1x, 2x, 3x GTX260 + 1x, 2x GTX680 Scaling

[ParseMeHard]

Got my new build, but thought it would be interesting to see some scaling results with these cards in current 3DMark tests, vs each other.

To note, 3DMark06 and Vantage were not using default settings.

3DMark06 Settings:
Resolution: 1920x1090
Anti-Aliasing: 8AA (Quality: 3)
Texture Filtering: Anisotropic (Anisotropic Level: 16)

3DMark Vantage Settings:
Extreme Preset

3DMark11 Settings:
Default

I tried to include all the CPU/GPU Settings in the spreadsheet. I have the .XLS and official .3DR files if anyone would like them.

I figured it would be interesting to see some before and after results.

3DMark06 Professional:

3DMark Vantage:

3DMark11:

 

[aaksheytalwar]

In real world games the gtx 680 will be much faster than the gtx 260 tri sli.

 

[boxleitnerb]

You are CPU bottlenecked with SLI. Use real games or at least 3DMark 11 with the extreme preset. P-Preset is 720p and severly CPU dependent.

 

[UaVaj]

a little tough love (no pun intended)

most games only utilize 2 cores and some overflow to the 3rd core. those 5 core are on vacation.

that AMD is not cutting it when SLI is enabled. need a i7-3770K and OC it to 4.5GHz

also those type of benchmarks are only good for bragging rights among the geeks. worthless to most of us. perhap post average fps and minimum fps from popular games. now that be useful to us and to quantify your upgrade.