GeForce 280 GTX Tri-SLI Tested - Crysis Finally Playable?

jmke · 19th June 2008, 09:01

Have a look at that folks, I can finally play the game on my 30" Dell monitor

Obviously it ridiculous how much money we had to spend to achieve that. But yeah .. a truly amazing experience and phenomenal performance. 3-way SLI scales well .. very well.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...review-test/10

jmke · 19th June 2008, 09:30

More Tri-SLI benchies http://firingsquad.com/hardware/nvid...nce/page13.asp

wutske · 19th June 2008, 10:14

Strange, going from 2way to 3way yields higher improvements than going from single to 2way

jmke · 19th June 2008, 10:18

previous Tri-SLI with G92 by Anandtech showed much lower increase going from 2 to 3. Either GTX 280 has much improved handling and dealing with 2+ SLI, or testing of both Firingquad & Guru is flawed

some games really scale well with 3-SLI (3x the performance) others hardly notice difference between 2 and 3 SLI

thorgal · 19th June 2008, 10:27

In the above graph, 8800GT SLI is also not faster than single 280GTX

jmke · 19th June 2008, 11:09

512Mb on 8800 GT is the cause my friend

2560x1600 with 4xAA/16xAF needs more memory.

check this result from Anandtech at 1600x1200

1600x1200 4xAA
GTX280: 109FPS
GT SLI: 109FPS

also notice that 9800GX2 at 1920x1200 is on par/cheaper than GTX 280.

only people with 30" LCD should consider GTX280; all lower resolutions can find better price/performance products

19th June 2008, 09:01	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	GeForce 280 GTX Tri-SLI Tested - Crysis Finally Playable? Have a look at that folks, I can finally play the game on my 30" Dell monitor Obviously it ridiculous how much money we had to spend to achieve that. But yeah .. a truly amazing experience and phenomenal performance. 3-way SLI scales well .. very well. http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...review-test/10 __________________

19th June 2008, 09:30	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	More Tri-SLI benchies http://firingsquad.com/hardware/nvid...nce/page13.asp __________________

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19th June 2008, 10:18	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	previous Tri-SLI with G92 by Anandtech showed much lower increase going from 2 to 3. Either GTX 280 has much improved handling and dealing with 2+ SLI, or testing of both Firingquad & Guru is flawed some games really scale well with 3-SLI (3x the performance) others hardly notice difference between 2 and 3 SLI __________________

19th June 2008, 10:27	#5
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,891	In the above graph, 8800GT SLI is also not faster than single 280GTX __________________

19th June 2008, 11:09	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	512Mb on 8800 GT is the cause my friend 2560x1600 with 4xAA/16xAF needs more memory. check this result from Anandtech at 1600x1200 1600x1200 4xAA GTX280: 109FPS GT SLI: 109FPS also notice that 9800GX2 at 1920x1200 is on par/cheaper than GTX 280. only people with 30" LCD should consider GTX280; all lower resolutions can find better price/performance products Attached Thumbnails __________________

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