- Jun 27, 2013
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Okay, so as a discalimer, I am a noob. I only got my PC about a year ago, and know almost nothing of what the components do, other than the basics.
I have an i5 2500k running at stock speed (3.3 Ghz). I have 8 gb RAM. Windows 7(64-bit), and I just got two GTX 670s in preparation for Battlefield 4. I installed everything on my own, so the chance that something is physically wrong with my hardware is there, so feel free to have me look at cables etc. I installed both cards after getting a new mobo (ASUS P8Z77-V KL). I hooked up the power to each of them, and connected the SLI bridge that was in the box for one of the cards.
I tested out Battlefield 3 at low settings without SLI. I was able to play it, and decided to see if ultra settings would be any good. They were. I get an average of 140 FPS on Ultra (no motion blur) in Battlefield 3 with one 670 (no SLI) and with no OC of my CPU (or GPU).
This is where I'm having issues. When I enable SLI in the NVIDIA control panel and start BF3, I only get around 100 to 125 FPS on LOW. Everything on LOW. I asked Reddit, and they said that it was possible that one of my cards was faulty (which might be because of my hack-job installation). Someone else said that my CPU was bottlenecking, and said that I just need to OC my CPU (which I have no clue how to do, because the BIOS is much different from the one before).
**tl;dr** - One GTX 670 runs better than two 670s (SLI). All stock speeds. i5 2500k 3.3Ghz. 8gb RAM. Windows 7 (64-bit).
I have an i5 2500k running at stock speed (3.3 Ghz). I have 8 gb RAM. Windows 7(64-bit), and I just got two GTX 670s in preparation for Battlefield 4. I installed everything on my own, so the chance that something is physically wrong with my hardware is there, so feel free to have me look at cables etc. I installed both cards after getting a new mobo (ASUS P8Z77-V KL). I hooked up the power to each of them, and connected the SLI bridge that was in the box for one of the cards.
I tested out Battlefield 3 at low settings without SLI. I was able to play it, and decided to see if ultra settings would be any good. They were. I get an average of 140 FPS on Ultra (no motion blur) in Battlefield 3 with one 670 (no SLI) and with no OC of my CPU (or GPU).
This is where I'm having issues. When I enable SLI in the NVIDIA control panel and start BF3, I only get around 100 to 125 FPS on LOW. Everything on LOW. I asked Reddit, and they said that it was possible that one of my cards was faulty (which might be because of my hack-job installation). Someone else said that my CPU was bottlenecking, and said that I just need to OC my CPU (which I have no clue how to do, because the BIOS is much different from the one before).
**tl;dr** - One GTX 670 runs better than two 670s (SLI). All stock speeds. i5 2500k 3.3Ghz. 8gb RAM. Windows 7 (64-bit).
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