helo i have both of these cards and i dont see any increase in performance in 3dmark 06 i get 13800 with sli and without sli 12800 do the difference is small amount in games like cs and crysis the diff in fps is very small 30-40fps only why any settings wrong installation for the cards need to know
I would say that would be pretty good depending on what resolution your playing at. At high resolution on max settings with a single card and then getting an additional 30-40FPS, I don't see what the complain would be.
Give us more information. What resolution your playing at?
SLI doesn't double the performance of a single card, just know that. I think the general consensus is that usually you'll see an increase of about 30-60% in performance. In some games that are not optimized for SLI you may not even see an increase in performance. If your playing most games without any problems you'll be fine.
Message edited by pchoi04 on 01-16-2008 at 04:07:13 AM
no i meant was from 30without sli 40 with sli crysis 1680*1050 but in counterstrike i dont see any diff both on and off same fps call of duty the same wat are the settings to be done
Actually, SLI scales at about 30% increase in performance, except for some very new games which are Nvidia optimized which could get you up to 50% increase in performance. From 30fps to 40fps in crysis 1680x1k rez, I'd say that's just about as much as you should expect to get (a 33% increase). If you thought a second GT in SLI would double your fps performance, you should have done your homework before buying!
CS may be CPU limited. How high are your framerates already?
Crysis, you are right on without enabling eye candy with a 33% increase. If you enable 2xaa in game and force 16xaf in the drivers your gains will go above 50% (55% for me). And then you see settings completely unplayable with a single GT become playable in SLI.
SLI doesn't scale all that well in 3dmark06. 13,800 is about right for stock clocked cards and default driver settings.
Anyway, you need to look at what SLI can do for you in offering better playable settings in games. Being stuck at 16x10 resolution, it isn't going to offer much unless you go for max IQ with high AA/AF. If you don't use aa/af SLI will be a waste IMO.
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helo i have both of these cards and i dont see any increase in performance in 3dmark 06 i get 13800 with sli and without sli 12800 do the difference is small amount in games like cs and crysis the diff in fps is very small 30-40fps only why any settings wrong installation for the cards need to know
Open 3Dmarks06, and change the test settings to your screen's resolution, turn up AA & AF, then compare SLI vs. Single-GPU score. Who buys SLI to play @1280 0xAA 0xAF anyways? Its no surprise you dont notice a difference, one card alone can blast through any thing at those settings.
Test 3dmarks06 settings...
1680x1050
4xAA
8xAF
comeback and compare #s
Now for weak performance in games... Never exceed settings of 2-4xAA, and 8xAF. In crysis never force on AF. 16QxAA and 16xAF are really meant to be used when playing very old games...Diable2...CounterSTriker....etc.
Message edited by vpsaline on 01-16-2008 at 05:31:19 PM
hey man, wat kind of motherboard do u have? how much ram? ur processor? which chipset on ur motherboard? these have to do alot with unleashing ur optimal performance.
You really might be CPU limited a little...in the sense that your processor is negotiating some of what has to be rendered on what card.
If you're using the free version of 3dmark06, so whatever the default settings are since you can't change them.......I'm getting 13,930 3D marks on my single OCed card and CPU
thats 650 core 1900 mem 1625 shader on the card
3.3 ghz CPU
plus the FSB and ddr2 runnings a little faster of course
Its normal that SLI doesnt score well in default 3dmarks06. My 8800GTX SLI Setup gets ~14000 single card, ~15600 dual card. Turn up the resolution 1680x1050+, AF & AA and you will see SLI scale much better. Your scores are nothing to worry about in my opinion.
About the games... what resolution do you play at...what AF/AA Settings do you use...
Overclocking your CPU/GPUs wouldnt hurt either +10-15% performance gains there.
Message edited by vpsaline on 01-16-2008 at 10:57:07 PM
hey man, nice comp. iono why you would be having problems with that hardware. dont listen to PlasticSashimi, he apparently doesn't know what he's talking about. "are both the PCIe slots 16x on that board..."
I have 4 PCI express slots on my board....two that run full 16x, a third crippled to 8x, and a standard 1x (I don't know why that was such a wild statement) I simply didn't want to bother looking up that spec on the board you had....not really sure if having one 16x and one 8x would really make a difference anyhow though, since the bus bandwidth is unlikely the issue here.
I still say an OC on your proc will help your 3D performance the most, for crysis make sure you have the 1.1 Crysis patch and latest beta drivers from nvidia.
At least I'm trying to analyze your situation...dankcomp's high a** just sails in here to explain to you that "iono why you would be having problems" ....that and to jab my nerves, sheesh.
yes both are in 16x pci express i have the latest drivers PlasticSas himi ur saying u get 13900 on a single card come on i get 13800 on sli mode wat the hell
Overclocking the cpu and gpu will increase your 3dmark score. Some people mover their driver IQ to performance (looks like mud) and do other tweaks specifically for 3dmark. Don't worry if someone is beating you. Pick a review site that tests at stock speeds and base your comparison from that. Fudzilla got 12K with one OC'ed and 13.7K with two both clocked at the Alpha dog speeds. http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php? [...] &Itemid=40
Like I said, your 3dmarks are on track. If someone with one card manages to beat you, so be it. It's default 3dmarks, who cares. Did you buy SLI for 3dmarks? Turn on fsaa/AF in crysis and your setup will spank theirs, being way above an 8800 ultra at those settings. Max out Oblivion and enable 4xaa/16xaf and SLi struts it's stuff. Isn't it better that it scales well in game compared to default 3dmarks?
Message edited by pauldh on 01-17-2008 at 02:04:47 PM
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I do agree with pauldh...the 3dmarks dont't really matter...
I was just trying to get you to see that OCing just your CPU might help alot. When you run SLI there are instruction sets that your CPU must do to tell which card what to render.
Plus Q6600s overclock really well, you just need something better than the stock cooler. 35-50 bucks tops.
Message edited by PlasticSashimi on 01-17-2008 at 04:58:49 PM
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