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Multi GPU setups? Who has them, post what you got up.

NathWraith

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Hi guys,
Like the thread title I'm interested to see what multi GPU setups people run. (multi GPU as in 2 seperate cards)

Im considering making the jump to Crossfire 5870 and was wondering what "real world" difference it makes to people. System specs will help aswell.

Cheers
 
Running 3x GTX 470's and HD5970+HD5850 in TriFire - a HD5830 will be added to the equation on monday.

I like running multi-gpu setups because normally it gives between 40-80% boost over a single card... and that's pretty crucial when running high-res and with lots of AA/AF.
 
I went with the bang for buck crossfire asus 5770's. i game at 1920x1200 and have been very happy with the performance. The difference from a single card is massive usually between 50% to anything upto 90% fps gain which in the real world usually means constant 60fps+ with a decent amount of aa/af. There are exceptions with the very demanding titles like metro and crysis but i rarely play crysis and wont be spending my money on metro.
 
Gripen90 said:
Running 3x GTX 470's and HD5970+HD5850 in TriFire - a HD5830 will be added to the equation on monday.

I like running multi-gpu setups because normally it gives between 40-80% boost over a single card... and that's pretty crucial when running high-res and with lots of AA/AF.
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I am interested in the possibility of tri fire, adding a 5970 to my 5870. Although it is one of the graphics configurations I have never tryed. I'm concerned that ATI might play true to form and just abbandon all driver support for such an obscure setup.

I used to run tri-SLI 285s around a year or so back. Which never really ran better than 2 way SLI except in benchmarks. I comfortably run every game at 2560x1600 with my single 5870 but I feel that when the next "big" game comes out I will be limited, which will be fail.
 
Ive had dual card setups on and off but never felt them worthwhile over a high end single card.

I might have another bash with a pair 6000 cards depending on how they turn out.
 
5970 and 5870 here. great little setup and now the drivers are starting to show improvements in eyefinity over just the 5970, it can only get better :D

if you want a pic i'll post one up :)
 
i had 2x 4850's and went from them to my current 5770 and to be honest the 5770 works better and quieter.

havent noticed any reduction in games since only using one card.
 
NathWraith said:
I am interested in the possibility of tri fire, adding a 5970 to my 5870. Although it is one of the graphics configurations I have never tryed. I'm concerned that ATI might play true to form and just abbandon all driver support for such an obscure setup.

I used to run tri-SLI 285s around a year or so back. Which never really ran better than 2 way SLI except in benchmarks. I comfortably run every game at 2560x1600 with my single 5870 but I feel that when the next "big" game comes out I will be limited, which will be fail.
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HI m8 i have a watercooled 5970+5870 with a i7 920@ 4.2ghz.
tri fire runs great here and even works in eyefinity if u want to run 3 screens.
even on water with a 8800gt on air for physics managed to pull over 45k on vantage.
i went from dual watercooled 5870 to 5970+5870 and i love it. ;)
hope this helps.



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2 XFX 5870`s here love them run cool and quiet on air im more than happy with them,may buy another 2 in the future.
 
Cheers for all the replies guys. What kind of games and resolutions are people using these setups on?

Dazboots your setup looks interesting, you got anymore screens/temps/clocks etc of your rig?

I'm feeling that 5870 crossfire is the way to go at the moment.
 
GTX260 SLI setup here - currently running 2 cards in SLI. I was running tri-SLI but even at 2048x res the 3rd card wasn't really increasing performance enough to be worth the extra heat and power use. It was a nice boost at 2560x but I don't usually use a monitor of that res (preferring 2048x for programming/generally use side by side with a 1680x 120Hz for gaming) and it would hit VRAM limits with the GTX260 (896MB) too often to be useful.

If your looking at tri-SLI then it definitely can be a big advantage at 2560x res but I'd really reccomend looking for setups that have atleast 2Gig of useable RAM per core - you don't need all of that yet but if your looking at future titles then 1gig is quickly going to be used up.
 
NathWraith said:
Cheers for all the replies guys. What kind of games and resolutions are people using these setups on?

Dazboots your setup looks interesting, you got anymore screens/temps/clocks etc of your rig?

I'm feeling that 5870 crossfire is the way to go at the moment.
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For 24/7 i clock it to 4ghz ht on. 1.28 volts cpu. memory @ 1600 @ 7.7.7.24 1.62v card clocks gpu 950 memory 1250. all on same loop using pa120.3+120.1 rad. 655 pump. when priming small cpu hits 59c. thats with 3 gpu,z in there. but when im benching can do vantage cards 1ghz core 1270 memory cpu@ 4.3 ghz 1.4v high temps on cpu is 74c.
but with weather being hotter thats why i downclocked a bit. but when its not to hot outside can run 4.2 ghz 24/7. :) hope this helps.
 
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NathWraith said:
Cheers for all the replies guys. What kind of games and resolutions are people using these setups on?

Dazboots your setup looks interesting, you got anymore screens/temps/clocks etc of your rig?

I'm feeling that 5870 crossfire is the way to go at the moment.
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Games i run is bad company 2 running eyefinity@6012x1200. 3x hp 24 inch ips monitors.
temps hit max 65c @ the mo in hot weather. ;)
 
Xfire 5870's and Nvidia GTX280 for Physx. 1920 x 1200 res.

Used to have tri-SLi 280's - very dissapointing compaired to the Xfire 5870's.

(Thank-you, no comments about Physx or the GTX 280 being overpowered for Physx, we've heard them all before!)
 
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I had 5850 Crossfire, currently running 470 SLI. I've owned multi-gpu setups from every generation since the 6800 series.
 
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