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boxleitnerb

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No wonder, you're not GPU bottlenecked then, not by far. Microstuttering predominantly occurs when your GPU bottlenecked.
 

Final8ty

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No wonder, you're not GPU bottlenecked then, not by far. Microstuttering predominantly occurs when your GPU bottlenecked.

Which means you cant make general blanket statements when you don't know the individual circumstances and the reason i have 4 GPUs is not to be GPU bottlenecked.
 

boxleitnerb

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Well sorry, but I find it quite silly to get 4 GPUs and then have such low load most of the time. That is just wasted money. You don't buy GPUs or CPUs to be bottlenecked or not, you buy to get the fps you want. If your setup has a bit reserve for the next 1-2 years built into it and therefore you're not always using the GPUs to their full potential, that is one thing. To buy 4 GPUs and barely use them on purpose is just plain nonsense.
 

Final8ty

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Well sorry, but I find it quite silly to get 4 GPUs and then have such low load most of the time. That is just wasted money. You don't buy GPUs or CPUs to be bottlenecked or not, you buy to get the fps you want. If your setup has a bit reserve for the next 1-2 years built into it and therefore you're not always using the GPUs to their full potential, that is one thing. To buy 4 GPUs and barely use them on purpose is just plain nonsense.

Don't change the subject, i don't care what you think or try to tell me what i should buy for.
 
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boxleitnerb

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The subject was that more GPUs lead to more microstutter. And that is true for all cases in which those GPUs actually make sense. Yours isn't one of them and thus irrelevant for my statement and of no consequence for the thread starter - unless he plans to waste his money, too.
 

Final8ty

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The subject was that more GPUs lead to more microstutter. And that is true for all cases in which those GPUs actually make sense. Yours isn't one of them and thus irrelevant for my statement and of no consequence for the thread starter - unless he plans to waste his money, too.

It makes sense for me to maintain 60fps Vsync at the quality settings i like, you just assume far to much as if everyone's goal is to run there CPU and GPU at 100% as if that's more important than the gaming experience and it avoids the very scenario your bashing Multi GPU for, silly me.
Yes let me drop down to 2 GPUs, let them max out at 100% and see my fps drop from 60 fps Vsync, yes that definitely would be better for me. :rolleyes:
Wait a minute, my AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 does not get pegged at 100% in gaming, ill just pop my Quadcore Phenom II back in as that would get pegged at 100% in BF3 and my fps would drop even more, 30Fps Vsync if im lucky..awesome. :thumbsup:
 
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3DVagabond

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4 GPUs = microstutter and input lag from hell. Good luck ;)

No it doesn't. Let me be more precise: It does when you don't increase image quality settings and get significantly more fps. But then, what is the reason for going multi-GPU in the first place? At a given fps rate, 4 GPUs are worse than 3 and 3 are worse than 2 and 2 are worse than one.

What kind of fps are you getting? Are your GPUs always running at 99% load each? The added input lag is fact, that is not for debate.

No wonder, you're not GPU bottlenecked then, not by far. Microstuttering predominantly occurs when your GPU bottlenecked.

Well sorry, but I find it quite silly to get 4 GPUs and then have such low load most of the time. That is just wasted money. You don't buy GPUs or CPUs to be bottlenecked or not, you buy to get the fps you want. If your setup has a bit reserve for the next 1-2 years built into it and therefore you're not always using the GPUs to their full potential, that is one thing. To buy 4 GPUs and barely use them on purpose is just plain nonsense.

The subject was that more GPUs lead to more microstutter. And that is true for all cases in which those GPUs actually make sense. Yours isn't one of them and thus irrelevant for my statement and of no consequence for the thread starter - unless he plans to waste his money, too.

Why are you in this thread abusing the OP so much? I don't see you in Baasha's quad Titan thread.





Haha, im not doing this for any practical reasons. HD6970's are dirt cheap and I make more per hour than I have years of age. I just wanted some new toys :D

I dont have any of the parts yet (aside from the PSU) but I will do a full update with pics and benches when they arrive. Should be all in my hands by wednesday.

Isn't this a good enough reason? He got them cheap and he's having fun.
 

SlowSpyder

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When I've used SLI or CF in the past, it was more for the sake of just playing with the technology. OP, run some benches! If I remember correctly, the 69xx cards had pretty fantastic scaling, often even with three or four GPU's. Enjoy your new toy OP. :)
 

Smoblikat

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I think 1 Titan is about the same price as 4 6970s...I'm pretty sure 1 Titan would run in circles around quad-fire 6970.

1 titan costs double what I paid for 4 HD6970's, and would NOT run circles around quadfire HD6970.
 

Smoblikat

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The subject was that more GPUs lead to more microstutter. And that is true for all cases in which those GPUs actually make sense. Yours isn't one of them and thus irrelevant for my statement and of no consequence for the thread starter - unless he plans to waste his money, too.

OK, thanks for the useless input. Can you stop thread-crapping now? As I said, all 4 cards cost me 550$, and I had 2 already. I dont think microstutter will be an issue for me due to my vision...........if you post one more comment like this I will have all your posts removed from my thread.
 

Final8ty

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It would...have you seen average frame latency for quad-fire lately?

I though we were talking about noise levels or the length of the cards..no no.. its less power connectors needed.
I think the OP cares about the 4 6970s FPS and not the latency.

Next time be specific.
 
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Smoblikat

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I though we were talking about noise levels or the length of the cards..no no.. its less power connectors needed.
I think the OP cares about the 4 6970s FPS and not the latency.

Next time be specific.

Precisley, I have played on everything from 800x600 CRT's to 2560x1440 monitors with every refresh rate and pixel thing in between and they all look the same to me. As I said before, I am blind...................I wont notice a nano second of difference.
 

Final8ty

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Precisley, I have played on everything from 800x600 CRT's to 2560x1440 monitors with every refresh rate and pixel thing in between and they all look the same to me. As I said before, I am blind...................I wont notice a nano second of difference.

Indeed, im seeing far to much of some people pushing one shoe size fits all on forums and the individual is not taken into account which is a contradiction to being a PC gaming enthusiast in the first place as its the PCs diversity that makes us enthusiast because we can make it to our individual testes, wants and needs.
 

TakeNoPrisoners

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This is pure unadulterated c**p. The only games a 7970 or 680 can perform like that with are either old or are turgid console ports that are usually not worth playing unless you're 13 years old. Loads of modern games and many old ones require more than a single 7970/680 to get anywhere near maxing at 1920/1200 at 60fps. Metro 2033, the Witcher 2, Arma2, Crysis 3, Far cry 3, Sleeping Dogs etc. Yes those games will play OK but won't be maxed out all ultra at all.

One 680 is definitely enough for 1080p. I have no desire to get another without going 1440p first. All those games you mention play perfectly maxed out.
 

Smoblikat

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Well sorry, but I find it quite silly to get 4 GPUs and then have such low load most of the time. That is just wasted money. You don't buy GPUs or CPUs to be bottlenecked or not, you buy to get the fps you want. If your setup has a bit reserve for the next 1-2 years built into it and therefore you're not always using the GPUs to their full potential, that is one thing. To buy 4 GPUs and barely use them on purpose is just plain nonsense.


Great, thanks for telling us. I suggest you never buy more than 1 GPU and be happy with that. I want 4 because I think it will be fun to have 4, its not always about buying what you need just to get by.
 

zCypher

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Sweetness. Be sure to update us with the end result. I have a single 7970. I'm not a huge gamer by any stretch, but I needed something for 1440p. Even a 7970 is insufficient to run all games maxed out. Some games are fine, others are not. So depending on your configuration and games, I can certainly understand multiple GPUs. Seems like you did pretty well as far as value is concerned too.
 

p_monks33

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I don't disagree with trying it out , but do it before summer lol, that is a lot of heat dissipating into a room.
 

Elfear

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One 680 is definitely enough for 1080p. I have no desire to get another without going 1440p first. All those games you mention play perfectly maxed out.

You sure about that hoss?

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chimaxi83

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One 680 is definitely enough for 1080p. I have no desire to get another without going 1440p first. All those games you mention play perfectly maxed out.

lol, and by "maxed out", you mean you click on the ultra preset, and then lower some settings, right?

It would...have you seen average frame latency for quad-fire lately?

It's funny how many people suddenly care about things they never knew about.
 
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3DVagabond

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Haha, im not doing this for any practical reasons. HD6970's are dirt cheap and I make more per hour than I have years of age. I just wanted some new toys :D

I dont have any of the parts yet (aside from the PSU) but I will do a full update with pics and benches when they arrive. Should be all in my hands by wednesday.

this thread fails with no pics.

if you brag, you gotta post the goods.

Patience, Grasshopper. :)
 

T_Yamamoto

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If you think its a bad idea, just don't do it yourself.

He only spent 140*4= 560 dollars in total for all 4 cards. I'm sure he bought the last two cards for ~120.

He just wanted to try it out.
 

Jacky60

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One 680 is definitely enough for 1080p. I have no desire to get another without going 1440p first. All those games you mention play perfectly maxed out.

I'm sure they do play perfectly maxed out except they aren't maxed out. I can't play them maxed out on my rig therefore one 680/7970 is not capable of playing them maxed out. Maxed out is all video settings maxed -stuff like SSAA 8x or 8xMSAA plus shadows lights etc ultra. NOT default settings when you install the game-if your definition of maxed out is 2xMSAA, medium draw distance etc then I accept you're correct, for me maxed out means I can't make the image any better. Try Crysis 3 yeah right .....oh I forgot you aren't trying you're just making false statements to make yourself feel better.
 
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