480 sli performance

[statikstate]

Hi I just recently upgraded from a 5870 to a 480 sli setup. I had considered getting a single 580 gtx instead, but chose to go with the 480's because I had a deal on two previously gently used EVGA 480's(the guy only used them for 3 months before getting two 580's.) So I have been running them through and even though they run rather hot, I find that the fans @ 70% are not audible over headsets. So I ran them through and finally beat all the Stalker games, with mods included. So then I decided to play through Crysis for the first time( I had been waiting to play it till I could get close to 60 fps maxed), and modded it with Reli2 and Extremefx2. I also have an i5-750@3.8 with 4 gb of ram, and playing at 1080p. However, whenever I'm in constant action, the game dips frequently into the teens in fps. Is this normal for a 480 sli setup? Thanks

 

[Deleted member 362816]

i have a gtx 580 and i play it pretty high im at 60-70fps firm

 

[nforce4max]

Sounds like a minor bottleneck some ware so list your settings including in game and we will see then.

 

[statikstate]

Do you think the mods crush the performance that much? I mean theoretically 480 sli should get like a much higher performance than one 580 gtx, correct?

 

[statikstate]

they are custom in game settings because of the two mods. Only 2xaa.

 

[Deleted member 362816]

The gtx 480 has its own issue it was consider a failure in nvidias eye this is why the 580 was released so fast i could have bought 2 480s but i decided to get the improved 580. I dont know why it would drop fps so much are there visual enchancment mods. if so there are some mods for oblivion that makes 4x gtx 580s sweat.

 

[statikstate]

I mean I understand the architectural shortcomings of the 480, but regardless to me @ 1080p the raw performance would have been better than a single 580 by a good margin in demanding games. I do feel like it's a bit overkill but I want to be able to get a steady 60 fps maxed. I just don't understand why I'm at a steady 50 fps and then I suddenly dip into the teens in certain areas. I even run it in 32 bit windows 7 instead of 64, which made the game run much smoother for me overall.

 

[Deleted member 362816]

crysis wouldnt even run for me in 32 bit interesting.