Hasn't SLI & CrossFire Made life worse?

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: elpres05
I don't want to start a dog fight but i c quite a lot of addicted gamers who would respect almost everything a company releases.

The existence of stupid consumers does not make SLI/Crossfire a bad thing.

Most of us rely on reviews, and i have seen divided opinions. AT says NV, TH says the opposite.

Usually, the major review sites reach pretty similar conclusions. It would be unusual for one company/card to be a clear winner on one site and a clear loser on another.

as we all know anything except 60 FPS is unnoticed by our eye. Heck, i can't see the difference after 40 FPS.

Ugh... don't even start. You can see *well* over 60FPS (unless you have serious vision problems); most people can tell differences up to at least ~100FPS. If you search, you can find several LONG threads about this topic, and you can download a utility called FPSCompare that will let you see for yourself.

I can wait 1 year for a single card release than dash out $ 700+ now.

Great. But there are some people who would rather pay more now for more performance if they could, even if it's less cost-effective. And your opinion on this is just that -- an opinion.

The most ridiculous example is a 6600 SLI, i mean, a 6600GT was never a high end card and would naturally suck at some games of its time. WHO would want to get another one of those a few months later? I see no point at all, SLI on a mainstream, false idea.

I would agree with this; the only time that SLI makes sense outside of the super-high-end is if either next-gen cards are slow in coming (or are not competitive in price/performance with what you have now), or you can get a matching card for an incredibly good price. So far, this has never happened.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: elpres05
as we all know anything except 60 FPS is unnoticed by our eye. Heck, i can't see the difference after 40 FPS.

Wrong. Just because you cant, doesnt mean others cant.

Even so, its not about what the eye, can or cannot see to me. Its about getting smooth gameplay, while cranking up the graphics as high as I can. I like a high res, I like lots of AA/AF, I like in-game settings on high. There is not a single card, than can match SLI or Crossfires performance. Its my money, and my choice. You dont have to use SLI, or even like.

I guess you thought the same way when ball mice were being phased out.. Logitech, MS, and others just wanted more money!! Never mind the much better performance. I think I am done wasting time here.. enjoy your card, just dont cry because we enjoy our cards.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Reading your edited 1st post. Wow. Your brain functions different than others. Where did you come up with the conclusion that you should spend $1000 to go SLI?

All people were telling you is that there are benefits to SLI and high-end video cards, something that you don't seem to realize, even after reading reviews. If everyone disagrees with your opinion and provides data to back that up, maybe you should rethink your opinion. Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about.

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: elpres05
as we all know anything except 60 FPS is unnoticed by our eye. Heck, i can't see the

60FPS would be fine if that was the minimum frame rate in every scenario. That is not the case. Even a 60fps average isn't good enough because that means, quite often your frame rate drops to well below that. For FPS games, in heavy firefights, such video "lag" is not acceptable.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: Ackmed

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Holy Crap. :shocked:

QFT

Hahahah! LOL! It must be the Holiday Spirit...

Actually, I'm starting to get the feeling that I might have caused some sort of cosmic AT forum rift with my recent purchase of an ATI card. Quick, get me two GTX 512's! Only this can reverse the damage I have caused!