn’t the first game I've experienced like this and I'm starting to get ticked off with GPU makers and game makers since each pass the buck and say each other should sort it.
Anyway I digress
Don’t even get me started with the latest generation of games that basically tell the card to run as fast as possible even to the point of the cards frying themselves.
Civ 5 being an example, I have to run it in windows mode to stop it raggin the nutz off my 4870x2. If I stick it full screen mode it pushes the card to about 100 degrees and the fan to 100% with no point since the FPS is over 40.
This isn’t the first game I've experienced like this and I'm starting to get ticked off with GPU makers and game makers since each pass the buck and say each other should sort it.
Anyway I digress
Then wouldnt it beat gtx580?
I have never noticed it and I have run 4850's, 5850's and GTX460's in dual card configs. I do always have vsync enabled so perhaps that hides the problem or greatly reduces it.
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I NEVER use Vsync as it feels slow to respond to movements in game (I notice a delay between moving my mouse or pressing a button and the game acknowledging I have performed either).
I bought a 4870X2 which I HATED because even though the FPS was high in game (according to FRAPS etc) it 'felt' like I was only getting ~30fps. Also, I found that the FPS was majorly inconsistent too.
This is my only experience of multi-gpu setups and I quickly got rid of the X2 and opted for a GTX285 at the time which I GREATLY preferred!
I remember someone mentioning I should try Vsync back in the day but for me, it only attacked the symptoms and not the cause...
I bought a 4870X2 which I HATED because even though the FPS was high in game (according to FRAPS etc) it 'felt' like I was only getting ~30fps. Also, I found that the FPS was majorly inconsistent too.
This is my only experience of multi-gpu setups and I quickly got rid of the X2 and opted for a GTX285 at the time which I GREATLY preferred!
I remember someone mentioning I should try Vsync back in the day but for me, it only attacked the symptoms and not the cause...
Indeed it would, if true.