GTX570 Sli Setup Advice

[lukeyboi34]

Hi,

So I'm getting another 570 off my friend and am going to be using Sli, I only have one monitor and am wanting some advice on a proper configuration to play games like BF4/3, GTAIV, Arma 3 etc. and more games in the future.

Also just to clarify is it true that one GPU can be used for e.g. Shaders,
I don't know much about Sli but I know that it may improve FPS on games.

Thanks.

 

[Panos]

I had a SLI GTX570 until this summer (when one card died).

First of all, both work at the lowest memory and the slowest speed of the slowest card.

If you overclock do both to the same level, or else is pointless to have one card running faster than the other.

They do consume power, and generate a fair amount of heat. Hopefully they are with reference coolers, because they blow air out of the case. (like my good old MSI ones). Or else you need very good airlofw inside the case.


Be patient because some games do not support SLI (Rome 2 for example). There are tedious workarounds that might not work.
Keep up with latest drivers always (even beta).


As for improvements, hell yeah. Depending the game you will have 1.4x to 1.8x more power than single card.
And if you have 3D Vision kit, you will not sacrifice quality

For comparison,2 570s are way faster than a single 7970, however be careful with MSAA on high resolutions if you have the 1.24GB VRAM versions.

 

[lukeyboi34]

I had a SLI GTX570 until this summer (when one card died).

First of all, both work at the lowest memory and the slowest speed of the slowest card.

If you overclock do both to the same level, or else is pointless to have one card running faster than the other.

They do consume power, and generate a fair amount of heat. Hopefully they are with reference coolers, because they blow air out of the case. (like my good old MSI ones). Or else you need very good airlofw inside the case.


Be patient because some games do not support SLI (Rome 2 for example). There are tedious workarounds that might not work.
Keep up with latest drivers always (even beta).


As for improvements, hell yeah. Depending the game you will have 1.4x to 1.8x more power than single card.
And if you have 3D Vision kit, you will not sacrifice quality

For comparison,2 570s are way faster than a single 7970, however be careful with MSAA on high resolutions if you have the 1.24GB VRAM versions.

Thanks for that for now I have one Gainward Golden Sample GLH and I do not know what make my friends is as he has not shown me it all he has said its a gtx570

most games i play are bf3/4 and do not play with 3d as i only have one monitor. as for graphics settings i play with custom preferences on battlefield everything low apart from mesh quality can play on ultra but i honestly see no difference when playing.

 

[Panos]

You do not need 2 monitors for 3d Vision. As long as your monitor can do 120hz and is compatible (see Nvidia or monitor manufacturer) you are fine.
The only thing you need is a 3d Vision kit.

My GTX570 SLI was working absolutely superb with 3d Vision at Bad Company 2 (didn't like BF3), CIV 5, XCOM, and anything newer. And many old games like DAOC (yes 2002 game!!!!) was looking great in 3D.

But not all games support 3D Vision. For example WOT doesn't support 3D Vision nor SLI/CF (is running on 1 core also!!!)