GTX 690 Has Arrived

[Don Karnage]

If only i could SLI a 670 with a 690 :'(

 

[N4n45h1]

I can't wait to see results 😀

 

[Ferzerp]

Actually, can you SLI a 690 with a 680?

 

[Phishy714]

Actually, can you SLI a 690 with a 680?

That is a good question - I don't see why not since 3 way SLI is possible.

 

[chimaxi83]

I thought Nvidia only lets you SLI the same model cards?

 

[Don Karnage]

I thought Nvidia only lets you SLI the same model cards?

They do :thumbsdown:

 

[JTsyo]

Maybe you can.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Ha, you can see the bottleneck in that system!

670 vs 680 is much closer performance wise, seems reasonable for at least Tri SLI Donny.


Also those cards are loud in the video 🙁

 

[blackened23]

The beast results are in:

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3696103

17328 combined

21362 G

Not done OC'ing yet! This is stable in all games too

 

[Ferzerp]

I thought Nvidia only lets you SLI the same model cards?

a 690 is two 680's sli'ed (and slightly slower, but clock speed doesn't matter with sli) on 1 pcb is why i ask.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

The beast results are in:

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3696103

17328 combined

21362 G

Not done OC'ing yet! This is stable in all games too

We want to see Tri SLI with a 670 added! 😛

 

[Ferzerp]

If that's two 690's I feel bad for you because my two 680s get that with the most recent drivers.

 

[chimaxi83]

a 690 is two 680's sli'ed (and slightly slower, but clock speed doesn't matter with sli) on 1 pcb is why i ask.

No I know, its just that while we've heard of 6990/6970 crossfire, there was never 590/580 SLI. The method with hacked drivers seems like more trouble than its worth, but worth a try 😉

 

[Don Karnage]

We want to see Tri SLI with a 670 added! 😛

I'll "Tri" and make it work :biggrin:

 

[BallaTheFeared]

If that's two 690's I feel bad for you because my two 680s get that with the most recent drivers.

😕

I'll "Tri" and make it work :biggrin:

Tri harder, and faster!

I will be laughing so hard if it works. 😎

 

[blackened23]

I'll "Tri" and make it work :biggrin:

Where's your 690 3dmark bro?!😛

 

[Don Karnage]

Where's your 690 3dmark bro?!😛

I'm a good 600 points under your graphics score. I'll push it more tonight. 😛

 

[Rubycon]

There is some confusion in this thread!
3DMark11 will show two cards when one is in the system. When I put two cards (690s) in a system and run the benchmark it shows 4 cards.
690s can only be SLI'd with another 690. There is only one SEC at the top so a 3 way or 4 way bridge won't work. You could use more than 690 in a system for non sli (compute) tasks but the 590 is better suited (for most things) than that. 😉

 

[Don Karnage]

I tried the hacked drivers. It'll attempt to SLI with the 670 but will fail and windows will disable SLI.

 

[Rvenger]

The drivers are probably trying to boost the 670 to the moon. lol

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I tried the hacked drivers. It'll attempt to SLI with the 670 but will fail and windows will disable SLI.

Is that it Don?

 

[exar333]

I had a 690 about 4 weeks ago, but I sold it. Netted me more in profits than the entire cost of a 670 I bought at the same time. 🙂

 

[The_Golden_Man]

Don, I wanna see if you can beat your GTX 670 SLI score with that GTX 690

 

[exar333]

It would have been cool if NV unlocked all the voltage controls for 690 to make it unique compared to SLId 670s or 680s.

 

[tigersty1e]

these are some weak pics. post some better ones.