Well, I did it...

[Baasha]

So, after a couple of months with the EVGA GTX-590 Classified Quad-SLI, I sold them and decided to go with the EVGA GTX-580 3GB Tri-SLI. This was mainly because I am running an insane resolution of 8100x1600 (3 30" monitors) and NVidia Surround.

The 3GB VRAM will definitely come in handy so I am really looking forward to how they compare with the Quad-SLI GTX-590s.

I will get some benchmarks etc. once I install the cards in the next few days.

Until then, a preview:

 

[3DVagabond]

Good move, IMO. I'm curious to see how much difference you find. I'll wager, it will be more positive than negative. I think your memory buffer and gpu power will be better balanced allowing you to use higher IQ in many games.

 

[FalseChristian]

Wow! It must be nice to be rich!

 

[thescreensavers]

^ Lol its how you prioritize your funds, He might have a crappy car or house, but have a nice room Or he can have a nice everything who knows

 

[at80eighty]

nice! killer setup dude. enjoy it

 

[pcm81]

You should have went with 6990 instead and set up a bit mining station. So far i have 1/3rd of 1 of my 6990s payed for and I only ran for a week.

 

[Ken g6]

Wow! It must have been nice to be rich!

FTFY!

If you have three monitors and three cards, do you need to set them up in SLI? I guess it would help if a game was run on only one or two monitors; but wouldn't an SLI-free setup help with micro-stutter?

 

[Bill Brasky]

FTFY!

If you have three monitors and three cards, do you need to set them up in SLI? I guess it would help if a game was run on only one or two monitors; but wouldn't an SLI-free setup help with micro-stutter?

From what I understand, they would have to be setup in SLI mode so the driver can properly distribute work between the gpus. Especially since he's using that insane resolution.

 

[Bryf50]

Do some benchmarks when you get it set up. I'd like to see how the latest games run at such a high res. It's not something you see in many reviews.

 

[OCGuy]

Sexy as hell!

 

[Baasha]

Just set it up today!

Here's a preliminary run of Unigine 2.5:

Played BF: BC2 for about 20 mins. Turned AA to 16xQ CSAA, AF = 16x, HBAO = ON, and everything at HIGH @ 8100x1600 and , the mem usage was at 2.3GB! :biggrin: FPS was around 45! ouch! Will need to test some other settings for sure..

And, for comparison, here's the GTX-590 Quad-SLI run for Unigine 2.5:

Tri-SLI FTW!