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2x GTX285 in SLI vs. 1x GTX295

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Criss-AC   08-22-2009 at 09:47:55 AM
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Following a thread that I've posted yesterday I learnt that if you SLI two cards you get more performance only if the application is designed to work in a SLI configuration.

How that works? :o What happens if I have a SLI configuration, but the application does not work in SLI? Will I be using only one card while second stays idle? Is there a way to "force" an application (game, photo or video editor, whatever) to recognize my second card as well? Or, how would I know if the application uses only one card or both?

(I am particularily speaking about SLI-ing 2 GTX285 vs. having 1 GTX295)

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obsidian86   08-22-2009 at 09:57:21 AM
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most dx10 configurations will utilise sli and 285 in sli will kill a 295 aka 275 sli

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Criss-AC   08-22-2009 at 10:15:13 AM
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obsidian86 wrote :

http://tech-reviews.co.uk/news/asu [...] ics-cards/


So the world's fastest card is built on a GTX285 GPU platform. And if I think, if you quad-SLI a GTX285, you get somewhere around that price too. This says a lot. A lot of things got clear for me now -- thanks! :bounce:

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obsidian86   08-22-2009 at 10:20:13 AM
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actually quad sli 285 isn't as good it doesn scale after tri sli

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boulard83   08-22-2009 at 08:14:58 PM
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3sli GTX285 is better vs QUADgtx295.

3 SLI GTX285 with 4.0ghz I7 = awesome rig ( quite useless ;) )

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Helloworld_98   08-22-2009 at 08:17:34 PM
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^ I bet you dual EVGA CO-OP GTX 295 FTW's would beat triple GTX 285's.

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boulard83   08-23-2009 at 05:59:46 PM
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IF your using I7. 3 GTX285 OCed as well as the FTW GTX295 ..... 3SLI GTX285 still win ... guess why !

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