GTX 480's SLI & 3D Surround - Who's GOT IT?!
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I will give my 2 cents on performance. After reading some of the posts by some of you with nice rigs and 2x380gtx Sli. that you have jsut ok FPS on just cause2 and Metro 2033. I ran the games last night to test them out and Im getting awesome FPS. I think the issue maybe a bottleneck with your i7 920 OC proc. Im running my 965 OC at 4.1Ghz @ 200 and have 83fps average with 3D on in Metro.

Rig
Asus Rampage II extreme
i7 965 oc 4.1Ghz @200fsb
6GB Dom Ram running 8,8,8,24,t1 running over 1600Mhz+
2x480GTX OC 1500/1900 Volt increase .25(lots more headroom but not enough cooling for long term playing)
X-fi Fra1lty

Now this week I should get my i7 980 6core for testing as well the new EVGA rampage extreme III

I did find that even with lots offloading to the GPU the CPU still seems to affect the frames alot. the i7 980 should prove this for me.

As to running 3 monitors in 3dvision surround it should be the same as what you get with 2 cards on a single monitor.

The games above I have maxed everything out. and I mean everything. I run the highest AA and AF that it will support and all the pretty effects too. With out 3D my fps are crazy.

So will these run games well in surround I am very sure they will run perfectly pending the rest of your hardware is not bottlenecking them.
I will give my 2 cents on performance. After reading some of the posts by some of you with nice rigs and 2x380gtx Sli. that you have jsut ok FPS on just cause2 and Metro 2033. I ran the games last night to test them out and Im getting awesome FPS. I think the issue maybe a bottleneck with your i7 920 OC proc. Im running my 965 OC at 4.1Ghz @ 200 and have 83fps average with 3D on in Metro.



Rig

Asus Rampage II extreme

i7 965 oc 4.1Ghz @200fsb

6GB Dom Ram running 8,8,8,24,t1 running over 1600Mhz+

2x480GTX OC 1500/1900 Volt increase .25(lots more headroom but not enough cooling for long term playing)

X-fi Fra1lty



Now this week I should get my i7 980 6core for testing as well the new EVGA rampage extreme III



I did find that even with lots offloading to the GPU the CPU still seems to affect the frames alot. the i7 980 should prove this for me.



As to running 3 monitors in 3dvision surround it should be the same as what you get with 2 cards on a single monitor.



The games above I have maxed everything out. and I mean everything. I run the highest AA and AF that it will support and all the pretty effects too. With out 3D my fps are crazy.



So will these run games well in surround I am very sure they will run perfectly pending the rest of your hardware is not bottlenecking them.

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Posted 05/07/2010 07:58 PM   
[quote name='chiz' post='1049792' date='May 3 2010, 02:23 PM']Hi, glad it helped clarify some things a bit.

1) Yes they demonstrated 3D Vision Surround and Nvidia Surround at CES and CeBit, but they very clearly stated those drivers would not be released until a later date. I never said the drivers were Beta, if anything they would be in closed Beta for internal testing. What you saw at CeBit were specific applications demonstrating the technology as I'm sure Nvidia took the time to QA those titles prior to public consumption.....so simply assuming the technology is ready to be released for a wide variety of games without similar QA would be unrealistic. Nvidia never made a promise or a specific delivery date for these drivers, it was mentioned the drivers were scheduled for April, but as we've seen with GF100 delays happen.
2) Should work fine from Windows display properties, as for why Windows should rightfully be in control of this functionality, it would have to if you're running more than 1 display adapter, especially with different vendor cards like ATI + Nvidia.
3) Again, do you buy the horse first, or the carriage? The reviews all very clearly stated the 256 drivers were not ready at launch and as a result, 3D Vision Surround functionality wasn't functional. Not sure how this is unclear or deceptive.
4) EMI can certainly cause problems with any internal S/PDIF routing, you can try a better shielded cable (simply wrapping the cable in rubber sleeving or aluminum foil actually works), if you're getting clipping you can try changing your Windows audio sampling rate from 48KHz or 96KHz to 44.1KHz.
5) Actually every GD245HQ review I've seen has clearly stated 2D color/image deficiencies consistent with all TN panels. They certainly didn't claim an updated 120Hz TN would somehow solve all the known problems and inherent issues with TN panel technology. The fact you're comparing a 30 inch IPS panel that costs $1000+ to a $400 TN panel just reinforces your expectations exceed the level of effort you've put into researching these topics.

This actually reminds me a lot of the 8800GTX/Ultra launch where 3-way SLI wasn't launched until over a year after the 8800GTX was released with the rumors/hints and expecations the extra SLI connectors were for 3-way SLI. Should Nvidia have waited to release those cards until 3-way SLI was ready? Or did it make more sense to launch the cards first and then release the functionality when it was ready?

Anyways, maybe Dickens should've written "Csaba73's Great Expectations [of Nvidia]" :-)[/quote]

Actually for 4) this is an issue with that motherboard. update the bios. I had that series of board and they had alot of issues with sli on 280gtx and up. 790i where riddled with issue.
[quote name='chiz' post='1049792' date='May 3 2010, 02:23 PM']Hi, glad it helped clarify some things a bit.



1) Yes they demonstrated 3D Vision Surround and Nvidia Surround at CES and CeBit, but they very clearly stated those drivers would not be released until a later date. I never said the drivers were Beta, if anything they would be in closed Beta for internal testing. What you saw at CeBit were specific applications demonstrating the technology as I'm sure Nvidia took the time to QA those titles prior to public consumption.....so simply assuming the technology is ready to be released for a wide variety of games without similar QA would be unrealistic. Nvidia never made a promise or a specific delivery date for these drivers, it was mentioned the drivers were scheduled for April, but as we've seen with GF100 delays happen.

2) Should work fine from Windows display properties, as for why Windows should rightfully be in control of this functionality, it would have to if you're running more than 1 display adapter, especially with different vendor cards like ATI + Nvidia.

3) Again, do you buy the horse first, or the carriage? The reviews all very clearly stated the 256 drivers were not ready at launch and as a result, 3D Vision Surround functionality wasn't functional. Not sure how this is unclear or deceptive.

4) EMI can certainly cause problems with any internal S/PDIF routing, you can try a better shielded cable (simply wrapping the cable in rubber sleeving or aluminum foil actually works), if you're getting clipping you can try changing your Windows audio sampling rate from 48KHz or 96KHz to 44.1KHz.

5) Actually every GD245HQ review I've seen has clearly stated 2D color/image deficiencies consistent with all TN panels. They certainly didn't claim an updated 120Hz TN would somehow solve all the known problems and inherent issues with TN panel technology. The fact you're comparing a 30 inch IPS panel that costs $1000+ to a $400 TN panel just reinforces your expectations exceed the level of effort you've put into researching these topics.



This actually reminds me a lot of the 8800GTX/Ultra launch where 3-way SLI wasn't launched until over a year after the 8800GTX was released with the rumors/hints and expecations the extra SLI connectors were for 3-way SLI. Should Nvidia have waited to release those cards until 3-way SLI was ready? Or did it make more sense to launch the cards first and then release the functionality when it was ready?



Anyways, maybe Dickens should've written "Csaba73's Great Expectations [of Nvidia]" :-)



Actually for 4) this is an issue with that motherboard. update the bios. I had that series of board and they had alot of issues with sli on 280gtx and up. 790i where riddled with issue.

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Posted 05/07/2010 08:01 PM   
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