People with i7 Tri SLI setups

**john19055** · 03-20-09, 12:35 PM

Do you get a good boost adding a third GTX 280 card.I got nearly all my stuff to put together my i7 system.I bought a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 and it seem to get pretty good reviews and supoose to be a good overclocking motherboard and my i7 920 CPU with 6gigs of OCZ DDR 1600 memory.I been looking at reviews ,but some look good and some don't.I would like to hear from some people who are running three GTX 280 cards and is it worth it ,or is a better card comeing out soon.

**bacon12** · 03-20-09, 01:24 PM

Probably wasting the money unless you are at resolutions really high like 2560.

**john19055** · 03-20-09, 06:54 PM

I just have a 24' monitor so 1920x1200 is the highest I can go.

Uberpwnage · 03-20-09, 07:33 PM

I'm sure they can be put to use at 1920, the only question is how much are you willing to spend for maybe a 20-30% improvement, something that may not even be visible in most games. However, if you plan on upgrading to 2560x1600 in the near future and can't afford to buy all new cards, you may want to go ahead and buy a third one because they're becoming increasingly scarce and more expensive as they do.

Muppet · 03-20-09, 07:48 PM

I went from only one card to 3 x 280's. There is a big boost in FPS. I never did just try with 2 cards though. Crysis is smooth as @ 1920x1200 8xaa 16xaf all settings maxed. So it was worth it for me.

**john19055** · 03-21-09, 08:31 PM

How does the three work when your cards are not the same frequecy.I know with my 680i SLI ,which ever one was in the first slot ,that was the frequecy they both ran at.I have a BFG GTX280 OCX and a plain BFG ,but it had no problem running at the higher speeds.

Muppet · 03-21-09, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john19055

How does the three work when your cards are not the same frequecy.I know with my 680i SLI ,which ever one was in the first slot ,that was the frequecy they both ran at.I have a BFG GTX280 OCX and a plain BFG ,but it had no problem running at the higher speeds.

It's the same for the Tri setup. All cards run at the speed of the card in the first PCI-e x16 slot.

03-20-09, 12:35 PM	#1
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	People with i7 Tri SLI setups Do you get a good boost adding a third GTX 280 card.I got nearly all my stuff to put together my i7 system.I bought a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 and it seem to get pretty good reviews and supoose to be a good overclocking motherboard and my i7 920 CPU with 6gigs of OCZ DDR 1600 memory.I been looking at reviews ,but some look good and some don't.I would like to hear from some people who are running three GTX 280 cards and is it worth it ,or is a better card comeing out soon. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

03-20-09, 01:24 PM	#2
bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,536	Re: People with i7 Tri SLI setups Probably wasting the money unless you are at resolutions really high like 2560.

03-20-09, 06:54 PM	#3
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: People with i7 Tri SLI setups I just have a 24' monitor so 1920x1200 is the highest I can go. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

03-20-09, 07:33 PM	#4
Uberpwnage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 898	Re: People with i7 Tri SLI setups I'm sure they can be put to use at 1920, the only question is how much are you willing to spend for maybe a 20-30% improvement, something that may not even be visible in most games. However, if you plan on upgrading to 2560x1600 in the near future and can't afford to buy all new cards, you may want to go ahead and buy a third one because they're becoming increasingly scarce and more expensive as they do. __________________ Core i7 980x @ 4.4GHz - EK Supreme HF - BlackIce GTX 360 - MCP655 - Rampage II Extreme BIOS 1639 - EVGA GTX 480 SLI - Corsair Dominator 3x2GB DDR3 1600 2 x 1TB Samsung F1 RAID 0 - Plextor PX-880SA DVD Burner - Dell 3008WFP - Silverstone Zeus 1200w PSU - Lian Li PC-P80 - Razer Mamba - Logitech G15 v2 Windows 7 x64, 3DMark06:30000, 3DMark Vantage: P38000 Eurocom M860TU: X9100 - 9800M GT - 2x2GB OCZ DDR3 1333 - 320GB 7200rpm - 15.4in 1920x1200

03-20-09, 07:48 PM	#5
Muppet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 3,107	Re: People with i7 Tri SLI setups I went from only one card to 3 x 280's. There is a big boost in FPS. I never did just try with 2 cards though. Crysis is smooth as @ 1920x1200 8xaa 16xaf all settings maxed. So it was worth it for me.

03-21-09, 08:31 PM	#6
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: People with i7 Tri SLI setups How does the three work when your cards are not the same frequecy.I know with my 680i SLI ,which ever one was in the first slot ,that was the frequecy they both ran at.I have a BFG GTX280 OCX and a plain BFG ,but it had no problem running at the higher speeds. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

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