EVE General Discussion

I'm about to build a new machine and am considering using a cross fire/SLI set up. Do any of you play on such a set up and is it of any benefit doing it. I currently play on 2 monitors running a ati HD7770 which runs the game on max graphics no problem.
so is it of any benefit building my new rig round a cross fire setup?

The complications that come with sli / crossfire outweigh most of the positives, your far better off getting a better single GPU.

the problem with sli / cross most of the time is when you read benchmark scores they look great, but in practice you wont see a huge difference. not to mention the extra power consumption.

a good 7950 will OC pretty easily to be onpar with a 680, at a fraction of the cost.

but to answer your question more seriously we'd need to knwo the res your playing each of those monitor on.


but a a rough answer : yes sli will work when ever applicable, regardless of the application. However, if your running multiple client in window mode, unless they changed it, it wont be applicable.

some reading for you :
http://lifehacker.com/5994276/is-it-worth-it-to-run-two-graphics-cards-in-my-gaming-pc

It is always better to have one really strong card instead of two cards in SLI.

For EVE no. Different consideration to be taken if you play other games too tho.

He means it's better to have a high end than 2 mid range for example. The same TOTAL price point but more performance. But sadly he's still wrong these days because the high end prices are too damn high for it to work that way anymore.

To clarify a final reply of what others are saying before this turns into a battle of the brainless as it already seems to be,

pros of dual gpu :

Better performance in theory

higher resolutions on multiple monitors ( if you have 2x 1920 res there no point in dual )


cons :
most games don't support it on release, meaning you'll forever be waiting for driver to play them properly, or have to play them on 1 less powerful gpu instead of just buying a more powerful gpu to begin with.

stuttering is still an issue, albeit less common now a days. still just the fact it can happen makes it a ball ache.

Its not an simple as buying 2 cheaper gpus, you'll end running out of Vram and all sorts of problems. read this to make sure your current card is worth while using cross fire on :

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/245454-33-crossfire-faqs

Cross fire is still behind SLI, where as value for money a single amd card is better then a nvidea at the moment.

Scaling is still terrible in some games


but my ultimate advise is
: single gpu. save yourself the hassle.
: Don't ask for advise on a computer game forums, check out toms hardware, we'll help you build your whole system there.


And to everyone else : don't bother replying, i don't care.

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