nVidia GTX 680 Surround SLI

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Hi Everybody,

Just thought I'd post my experiences here with my three Iiyama Prolight 24" B2474HDS monitors and 2 x GTX 680 SLI cards. I'm into sim racing and use regularly iRacing and a sim under development called pCARS. iRacing is on now quite an old GFX engine but runs great on a variety of lower end systems and pCARS is running the full fat DX11 stuff.

Anyway, the monitors are installed in surround mode obviously and after a bit of tweaking to get the aspect ration correct are very good indeed. They are not quite as sharp as my 24" Dell Ultra Sharp monitor but nevertheless great. I'm running all my stuff at 5760 x 1080.

The nVidia cards are -- well let's just say screaming...

Below are a selection of videos I have running. Forgive the poor monitor quality in the dark -- this is more an issue with the low light catching capabilities of the recording equipment.

http://youtu.be/VuMUU9nwTWI

http://youtu.be/17a80bBCYi4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHdPT7BsSqM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://youtu.be/d171DgyY5aI

http://youtu.be/2FcXDCaCfUU (light hitting screens)

Gear:
i7 950@4GHz; 2 x nVidia 680 GTX SLI; 3 x Iiyama 24" 1920 x 1080 monitor; 6GB DDR3 1600 RAM; 60GB SSD; Antec 750W SLI PSU; Win7 Home Premium 64 bit; G27 wheel; Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II speakers; Fanatec Club Sport Pedals; FREXGP Sequential Shift+

 

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And how all this gear hasn't improved my pace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQWsBFYVgLk&feature=youtu.be

 

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I'm sailing too close to the "divorce" wind already to risk a full motion rig!

 

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Cheers guys - some more goodies coming soon ... still " Work in Progress"

 

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Another video from Project CARS with "helmet cam".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhn2huRlfAY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

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Thanks guys. StonedPenguin, my PSU is absolutely fine and has had no issues at all under load. What's more important is sustained amps over the rails rather than W per se. Wouldn't go below 750W but it's fine for me.

 

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New video up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW_CbbSJqF8&feature=youtu.be

 

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Finally, a better race (apologies for the language from someone near the start!): http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=Ho6vJ5X1pik

 

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New race video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br9z5k4_S-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

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Some more kit for the simulator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QGu-Aqezlc

 

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Thought you guys might be interested in my spell in a professional racing simulator -- this is the new GT simulator at Base Performance in Banbury. Running a modified version of rFactor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEOYfUzkWuI
report here: (http://www.racing.gt/2013/08/creating-the-gt-experience-in-a-professional-simulator/)

Also, on my rig eyeline video on the Nordscheife in Project CARS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zz0nlNUYYM