2-480's + 1-285? Need thoughts from someone smarter than me!
I've been waiting for this for months having 3-2233rz's in 2d sitting in front of me...

I have an ASUS P6T with a 920 and pulling out my 285 and putting the 2-480's in the X16 slots and sli. Does it make sense to put the 285 in the X4 (non-sli) slot. I see a couple comments about making the extra card (285) run the PhysX?

This obviously with the new drivers. I was able to get my hands on the 3D_vision_CD_v1.27 beta yesterday from Nvidia going through the EVGA website. Ran this on a test machine with 1-480 on Acer 5360 in 3D. Need for Speed and Flat Out was cool!! Dirt 2 in Non-3d great.

Anyway, would appreciate some thoughts on using the 3 cards.
Thanks!
I've been waiting for this for months having 3-2233rz's in 2d sitting in front of me...



I have an ASUS P6T with a 920 and pulling out my 285 and putting the 2-480's in the X16 slots and sli. Does it make sense to put the 285 in the X4 (non-sli) slot. I see a couple comments about making the extra card (285) run the PhysX?



This obviously with the new drivers. I was able to get my hands on the 3D_vision_CD_v1.27 beta yesterday from Nvidia going through the EVGA website. Ran this on a test machine with 1-480 on Acer 5360 in 3D. Need for Speed and Flat Out was cool!! Dirt 2 in Non-3d great.



Anyway, would appreciate some thoughts on using the 3 cards.

Thanks!

#1
Posted 06/13/2010 06:33 PM   
do a search i tested this out a while ago-includes benchmarks. it depends on the games you run. the cards run much hotter. consider water cooling the 480's. it does run faster in some games.
do a search i tested this out a while ago-includes benchmarks. it depends on the games you run. the cards run much hotter. consider water cooling the 480's. it does run faster in some games.

System:

Intel I7 920 overclocked to 4ghz

Asus Rampage Extreme II

2 Ge-force 480 in SLI

GTX 295 PhysX Card

12gb ddr3 2000mhz ram

Intel SSD in RAID 0

BR RW

1000w Sony surround sound

NVIDIA 3D Vision



3d displays tested:



Mitsubishi 65" DLP 3d HDTV (good old 1080p checkerboard since 2007!!!)

Panasonic VT25 (nice 2d but I returned it due to cross talk)

Acer H5360 720p on 130" screen (the best 3d)

23" Acer LCD monitor (horrible cross talk- sold it)

Samsung 65D8000

#2
Posted 06/13/2010 06:36 PM   
I'm using a GTX 280 for PhysX at the moment, and it's massive overkill as a dedicated PhysX card, the most I've seen it get used was 30% and that was in Batman AA [the most optimized PhysX game], which suggests you would only really need a GTX 250.

Having said that You will be better off with it, than without it.
I'm using a GTX 280 for PhysX at the moment, and it's massive overkill as a dedicated PhysX card, the most I've seen it get used was 30% and that was in Batman AA [the most optimized PhysX game], which suggests you would only really need a GTX 250.



Having said that You will be better off with it, than without it.

#3
Posted 06/13/2010 07:15 PM   
+1 to what the others said.

I went from 2x280 to 2x480 and kept 1 of the 280 for a bit debating whether or not to use it for a dedicated PhysX PPU. But the 480s can get much hotter even spaced apart in my Antec 1200 and there's just so few games that make use of a dedicated PhysX GPU. Plus, with 2x480 and the Vsync/frame cap of 60FPS, you have a lot of extra GPU time on one of your two 480s which frees up additional processing for PhysX as needed. Just not worth it imo so I ended up selling the 2nd 280 off while it still holds some value. Just try out the few games that really make use of GPU PhysX: Batman, Dark Void, Darkest of Days, Cryostasis and see if you manage 60FPS capped without the dedicated PhysX GPU, if you can, then there's no need for the 285 for PhysX.
+1 to what the others said.



I went from 2x280 to 2x480 and kept 1 of the 280 for a bit debating whether or not to use it for a dedicated PhysX PPU. But the 480s can get much hotter even spaced apart in my Antec 1200 and there's just so few games that make use of a dedicated PhysX GPU. Plus, with 2x480 and the Vsync/frame cap of 60FPS, you have a lot of extra GPU time on one of your two 480s which frees up additional processing for PhysX as needed. Just not worth it imo so I ended up selling the 2nd 280 off while it still holds some value. Just try out the few games that really make use of GPU PhysX: Batman, Dark Void, Darkest of Days, Cryostasis and see if you manage 60FPS capped without the dedicated PhysX GPU, if you can, then there's no need for the 285 for PhysX.

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#4
Posted 06/13/2010 07:46 PM   
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