The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    FPS Games that take advantage of SLI??

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by SlimShady, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. SlimShady

    SlimShady ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&

    Reputations:
    806
    Messages:
    979
    Likes Received:
    20
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Are there any FPS games out there that take advantage of SLI? Rainbow Six Vegas2 doesn't seem to, COD4 already ran at max on a single 260 so no difference there. About the only game I've noticed any difference on to this point is WIC, average 51fps at 1680 X 1050 all high and DX10, actually only get 46 FPS when I switch to DX9 in that one.
     
    SlimShady, Aug 28, 2008
    #1
  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    11,461
    Messages:
    16,824
    Likes Received:
    76
    Trophy Points:
    466
    Crysis works with SLI but not Crossfire and its a game that it would come in handy for.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 28, 2008
    #2
  3. jacob808

    jacob808 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    52
    Messages:
    1,002
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Well for me Sli makes a noticable difference in COD4, it's just smoother and doesn't struggle with a lot happening on screen single 8600mgt get's me 30+ with sli I get 60 consistently could go more but I have vsync enabled. I also See huge performance boost in Oblivion, Fear and the Orange Box games Also BioShock and Prey. Use Fraps and check out the Frames per second with SlI enabled and disabled but I think you should be able to tell even with out some kind of benchmark. Oh Also see improvement in America's Army.
     
    jacob808, Aug 28, 2008
    #3
  4. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,136
    Messages:
    2,903
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Oh lets see:

    Gears of War
    Lost Planet
    Call of Duty 4 as mentioned earlier
    Assassin´s Creed
    Bioshock
    Mass Effect
    STALKER
    Timeshift
    Frontlines Fuel of War
    Devil May Cry 4
    The Orange Box, i.e Half Life 2

    Just to mention a few http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone2_game.html
     
    Magnus72, Aug 28, 2008
    #4
  5. Dustin Sklavos

    Dustin Sklavos Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    1,892
    Messages:
    1,595
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I think part of your problem is that you're running at 1680x1050. I've got a 4870 and assuming all things being equal, even a single 260 isn't getting pushed that hard at that resolution. Outside of Crysis, there's very little that makes my 4870 sweat at 1920x1200.
     
    Dustin Sklavos, Aug 28, 2008
    #5
  6. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    334
    Messages:
    2,478
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    The Games Mangus said scale with SLI very well.. with Devil may cry 4 the scale is 100%. but i'll have to disagree with lost planet. its has very poor performance with SLI, i dont know why.
     
    brainer, Aug 28, 2008
    #6
  7. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    11,461
    Messages:
    16,824
    Likes Received:
    76
    Trophy Points:
    466
    The way the OP worded it he is only looking for games that he gets an ADVANTAGE using SLI meaning if he already gets near 60fps its pointless. Thats why Crysis is about the only game I can think of.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 28, 2008
    #7
  8. 3NZ0

    3NZ0 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    16
    Messages:
    319
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Nearly every game out there that has a userbase will have an sli profile.

    The problem you are seeing is one gtx260 is enough for your resolution, the second is a waste. In order to put it to good use, use as much AA as you can 8-16x and 32x for older games. However you should really be looking into getting a screen which has a resolution of 1920x1200 at least, that's where sli/cf really comes into play (with AA)

    Use nhancer to setup and edit the profiles for the games you have.
     
    3NZ0, Aug 28, 2008
    #8
  9. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,136
    Messages:
    2,903
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Lost Planet has built in SLI support brainer. I get great FPS with SLI turned on compared to a single card.
     
    Magnus72, Aug 28, 2008
    #9
  10. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    334
    Messages:
    2,478
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    thats very wierd. i have some crappy performance.. Maybe Because Lost Planet was built at the time where the Unified Shaders came out, so its optimized for thier usage
     
    brainer, Aug 28, 2008
    #10
  11. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,136
    Messages:
    2,903
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yes that could be true.
     
    Magnus72, Aug 28, 2008
    #11
  12. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    334
    Messages:
    2,478
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Since DMC4 and Lost Planet are same Engine, then my Theory should be right.. DMC has an updated version of the Engine, which runs butter
     
    brainer, Aug 28, 2008
    #12