I just recently bought a second GTX 660 to run in SLi with my first one.
I havent really noticed any performance boost with it at all. I'm thinking of returning my second one.
I ran 3D surround with three monitors on my single 660 and it ran BF3 pretty good. I thought having a second one in SLi would make it run smoother, but it didnt. I notice it played a little worse. I had to plug two monitors into the first card, and my third monitor into the second. They are all using DVI - HDMI cables. DVI into the gfx cards and hdmi into the monitors.
Is running SLi and surround together a bad idea? should i return my second 660 and wait for a better single gfx card to run surround?
Im kind of annoyed with spending $200 extra bucks for no performance. I also bought a new PSU to support the second card, because my last one gave me a weird noise when i started up a game. I needed to replace the PSU anyways, so i'm fine with that.
So what am i really asking about? Is there any way to optimize the two 660's in SLi to get smoother performance?
I would think that this system shouldn't have any problems running games at decent graphics.
My current system:
Intel Core i7 3770k 3.5GHz
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Mobo
16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
HX850w Corsair PSU
2xEVGA GTX 660 in SLi
3xAsus VN247 Displays at 60Hz (currently in Surround via Nvidia control panel)
I havent really noticed any performance boost with it at all. I'm thinking of returning my second one.
I ran 3D surround with three monitors on my single 660 and it ran BF3 pretty good. I thought having a second one in SLi would make it run smoother, but it didnt. I notice it played a little worse. I had to plug two monitors into the first card, and my third monitor into the second. They are all using DVI - HDMI cables. DVI into the gfx cards and hdmi into the monitors.
Is running SLi and surround together a bad idea? should i return my second 660 and wait for a better single gfx card to run surround?
Im kind of annoyed with spending $200 extra bucks for no performance. I also bought a new PSU to support the second card, because my last one gave me a weird noise when i started up a game. I needed to replace the PSU anyways, so i'm fine with that.
So what am i really asking about? Is there any way to optimize the two 660's in SLi to get smoother performance?
I would think that this system shouldn't have any problems running games at decent graphics.
My current system:
Intel Core i7 3770k 3.5GHz
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Mobo
16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
HX850w Corsair PSU
2xEVGA GTX 660 in SLi
3xAsus VN247 Displays at 60Hz (currently in Surround via Nvidia control panel)
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