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4/24/12 at 1:10pm
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This is a classic:

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gtx680_quad_sli_vs_hd7970_quad_crossfirex,15.html


So 4x 7970's in every chart is at the mid to bottom in performance yet in the "overall" performance it is the highest. lol these guys don't have a clue what they are doing.

Now that you mention that one, it's hilarious that every bench averages 46-56 fps regardless of number of cards lol. From using skyrim myself, I know its a fail game. 3rd and 4th cards don't even make a blip on the usage scales. doh.gif
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4/24/12 at 1:10pm
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If you have to do it now, 7970s, especially for the vram. If you have time to spare Nvidia will fix the scaling issue if yer partial to green.

Think it will be better by mid-June?
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4/24/12 at 1:12pm
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If you have to do it now, 7970s, especially for the vram. If you have time to spare Nvidia will fix the scaling issue if yer partial to green.

Think it will be better by mid-June?

I would expect so, but then again AMD still hasn't fixed some big eyefinity+cfx issues. I'm still rolling with rc11 and its 3 months later. Nv is better, but I wouldn't hold my breath. redface.gif
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4/24/12 at 1:15pm
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This review couldn't get any more fail. Old drivers, half the tests are 1080P, wrong numbers and labels on charts. Good stuff. wink.gif

Slightly off topic, but have you seen the new Sharp 84" 8K (7680 x 4320) television due out next year? You should totally buy it. thumb.gif

I really have a hard time believing 4x of anything on the market can run that resolution nicely in modern games.. I'm debating buying a 4K TV that are due out this year to play games on, but even that seems like it would be impossible on a single 680. tongue.gif
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Nope, most of Nvidia's GPUs scale extremely well
Some of those are just pitiful. The first BF3 bench where 2 7970s>4 680s made me cringe a bit.

Actually amd has had better multi-gpu scaling for a long time now. I believe in some cases the 6xxx series were actually scaling past 100% on some tests, you will have to dig them up (Techpowerup and a few others showed that same result).
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Actually amd has had better multi-gpu scaling for a long time now. I believe in some cases the 6xxx series were actually scaling past 100% on some tests, you will have to dig them up (Techpowerup and a few others showed that same result).

That is not even possible. Clearly whatever you saw was a flawed review. 1 card cannot get 50fps, then get 105fps with two if they are the same card.


And where are you getting this info that crossfire scales better than SLI? You would have to test it with midrange cards that won't bottleneck the cpu as they scale.
Because say you test a gtx 580 vs 6970, the gtx 580 will hit the cpu bottleneck before the 6970 will because it is a more powerful card.
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Now that you mention that one, it's hilarious that every bench averages 46-56 fps regardless of number of cards lol. From using skyrim myself, I know its a fail game. 3rd and 4th cards don't even make a blip on the usage scales. doh.gif

I was pointing out that their charts are either mis-labeled or are just blatantly wrong. How do you come in the bottom of a game's performance charts and then come at the top of the same games overall performance charts? rolleyes.gif

Anyway, anyone that knows what they are doing knows that 4-way tests should only be done at Eyefinity/Surround. And maybe not use drivers that aren't even release drivers, they are press release drivers from weeks before the cards even launched.

At 4320x2304, this is what four 680's can do with Ultra settings and 20+ Nexus mods loaded (including HD texture pack):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvShhfWpk2M


So you can see, just slightly different numbers that these in this "review" garner. In Surround with the latest drivers, the 680's scale really well.
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4/24/12 at 1:23pm
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I was pointing out that their charts are either mis-labeled or are just blatantly wrong. How do you come in the bottom of a game's performance charts and then come at the top of the same games overall performance charts? rolleyes.gif
Anyway, anyone that knows what they are doing knows that 4-way tests should only be done at Eyefinity/Surround. And maybe not use drivers that aren't even release drivers, they are press release drivers from weeks before the cards even launched.
At 4320x2304, this is what four 680's can do with Ultra settings and 20+ Nexus mods loaded (including HD texture pack):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvShhfWpk2M
So you can see, just slightly different numbers that these in this "review" garner. In Surround with the latest drivers, the 680's scale really well.

Just curious, how many 680s does it take to run 4x2k with modern games at an average of 60FPS? Can 2 handle it?

Also your clock is the exact same as mine.. 1202MHz tongue.gif
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Slightly off topic, but have you seen the new Sharp 84" 8K (7680 x 4320) television due out next year? You should totally buy it. thumb.gif
I really have a hard time believing 4x of anything on the market can run that resolution nicely in modern games.. I'm debating buying a 4K TV that are due out this year to play games on, but even that seems like it would be impossible on a single 680. tongue.gif

I could imagine the price on that will be set for the ultra-rich. I still haven't seen a 4K display for under $30,000. Have you?
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Just curious, how many 680s does it take to run 4x2k with modern games at an average of 60FPS? Can 2 handle it?
Also your clock is the exact same as mine.. 1202MHz tongue.gif

I am running a bit above 4K, but I would say two 680's in a game like Skyrim but a minimum of three for more demanding games like Witcher 2, Crysis 2 etc.
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I was pointing out that their charts are either mis-labeled or are just blatantly wrong. How do you come in the bottom of a game's performance charts and then come at the top of the same games overall performance charts? rolleyes.gif

Yea their aggregate scores are whacked to say the least.
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