GeForce GTX 680, Part 2: SLI, 5760x1080, And Overclocking

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Benchmark Results: Metro 2033

Solid performance boosts at 1920x1080 and 2560x1600 show a trend favoring AMD’s cards in this very demanding title.

By the time we reach 5760x1080, Radeon HD 7970s demonstrate a definite advantage. It’s interesting that, regardless of whether you’re using one card or two, adding 4x MSAA does little to impact the performance of AMD's bandwidth-rich high-end cards.

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Chris Angelini is an Editor Emeritus at Tom's Hardware US. He edits hardware reviews and covers high-profile CPU and GPU launches.

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tacoslave

amds driver team needs to get off its ass i mean look at those crossfire results thats downright pitiful .
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bystander

tacoslaveamds driver team needs to get off its ass i mean look at those crossfire results thats downright pitiful .What is wrong with their crossfire performance?

You do have to look at the high resolution benchmarks to see actual crossfire results, as 1080p benchmarks are being bottlenecked by the CPU.
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I am a PC

It is quite clear that the Radeons are more powerful but that once again the Nvidia favoring benchmark suite once again favors Nvidia.
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Would like to see CUDA compute instead of openCL stuff. Something like Blender/Cycles benchmark.
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cangelini

I am a PCIt is quite clear that the Radeons are more powerful but that once again the Nvidia favoring benchmark suite once again favors Nvidia.If you were to hand-pick a suite to favor AMD, what would it include? :) You did notice the Radeons doing really well in Battlefield and Metro, right?
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cangelini

AgonothetaWould like to see CUDA compute instead of openCL stuff. Something like Blender/Cycles benchmark.Our Blender test is being working on right now--currently we're only utilizing the Tiles/Cycles engines for CPU reviews.
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My MSI 7870 came with Catalyst 12.3, so why use 12.2 if 12.3 is out there?
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weatherdude

You know, I'm starting to wonder what the Tom's Hardware labs are like. I hope it has something to keep the staff sane as they run tests over and over again.

Anyways, looks like the competition in the GPU world is going strong right now. To me both the GTX 680 and Radeon 7970 are fine pieces of work. The general compute performance of Tahiti is really really good though so will AMD really reduce the prices significantly below the GTX 680?

Great review as usual. All your hard work is appreciated.
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cangelini

sniper13xMy MSI 7870 came with Catalyst 12.3, so why use 12.2 if 12.3 is out there?Because it's not?
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cangelini

weatherdudeYou know, I'm starting to wonder what the Tom's Hardware labs are like. I hope it has something to keep the staff sane as they run tests over and over again.Anyways, looks like the competition in the GPU world is going strong right now. To me both the GTX 680 and Radeon 7970 are fine pieces of work. The general compute performance of Tahiti is really really good though so will AMD really reduce the prices significantly below the GTX 680?Great review as usual. All your hard work is appreciated.If ever you're in Bakersfield, CA, you're welcome to drop by and check the lab out. It's like a gamer candy store, literally stacked with graphics cards higher than I can reach!
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