3-Way SLI Having Issues With Crysis

You switched the color of the graphs on the second page. On the first blu means on, on the second blue means off. Is someone intentionally trying to confuse readers?

Hmm.. who thinks that anything less than 30fps is playable?

Haha, nVidia sucks

30"+ monitors. So, a very small amount of gamers. I believe the average res. as reported by steam was still 1024x768 or 1280x1024.

Changing it now. Not sure why that happened. I apologize for the confusion.

I’ve been running with SLI 8800GTX’s for almost a year and then went to 3 last December. I started out with SLI 7800GT’s before that and can tell you it made all the difference in the world visually and for game play. When I bought the 8800’s I also got a 24 inch Acer and started running all my games in 1920x1200 and can tell you for me it was well worth it. There isn’t a game I have that I can’t play at max setting with full AA & AF except Crysis. The only thing I can’t turn on in Crysis AA or AF other then that I run it with very high settings at 1920x1200 with this result.

Time Demo Play Started, (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
Time Demo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 69.55s, Average FPS: 28.76
Min FPS: 17.50 at frame 261, Max FPS: 39.98 at frame 980
Average Tri/Sec: -15067940, Tri/Frame: -523954
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.75
Time Demo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 64.67s, Average FPS: 30.92
Min FPS: 17.50 at frame 261, Max FPS: 41.78 at frame 95
Average Tri/Sec: -15885242, Tri/Frame: -513673
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.78
Time Demo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 65.04s, Average FPS: 30.75
Min FPS: 17.50 at frame 261, Max FPS: 42.84 at frame 61
Average Tri/Sec: -15745457, Tri/Frame: -512060
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.79
Time Demo Run 3 Finished.
Play Time: 64.82s, Average FPS: 30.86
Min FPS: 17.50 at frame 261, Max FPS: 42.84 at frame 61
Average Tri/Sec: -15800044, Tri/Frame: -512049
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.79
Time Demo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)

I also noted that when I had fraps running it ran slower and as soon as I shut it off the frame rate went up. I think there may be a memory leakage problem because during game play after a while the frame rate would drop to 7, 8 frames and I’d have to back out to the main menu then start again and everything would be ok.

I've seen enough.

So we know that 2 way sli smokes 3 way.

Now all I need is for ATI to get off their butts and release the damned crossfire support for the 3870x2. tap tap tap.....

I think crysis might do very well with the ATIs.

Can someone tell me what Maxishine is?
Looks like dude has good fps, but with 1800+ bucks worth of card he ought to have more!

So far triple sli is nothing more than a gimmick to me.
it's like spending 600 on a third card and then getting the performance of an 8500. lol

Please someone please tell me why someone would review a brand new tech on beta drivers? This is like wondering why a 1 week old baby cant do your taxes for you.

I understand that you have to use the Nvidia Drivers but in this case they don't perform correctly, i am using the 173.26 and works fine in 3 way SLI
in crisis with the max res in a 47 inch westinghouse
i can refer u to this web the have the 171 i never test them but according to the Nvidia partners they have more support for the 3 way SLI

httpdownloads.guru3d.comdownload.phpdet=1839

Also I am using 64 bits because i am using 4 GB

the Aliens are watching you!!!

regards

the Gray

ps.

the games works better in win XP 64 using DX9 with some file adjustment
http://www.crysis-online.com/?id=449

You know, if you can afford tri-SLI, you probably also have a 30+" monitor.

Do you say that about all those chinese reviews of unreleased hardware?

Let's not confuse issues here. I don't think anyone was talking about SLI being a good proposition for an upgrade path. I agree with you that it is not, but I don't think there's a lot of debate about it either. If anyone wishes to challenge it, bring em on. Buying a single card, with the idea of adding one later on, is simply madness.

SLI is about getting the best performance when you buy the cards. Outperforming a high end card with two mediums in a price competitive way, is very hard but you can get close with a cheaper SLI set-up. Mostly SLI is about getting better performance than a single high end card, so we're only talking big budgets to start with.

Then your friend was a ..... erm, was misinformed. The same situation is possible again, if you go for the SLI choice of two 8800GTX's today, with the next generation just around the corner. If you have to/want to buy today, then just stick to a budget solution today and upgrade later in the year.

If you want to have performance at the bleeding edge, you will have to make sure you're informed at all times so that you can make the right choices when it is your time. It's not called bleeding edge for nothing, looks like your friend cut himself.

To me the 780i just wasn't worth the upgrade...a patched pci-e 2 on a 680i board...
790i is a different story.
PCI-E v2 integrated into the chipset= better video bandwidth. No latency as thru adapter.
The FSB goes to 1600mhz to support incoming Intel cpu.
Most sites will tell you that the 780i wasn't worth it and to hang tough for the 790i.
If you can wait another month or so (could be 3) you'd be sorted for the upgrade path for the next 2-3 years.


http://www.overclock3d.net/news.ph [...] ing_soon/1

Well if your previous board was fried then it's grand...the EVGA boards are very good...much better than the ASUS crap I have..can;t wait to get rid of it.