There are so many things wrong with that.
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Very hi res gaming - GTX or SLI low end?
- Thread starter Hades
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Personally I'd go with SLI 8800GT but even then it doesn't really have enough grunt to play games at that res.
Why spend all that cash on such a posh screen only to cripple it by running a single GTX or midrange SLI solution?
Why spend all that cash on such a posh screen only to cripple it by running a single GTX or midrange SLI solution?
You should be able to play cod4 everything maxed at 2560x1600. With one gtx. Some othergame are not as optimised, but even with sli gtx best i did with crysis at playable frame 30to45 was 2048xsomething the one just below 2560x1600.
But I think its best to wait as I am about to sell my rig for a new build soonish.
Nothing beats a 30"
But I think its best to wait as I am about to sell my rig for a new build soonish.
Nothing beats a 30"
Like what?
A single GTX is quite capable of running most games out now maxed out with acceptable framerates. They may not be 60+fps but they will still be playable.
Soldato
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I would always go for single card setups over sli or crossfire. some games just don't support or dont support sli/crossfire very well. Others do though it has to be said. I also think that sli and crossfire are only really viable at very high end with a few exceptions.
Anyway I would wait a month or two for the new cards and manage with what you have now. If you can.
Anyway I would wait a month or two for the new cards and manage with what you have now. If you can.
The things about Crysis not the over stuff.
As i has said before the amount of games that don't is such a tiny percentage its not worth worrying about & should not be the reason for not going Crossfire.
And now very high res is not the only reason, image quality can demand the need for allot of power even at res as low as 1152x864 & that was on my 1900xt crossfire setup & some games around then would still drop down into the 40-30fps at that res with only x2AA 4xAASF.
There are more games now that will drop blow 60fps on a single high end card than games that don't work well enough to keep you at or above 60fps min on dual gpu at 1680xx1050 with in game settings max= all game features on & you will experience the game as intended with out cutting stuff out as that should be through choice & not because your fps dropped to a noticable level & then adding custom addition of AA & AASF to get the best image quality, game dependent.
But then again some people find below 60fps acceptable as you cant always have your cake and eat it right & then the same people should not demand all games give big gains with multi gpu to be worth it no matter what as that is a bit of a contradiction to what was acceptable & not absolute on a single card & should be applied to muti gpu as well.