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    2048MB SLI 9800 GTXs

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by lou4612, Nov 7, 2008.

  1. lou4612

    lou4612 Notebook Guru

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    I ordered it with my 9262.
    Anyone else running two of these beast?
    I ordered the QUAD Q9650 3.0GHz also.

    What current games take advantage of SLI??
     
  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    most current games (some requiring updates/patches) and upcoming games should support SLI.

    that thing is a beast.... no doubt. :)
     
  3. Johnksss

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    where did you get yours from?
     
  4. lou4612

    lou4612 Notebook Guru

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    I ordered mine from Xotic PC
     
  5. Johnksss

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    nice.... now the wait begins. *LOL*

    when did you order?
     
  6. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    You'd spend that much cake without knowing?
     
  7. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    ARGHHHHH...I dont know if i would ever go to school again with a lappy like that. Hope you enjoy your brolick system lol. Please post how you run CCC lvl6 here on the forum with some screenies. Its supposed to run smoother than very high.
     
  8. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    All games take advantage of SLI right now, and just for your Information, VRAM doesnt stack with SLI
     
  9. Johnksss

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    what is ccc & lvl6?

    and in your sig..what resolution is that..1440x900?
     
  10. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    Johnksss...CCC is a optimization mod for crysis that makes the game look IMO alot better thank vanilla (regular) crysis. LVL6 is the best or the "ultra high" config option in the game.

    The 30 fps in Crysis is at 1440 900 CCC lvl 3 (medium-highish)
    But now with my new overclock setting i got lvl4CCC (high-very high) to run at a very playable 23-25 fps-ish at 1440 900.

    I just wanted to see some screenies and some benchmark shots on how it runs on that monster system...if you have crysis and the lappy at the moment...i would recommend on downloading CCC 2.21 and installing LVL6 Very Sharp Shadows
    and Doomlord AI mod, it would give crysis MEGA repay value lol.

    PLEASE TRY CCC 2.21 youll love it and itll play silky smooth.
     
  11. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    ok, give me a sec to snap some shots at your resolution

    edit: also...let me check out some benches of that new patch if you don't mind.

    ok, downloading it now.
     
  12. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    WHAAA your gonna do it at CCC lvl6...AWESOME...thanks man i really want to have some screen shots...i need me some wallpapers lol. Your gonna love it at CCC lvl 6 settings with the awesome TOD that they have for it.
     
  13. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    it wont let me install...it is giving errors....

    nevermind. it was because i was trying to install across a network
     
  14. MastaMarek

    MastaMarek Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah I dont like crysis custom configs. One of them screwed up my benchmarking tool :(

    and I m too lazy to reinstall everything :)
     
  15. rot112

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    hmm CCC 2.21...install it on the original Crysis. Not in Warhead. If that doesnt work then try installing the 1.31 ver of the CCC mod. There the same thing without the AI mods and the shadow mod. Its still looks AWESOME.

    Wose case senario ill just post the CCC lvl6 autoexec file here.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5avwNkPwOQ


    http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=11614

    that is the link to the file

    if you install it with lvl6 CFG then it should look and play like this. I know its mouth watering lol

    ima go play Crysis For a few ill be back...i really want to see some screenies and i know you like the CCC cfg. GOOD LUCK ill brb
     
  16. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    Crysis CFG files are great especially CCC 2.21.
     
  17. Johnksss

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    man!, this thing is running at like 12fps..wth!

    lmao!
     
  18. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    lol try lvl 5... if you have 2 9800m GTXs it should run it... ah well try lvl 5 its still looks better than very high.
     
  19. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    thanks i will take 2
     
  20. Johnksss

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    nah..what ever i did wrong..it did not look better..*LOL* the clouds we're black and the sky was gray and the background look grainy and squarish...
     
  21. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    LOL THEN I GUESS YOU PROBABLY DID DO SOMETHING WRONG. aH WELL TRY OUT OTHER configs for Crysis and tell me how it goes.
     
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    i haven't given up...just yet.... :)
     
  23. rot112

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    i really think that your laptop should do lvl6 just fine and the game shouldnt look worse. Make sure your installing it to the right crysis directory.

    If you get it working itll be worth it the game looks great.
     
  24. Johnksss

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    give me the run down as far as what options to use. a little list would be nice.

    thanks
     
  25. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    ok well then...CCC lvl5 since you said 6 gave you crap FPS...
    CCC lvl5
    Install Autoexec.cfg
    Install Realistic Shadows
    Install UltimateRages TOD
    Install Doomlord's AI tweak

    then let it fininsh...sorry it takes me a while to right back but im like doing a million things at once lol.

    HOW I ENVY YOU lol
     
  26. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    no problem...im in the same boat. i have like 4 things foing right now myself.
     
  27. rot112

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    kk so did it work. I just ran i on the settings i told you. But i put lvl6 and i got lol 10fps at native so you should get like 40fps, it looked spectacular.

    I got the screenies so now ill i want is to see how it runs for you. i should look good on 1200p on that screen
     
  28. Johnksss

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    ill get back to it after i finish this last far cry 2 benchmark run.
     
  29. rot112

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    lol kk...you are doing alotta work lol. ima go play CoD4...why are we up so late...hmmm what ever...gonna go play warhead then some CoD4
     
  30. Johnksss

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    i should be playing socom right now, but im stuck doing computer stuff at the moment...lol
     
  31. Johnksss

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    hummm...averaging like 17fps 1920x1200

    lv5 is getting 27fps 1920x1200
    lv5 35fps at 1440x900


    i was getting more fps with it's original setup.

    *LOL*
     
  32. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    Hmm sounds good...considering lvl 5 looks better than very high. Do you think the FPS loss is worth it.

    im trying out Mster 3.01 config the quality one for more wallpapers then ima try the perf one for the actual game. ill brb with my thoughts on the mod.
     
  33. Johnksss

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    nah, them off colored clouds are killing me.
     
  34. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    LOL in the mster cfg or in the CCC one. The ccc runs better for me but the Mster looks good. I use mster for wallpapers
     
  35. helluvagood

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    lol it is a beast 2gig vid memory wow
     
  36. brainer

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    once again, Vram doesnt stack with SLI. even 1gb is crippled with the 256bit interface.
     
  37. Johnksss

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    you sure that isn't changing as the resolutions go up above 1680x1050?
    edit: not the stacking part, but using more of the 1gig memory
     
  38. brainer

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    the 1 gig of Vram can be used if the textures are quite insane at very high resolution, like i think that Crysis warhead have used over a gig of Vram for textures for resolutions over 1900x1200
     
  39. Johnksss

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    sounds good to me...just making sure i wasn't crazy with this line of thinking. :)
     
  40. rot112

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    well johnkss good luck finding that custom cfg. Mster Perf CFG should be perfect for ya. Guess sli mobile gpu arent as powerful as i though.
     
  41. Magnus72

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    johnksss try my config instead :)
     

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    aight magnus, ill give it a try in a bit.