GTX 590 Quad Sli Performance Issues

[Cupell08]

Hello, a few months ago I got a new pc with liquid cooled GTX 590 Quad Sli expecting amazing performance on games running at max settings in 1080p. People said i was going overboard getting quad sli for just a single 1080p display.

Overall some games run flawlessly, consistently 60 fps, but there have been many with poor performance such as Mass Effect 3, Skyrim, Future Soldier, Borderlands 2, etc, and most recently Medal of Honor Warfighter. These games would run at low fps and stutter at max settings in 1080p.

Lowering the settings would cause a performance increase but i thought quad sli 590 is more than capable of running these games at these settings.

Am I doing something wrong or are Gtx 590 in Quad Sli not enough to run certain games at max settings in 1080p?

 

[brandon888]

what is your psu ? and other details ? cpu . ram ect ....

 

[T_Yamamoto]

1) other details (PC specs)
2) you went overboard for sure.
I think that the QUAD part is causing the problem.

 

[Cupell08]

1) other details (PC specs)
2) you went overboard for sure.
I think that the QUAD part is causing the problem.

1) i7 2600k, 16GB DDR3 RAM, CyberpowerPC Overclocking, 1500 w psu, Asus Sabertooth P67

2) ik

Taking off quad sli helps in most cases but not by much

 

[boxleitnerb]

Maybe too little VRAM? What fps are you having in the games where you experience stuttering?

 

[Cupell08]

Maybe too little VRAM? What fps are you having in the games where you experience stuttering?

Im not sure the exact fps , issues vary depending on the game. Usually Its not 60fps, feels slugish, must be 30 - 40 fps.

My main question though is if gtx 590 is enough to run games flawlessly over 60fps at max settings in 1080p. From what ive seen its not so I cant help but wonder if i actually did go overboard?

 

[boxleitnerb]

Check with EVGA precision, enable the OSD (on screen display) and let it display GPU usage for all 4 GPUs and fps.
You could lower texture resolution significantly. If the stuttering is gone, it's the VRAM.

 

[Cupell08]

Check with EVGA precision, enable the OSD (on screen display) and let it display GPU usage for all 4 GPUs and fps.
You could lower texture resolution significantly. If the stuttering is gone, it's the VRAM.

Ok I will give this a try.

Also I am using this thing in between the psu and wall outlet and have always wondered if it was causing problems, could this be my problem?:

CyberpowerPC:

UPS1:OPTI-UPS VS575B 575VA/345W Uninterruptible Power Supply [+46]

 

[tweakboy]

My goodness you rich or something. 4 .... 500 dollar cards 2 thousand on video cards for what ??? Heck with that 590 its fine with single mode let alone SLI ,,,,, let alone 4 of them.

Why dont you try taking out all 3 other ones and only keep the one your monitor is connected to.. so basically run on 1 590 then run these games giving you problems and get back to us. Also what driver version you using ?

 

[Cupell08]

My goodness you rich or something. 4 .... 500 dollar cards 2 thousand on video cards for what ??? Heck with that 590 its fine with single mode let alone SLI ,,,,, let alone 4 of them.

Why dont you try taking out all 3 other ones and only keep the one your monitor is connected to.. so basically run on 1 590 then run these games giving you problems and get back to us. Also what driver version you using ?

Im using latest driver from nvidia , 306.97.

I usually have multi-gpu mode disabled in nvidia control panel.

 

[tweakboy]

You should be getting 200fps on Mass 3 at all times with a quad 590 , no joke..
and Borderlands 150fps at all times no matter what scene.
Something is very wrong. BTW what motherboard do you have and has this ever worked ok ? or ever since the quad setup its always been slow like this,, man my borderlands 2 is 60fps no matter whawt 1080p 8x AA CSAA FXAA 16XAF highquality, high in game,, Ultra it cant handle, and in BF3 ultra is slow, but high is excellent 60fps at all times avg.. gl

 

[tweakboy]

Im using latest driver from nvidia , 306.97.

I usually have multi-gpu mode disabled in nvidia control panel.

Why do you have this disabled my friend.

Enable it also with your setup

put AA to 16x CSAA FSAA 16x AF high quality wI would do even 32x AA

your games should never go under 60fps with the rig you have.

but ya enable the multiple GPU in nvpanel ... then tell us. Your using a good driver set thats for sure. One of the best drivers nVidia has made. A single 590 should blow you away.

But ya if enable multuple GPU doesnt fix your problem then.

Take out 3 of the cards,, and use 1 card and play the same games and tell us how it is. also fill in your sig like they said,, and gl

 

[Cupell08]

Why do you have this disabled my friend.

Enable it also with your setup

put AA to 16x CSAA FSAA 16x AF high quality wI would do even 32x AA

your games should never go under 60fps with the rig you have.

but ya enable the multiple GPU in nvpanel ... then tell us. Your using a good driver set thats for sure. One of the best drivers nVidia has made. A single 590 should blow you away.

But ya if enable multuple GPU doesnt fix your problem then.

Take out 3 of the cards,, and use 1 card and play the same games and tell us how it is. also fill in your sig like they said,, and gl

Ok but enabling multi gpu is the same as enabling quad sli correct? I get better performance without this and people say quad sli is just for benchmarking. Also I have 2 cards (2x gtx 590) , what do you mean by taking out 3 of them?

And motherboard is Asus Sabertooth P67

 

[jacktesterson]

Why do you have this disabled my friend.

Enable it also with your setup

put AA to 16x CSAA FSAA 16x AF high quality wI would do even 32x AA

your games should never go under 60fps with the rig you have.

but ya enable the multiple GPU in nvpanel ... then tell us. Your using a good driver set thats for sure. One of the best drivers nVidia has made. A single 590 should blow you away.

But ya if enable multuple GPU doesnt fix your problem then.

Take out 3 of the cards,, and use 1 card and play the same games and tell us how it is. also fill in your sig like they said,, and gl

Its 2 cards with 2 GPU's each bud. He can remove 1 card and try just SLI. What I'd do.

 

[tweakboy]

Sorry why does it say quad .. Thought he had quad well same thing, take out the video card, and keep the one connected to your mon,,, and let us know how the games run on single 590.... gl

 

[Cupell08]

Its 2 cards with 2 GPU's each bud. He can remove 1 card and try just SLI. What I'd do.

Ok my cards are liquid cooled and im not experienced with this type of system so i cant physically remove one. Could I just disable one in device manager?

Usually I just have it set to disable Sli in Nvidia Control Panel, this isnt good enough?

 

[boxleitnerb]

You can just disable Quad SLI and enable only 2-way SLI in the control panel. No need to disable the card.

Please run one or two games where you have problems with the EVGA Precision OSD enabled and make a couple of screenshots for us.

 

[Cupell08]

You can just disable Quad SLI and enable only 2-way SLI in the control panel. No need to disable the card.

Please run one or two games where you have problems with the EVGA Precision OSD enabled and make a couple of screenshots for us.

Ok il do that now, here are the current settings in control panel, is this what it should be?

http://www.imghack.se/74598

 

[boxleitnerb]

Enable Quad-SLI and let's check that first.

 

[Cupell08]

Enable Quad-SLI and let's check that first.

everyone said to try with disabled quad sli.

 

[digitaldurandal]

Why do you have this disabled my friend.

Enable it also with your setup

put AA to 16x CSAA FSAA 16x AF high quality wI would do even 32x AA

your games should never go under 60fps with the rig you have.

but ya enable the multiple GPU in nvpanel ... then tell us. Your using a good driver set thats for sure. One of the best drivers nVidia has made. A single 590 should blow you away.

But ya if enable multuple GPU doesnt fix your problem then.

Take out 3 of the cards,, and use 1 card and play the same games and tell us how it is. also fill in your sig like they said,, and gl

Do not listen to this person. 32x AA is going to eat up your VRAM completely. This person is.. special

 

[Cupell08]

Do not listen to this person. 32x AA is going to eat up your VRAM completely. This person is.. special

ok llol. So i guess its about managing the vram, which settings take up the most so i can reduce them?

 

[boxleitnerb]

everyone said to try with disabled quad sli.

Try both. I mean you have 4 GPUs, why not use them? You can reduce texture details to reduce VRAM usage.

 

[Jacky60]

Do not listen to this person. 32x AA is going to eat up your VRAM completely. This person is.. special

He's right, with the greatest respect it's not a good idea to listen to anyone who thinks 590 quad sli is 4 cards. The 32AA suggestion is to put it mildly not very wise. Also make sure your cpu cores aren't parked and try running games with and without multigpu disabled. I don't know if Nvidia multi gpu disabled will stop all but one of your gpu's working I'd strongly suspect it will just disable one card (2 gpu's). You have limited vram so don't try upping aa much more than 4x or possibly 8x.

 

[SpeedTester]

Hello, a few months ago I got a new pc with liquid cooled GTX 590 Quad Sli expecting amazing performance on games running at max settings in 1080p. People said i was going overboard getting quad sli for just a single 1080p display.

Overall some games fun flawlessly, consistently 60 fps, but there have been many with poor performance such as Mass Effect 3, Skyrim, Future Soldier, Borderlands 2, etc, and most recently Medal of Honor Warfighter. These games would run at low fps and stutter at max settings in 1080p.

Lowering the settings would cause a performance increase but i thought quad sli 590 is more than capable of running these games at these settings.

Am I doing something wrong or are Gtx 590 in Quad Sli not enough to run certain games at max settings in 1080p?

If all else fails, check your load temps of your video cards. You stated you dont have much experience in water cooling and I'm wondering if you have air in your setup, this is an open loop setup correct? Is your whole system water cooled or just the video cards?