Gigabyte GTS 250 1GB GDDR3 SLI for BF3

[gibbs007]

Hi, guys. I wanna build a new computer for video rendering and playing games (BF3). I've got all set up, except for the GPU. Since HD7950 is supposed to come out in January, I was thinking about using my old GTS 250 and put them in SLI. Would they be enough to run BF3 on 23" 1080p on low settings 40+ FPS?

Specs: i7 2600k, AsRock Extreme3 Gen3, 16GB DDR3 1333, Thermaltake 650W

Thanks

 

[nurturedhate]

Usually a 250 is somewhere between a 4870 and a 4850. I ran bf3 on a 4870 1gb xfire setup at 1680x1050 on medium/high settings and would see low 40s on occasion. The difference between 1680x1050 and 1080p is roughly 20% I believe. You should be able to average 40+ with that setup. Your psu should also be fine as 4870s in xfire are going to pull about 30-50 watts more than 250 sli. Btw, I am using an i5 2400 at 3.7, the 40+ fps was in 64player mp on the larger maps like caspian, kharg and firestorm.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Yes, they should be enough to run the game well.

 

[nenforcer]

I ran it on low with my dual 9800GT 512MB GDDR3 in SLI. Much better if you have the 1GB GTS 250 in SLI, should allow you to go up to 1080P on Medium.

 

[gibbs007]

Thank for the answers. One new question: this motherboard (Asrock Z68 Ext3 Gen3) has two PCI-E that work at 8x speed. All tests that I saw are made on two 16x PCI-E. What is the difference?

 

[fffblackmage]

^ 1% maybe? There's more than enough bandwidth provide by 8x PCIe lanes that you wouldn't notice it's not 16x.