SLI for Gaming?

paullewis323 · 1 Dec 2012 at 16:37

Hi guys

Have a few quid left over and was wondering about purchasing another EVGA GTX 680 to run in SLI mode?

Play BF3, online FPS, COD BO2, Skyrim, etc

Would I notice much difference for the extra £400.00?

Lew

BaDBoY_uK · 1 Dec 2012 at 16:38

What res do you play at?

Gregster · 1 Dec 2012 at 16:39

What monitor do you use? and please don't say a TV

whyscotty · 1 Dec 2012 at 16:42

Its in his sig :confused:

paullewis323 · 1 Dec 2012 at 16:43

Hi

Use a 24" Benq 120HZ Monitor and play at the monitors native resolution of 19200 x 1080

Lew

Gregster · 1 Dec 2012 at 16:52

Ahhh I didn't see it first time and I did look. For 120Hz, I would say yes but only if you feel it is worth the money. I went from single screen, single card to multi screen to SLI and that was a neccesity. Not so much with one screen though.

BaDBoY_uK · 1 Dec 2012 at 17:07

whyscotty said:
Its in his sig

gregster said:
Ahhh I didn't see it first time and I did look. For 120Hz, I would say yes but only if you feel it is worth the money. I went from single screen, single card to multi screen to SLI and that was a neccesity. Not so much with one screen though.

Me too and I didn't see it either. There was also the possibility it was wrong or being upgraded, so shut up Scotty

Not worth it at 1920x1080 mate but it may be about epeen haha

Si105 · 1 Dec 2012 at 17:10

I'd say so, it'd allow you to hit 120fps on BF3 I should think.

Whether that's worth another £400 is up to you.

whyscotty · 1 Dec 2012 at 17:16

BaDBoY_uK said:
Me too and I didn't see it either. There was also the possibility it was wrong or being upgraded, so shut up Scotty

Rroff · 1 Dec 2012 at 17:31

If you play with vsync off or adapative vsync and do serious FPS gaming then being able to get say 100fps average in games instead of 50-60fps will give noticeable results on a 120Hz panel for many people. You don't need to be hitting 120fps or even close to it constantly tho to get the advantages a 120Hz panel brings.

IC3 · 1 Dec 2012 at 17:44

Rroff said:
If you play with vsync off or adapative vsync and do serious FPS gaming then being able to get say 100fps average in games instead of 50-60fps will give noticeable results on a 120Hz panel for many people. You don't need to be hitting 120fps or even close to it constantly tho to get the advantages a 120Hz panel brings.

+1

paullewis323 · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:50

Hi again guys

So the general consensus is, even with a single 120Htz Montior that I would benefit mainly in FPS in online gaming?

If so, Ill get another

Not really seen anything of multi-monitor set-ups, but the monitor edging (plastic space) between monitors would really put me off getting 3 monitors

Lew

whyscotty · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:52

paullewis323 said:
Hi again guys

So the general consensus is, even with a single 120Htz Montior that I would benefit mainly in FPS in online gaming?

If so, Ill get another

Not really seen anything of multi-monitor set-ups, but the monitor edging (plastic space) between monitors would really put me off getting 3 monitors

Lew

After a few hours gaming you don't notice the bezels(plastic space)

paullewis323 · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:54

Whyscott

Is that true?

How many monitors do you use?

whyscotty · 2 Dec 2012 at 11:57

paullewis323 said:
Whyscott

Is that true?

How many monitors do you use?

3 for 3D surround

Rusty0611 · 2 Dec 2012 at 12:09

paullewis323 said:
Hi again guys

So the general consensus is, even with a single 120Htz Montior that I would benefit mainly in FPS in online gaming?

If so, Ill get another

Not really seen anything of multi-monitor set-ups, but the monitor edging (plastic space) between monitors would really put me off getting 3 monitors

Lew

I would keep an open mind about it; try it and the decide if it's worth the difference before keeping it. If you order from here you've got 14 days to choose.

For me personally I would rather have a second card than drop settings but there's a strong argument to be made for the other side (i.e. dropping settings).

Twirlywoos · 2 Dec 2012 at 13:24

A couple of decent 680's in B grade too.

Rroff · 2 Dec 2012 at 15:17

whyscotty said:
After a few hours gaming you don't notice the bezels(plastic space)

True for some people but not others, I can play some games i.e. racing games without the bezels bothering me but other games like FPS games they are really really distracting even after quite a bit of use.

Gregster · 2 Dec 2012 at 15:21

I no longer notice the bezels and they are quite big on my screens. It is a personal thing though and each of us are different.

spoffle · 2 Dec 2012 at 15:27

Rroff said:
True for some people but not others, I can play some games i.e. racing games without the bezels bothering me but other games like FPS games they are really really distracting even after quite a bit of use.

I've never understood the issue. You see exactly the same as you'd see if you had one monitor on the middle screen, and just additional info on either side.