[Hoodz]

Testing Hardware
Cpu: I7 2600k @ 4.8ghz 1.48volts
Motherboard: Asus Z77 Maximus V Extreme
Memory: Gskill 1866mhz
Gpus: 2x Inn03d Gtx680 & 1x Gigabyte windforce Gtx680
Hardrive: Corsair Force Gt 120Gb
Psu: Corsair Ax1200

Monitor 1: Samsung S27A750D 2ms 120Hz
Monitor 2: Asus 27" PB278Q 6ms 60Hz

Driver used: 306.97
Beta Driver used: 310.33

First test is Battle field 3 on a empty 64 player server on metro conquest
Aprox 2 min run through

1080p



Single Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
5075, 65318, 55, 107, 77.697

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
9467, 67689, 92, 199, 139.860

Tri Sli Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
10693, 67080, 109, 201, 159.407

1440p

Single Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
3717, 70153, 40, 69, 52.984

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
5501, 64101, 61, 108, 85.818

Tri Sli Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
4887, 61386, 59, 94, 79.611

Ok so Bf3 does not scale well at 1440p with these drivers how ever here are the beta drivers 310.33

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
6088, 63149, 72, 126, 96.407

Tri Sli Gtx 680 1440p


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
8186, 61262, 94, 181, 133.623

The new beta drivers made no difference what so ever for 1080p with Tri Gtx 680 (on a second test done the beta drivers seem to use less gpu usage over all and about a 10-20 frame rate loss)

Dirt 2 Game play Race 1 (Ultra Preset used)
Driver used: 306.97



1080p

Single Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
16621, 121712, 117, 160, 136.560

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
22970, 123662, 142, 227, 185.748

Tri Sli Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
20382, 122430, 140, 189, 166.479

*** I had a lot of issues with this game and driver crashes so i gave up on 1440p sli as it crashed every time i ran the test***

1440p

Single Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
12460, 127125, 54, 117, 98.014

Tri Sli Gtx 680


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
22531, 119903, 150, 233, 187.910

Tri Sli Gtx 680 (Beta Driver used for this one test only)


Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
24293, 124161, 157, 238, 195.657

Witcher 2 (1 Arena run through)
Driver used: 306.97

1080p



Settings used for all 3 tests (This is ultra settings with vsync off and ubersampling off)


Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
2150, 29952, 63, 77, 71.782

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
4638, 35864, 74, 152, 129.322

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
3312, 23119, 83, 182, 143.259

1440p



Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1004, 23010, 41, 47, 43.633

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
3004, 34460, 78, 95, 87.174

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
2167, 35708, 48, 70, 60.687

***Ubersample time***

1080p



Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
925, 28845, 28, 36, 32.068

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1951, 32183, 53, 70, 60.622

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1809, 26037, 56, 82, 69.478

1440p



Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
566, 30482, 16, 21, 18.568

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1315, 36535, 27, 42, 35.993

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1725, 31169, 50, 61, 55.343

Ok finally at the half way point and time for beta drivers

1080p



Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
2251, 31684, 42, 80, 71.045

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
4863, 34336, 121, 166, 141.630

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
6321, 35116, 102, 209, 180.003

1440p



Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1460, 31855, 39, 53, 45.833

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1968, 40716, 31, 54, 48.335

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
4133, 32027, 118, 156, 129.047

Ubersampling

1080p



Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1315, 40326, 27, 37, 32.609

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1793, 31013, 43, 65, 57.814

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
2538, 28283, 76, 104, 89.736

1440p



Single Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
588, 31559, 16, 22, 18.632

Gtx 680 Sli With third card running Phys x

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
894, 30857, 26, 32, 28.972

Tri Sli Gtx 680

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
1226, 31075, 33, 45, 39.453

any more game requests pm me for the games you want to see.

 

[ASUSfreak]

Nice to know... So scaling from 1 --> 2 is still good, but from 2 --> 3 seems like a waste of money...

But where's the 1440p test?

 

[Mhill2029]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASUSfreak

Nice to know... So scaling from 1 --> 2 is still good, but from 2 --> 3 seems like a waste of money...
But where's the 1440p test?

Yeah beyond 2 is pointless @ 1080p, i too am curious about the 1440p test. Should have done these tests myself, but i've sold all my cards now.

 

[Hoodz]

Im pretty sure with the newer beta drivers bf3 runs better because i was using them earlier today at 1440 with tri sli. Yea the scaling is pretty ****ty at 1080p but i have found 2 games that utilize them fully at the moment and that is metro 2033 & The witcher 2.

 

[Hoodz]

I intend on doing a whole bunch of games with both these drivers at 1080p and 1440p what would you like to see next metro 2033 or the witcher 2

 

[Mhill2029]

Nice results, damn those BETA's made an impression in TRI SLI.

Good work + Rep

 

[Hoodz]

I just bought this 1440p to do these test and im impressed with how well they scale and how 1440p looks. How ever next time i will always choose a 120hz monitor over a 1440p until they release a 120hz 1440p non catleap / overlord monitor. I personally find it no way near as smooth. Plus the 6ms response time would not help either. So to any one looking to make the choice of 1440p and 120hz i would say this if you intend to game and only game get the 120hz & if you plan only to do photo editing and web browsing then i would recommend the 1440p. But if you want both i would choose 120hz over 1440p.

 

[Mhill2029]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoodz

I just bought this 1440p to do these test and im impressed with how well they scale and how 1440p looks. How ever next time i will always choose a 120hz monitor over a 1440p until they release a 120hz 1440p non catleap / overlord monitor. I personally find it no way near as smooth. Plus the 6ms response time would not help either. So to any one looking to make the choice of 1440p and 120hz i would say this if you intend to game and only game get the 120hz & if you plan only to do photo editing and web browsing then i would recommend the 1440p. But if you want both i would choose 120hz over 1440p.

Exactly, i would love to jump in @ 1440p but 60Hz would ruin my FPS experience. Especially in a TRI or 4-Way SLI config that i'll be using. And i'm not a fan of those overlord/catleaps either, since they are IPS. Pixel responsiveness would be poor once the panels are pushed over 60Hz, sure it's nice to have the colour accuracy and picture quality/viewing angles of an IPS with a higher refresh rate. Screen tearing would be gone, but you'd be left with motion blur in it's place. Not good....

This is why 120Hz will never be seen in an IPS panel (officially) and will only be TN, well until OLED comes along at affordable prices.

 

[Hoodz]

I am going to do the witcher in the next couple of hours would you like to see both ubersampling and with out ubersampling at both 1080p and 1440p or just ubersampling?

 

[Hoodz]

updated with dirt 2 results

 

[omeds]

Hey m8, I also have 3-way SLI 680's, and also use both 1080p 120hz and 1440p monitors.

I see scaling similar to your final results with 310.33 drivers, however I have for a while even with older driver sets, that is to say ~80% scaling of the 3rd cards potential, which is pretty close to your 310.33 figures (77%).

 

[ASUSfreak]

Alright, the 1440p test is in!

Nice thread!

Can you believe what the REAL power of todays hardware COULD be... It's the stupid driver holding it back...

Anyway so 120Hz (or the ASUS 144Hz) seems to be my next upgrade... and not higher than 1200p is needed (gaming)

 

[Hoodz]

I am gonna get some witcher 2 results today with ubersampling on and off doing 1 round of there arena mode and i have already played around with the two drivers i have been using and there is gonna be some interesting results.

 

[Hoodz]

updated Witcher 2 now added
Next 4-5 hours i will have the beta tests done

 

[Hoodz]

updated

 

[OmegaRED.]

You did a fantastic job with these results I've wondered for a while if Tri-SLI scaling improved lately but it looks like theres an underlying issue with either Keplers hardware or the drivers thats holding back performance.

 

[almighty15]

Nvidia's scaling is horrible, even with 2 cards!

 

[JohnnyChuttz]

Nice work, Thanks.

 

[Swolern]

Hoodz are you having any problems with BF3? It seems after Battlelog updated itself a few weeks back I have been getting intermittent gpu downclocked speeds and horrible utilization 30% or below. This only happens when I go through Battlelog. When i play SP though offline Origin i have no problems.

The same problem in MOHW when going through Battlelog only. In game menu to MP has no problems.

These problems only happen in 3-4way SLI. 2way is perfect. All cards were tested in different locations and pairings.

 

[Hoodz]

i diddnt notice the downclocking speeds but the utilization was lower than normal i just put that down to the new beta drivers.