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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger
The review below sort of says that we'll only be seeing the benifit of the i7 with high performance SLI or Crossfire graphics setups!
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Feature/...rformance.aspx
Using single card graphics on overclocked systems you got comparable results with a QX9650 CPU. (It isn't an exaustive test)
Is there any reason to go SLI or Crossfire if your monitor can't display really high resolutions?
Playing IL2 1946, my 22" LCD at 1650 *1080 gives me about 61fps most of the time dropping down to about 22 in the Black Death track when one of the airfields gets attacked.
I supose its all depends how the applications are coded and optimised. I've been running dual core and multiprocessor pc's for a while and and I really can't think of many programs that have actually use the technology to it's full advantage. ( It's depressing having a dual processor rig and only play games that use one!  )
I'm sort of hoping titles like Bob will show us what these puppies can really do! I've been waiting a while! |
good input, man. I'm of the same opinion about Crossfire and SLi. Neither one scales well as a matter of leading edge technology. It's a matter of which individual game benefits from either technology so far as I can see. In IL2, I haven't seen anyone post that his/her two cards scale 100%, giving twice the fps of one card. I think many still find using two cards problematic. Then there's the promise of Hydra. I've read about Hydra allowing two or more GPUs to scale nearly perfectly. So far I'm of the opinion that Crossfire, and SLi are more hype and clever marketing rather than bleeding edge technology, at least for the sims I like. Both have been around for a while and still no 100% scaling from either, as far as I know. I may be way off base, but I think it's a shame how ATi and Nvidia tout these imperfect technologies; not to mention how the motherboard manufacturers jump on the money-sucking bandwagon as well. Sorry if I stepped on any toes.
I also agree with you about monitors and dual GPUs. Unless it's a humongous monitor like a 30 inch being played at 2560x and trying to get a game like Crysis to run smooth at that rez, I think a good single GPU with 1ghz of ram, like the GTX 280 is more than enough card for lesser monitors; certainly enough for a single 22 inch monitor anyway. Be mindful that not all 1ghz GPUs are created equal either. One day I'd like to get a nice speedy quad Penryn. Maybe the prices will continue to drop, or I can trade in blood? I'm thinking a single GPU on a P45 chipset, and a quad that I can easily overclock to, oh, 3.6ghz (on air cooling).
OK. I need to shut up now. Opinions expressed here are not my own as I am a mindless minion of the Evil Empire.
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