XFX Triple SLI - 8800 Ultra's in 3 Way SLI
Call of Duty 4, F.E.A.R. and Bioshock
Published: 25th February 2008 | Source: XFX | Price: £1442 |
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty 4 is a stunning DirectX 9.0c based game that really looks awesome and has a very full featureset. With lots of advanced lighting, smoke and water effects, the game has excellent explosions and is fast and furious, perfect for our test suite.
Call of Duty 4 is a stunning DirectX 9.0c based game that really looks awesome and has a very full featureset. With lots of advanced lighting, smoke and water effects, the game has excellent explosions and is fast and furious, perfect for our test suite.
Call of Duty 4 shows that the SLI setup really spanks the other cards, especially when you consider that 8 x QAA was applied to the scene in the orange coloured bars. Call of Duty 4 is truly a beautiful game at this resolution.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. is a game based on the Lithtech Jupiter EX engine. It has volumetric lighting, soft shadows, parallax mapping and particle effects. F.E.A.R. is a little older game so Tri SLI should handle this well and look fantastic.
F.E.A.R. is a game based on the Lithtech Jupiter EX engine. It has volumetric lighting, soft shadows, parallax mapping and particle effects. F.E.A.R. is a little older game so Tri SLI should handle this well and look fantastic.
F.E.A.R again showed that Tri SLI really does well at the higher resolutions and AA. However, the other cards also managed to play at 4 x AA and 8 x QAA doesn't look too different here.
Bioshock
Bioshock is a game based on the Unreal Engine 3. It uses some DirectX10 features such as awesome water and smoke effects. The detail level in the game, combined with a frantic pace makes for an excellent benchmark. I've found Bioshock behaves strangely sometimes in benchmarks so it will be interesting to see how it does here.
Bioshock is a game based on the Unreal Engine 3. It uses some DirectX10 features such as awesome water and smoke effects. The detail level in the game, combined with a frantic pace makes for an excellent benchmark. I've found Bioshock behaves strangely sometimes in benchmarks so it will be interesting to see how it does here.
Here, Tri SLI doesn't seem to make a huge difference to performance of the other cards, though the 8800 GTX has a little blip here.
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Yes it was a pleasent surprise tbh, the 9 series should make it even betterQuote
Great read. The results do look good, and the comment about how the games `feel` is a better qualifier for me.
I`d not even entertain this, even with planning ahead months in advance to afford it. Does look nice tho hehe
Heat is an issue for me; power is crazy talk - but obviously a requirement, which is where the heat is going; drivers and/or a card being tempremental, I can do without, just don`t need it ontop of other pc dodgyness.
All said and done, I`m banking on the top end single card for the generation to come.
Be nice to see single slotted cards or wc solutions of this being tested.
Some fine benches too.Quote
I`d not even entertain this, even with planning ahead months in advance to afford it. Does look nice tho hehe
Heat is an issue for me; power is crazy talk - but obviously a requirement, which is where the heat is going; drivers and/or a card being tempremental, I can do without, just don`t need it ontop of other pc dodgyness.
All said and done, I`m banking on the top end single card for the generation to come.
Be nice to see single slotted cards or wc solutions of this being tested.
Some fine benches too.Quote
Unless I came into some serious wedge then its not something i'd consider.. I'm with most here and reckon on a single card top end when it finally arrives.
Quick thing Matt.. Did you give overclocking it a go at all or would it have caused a total meltdown?Quote
Quick thing Matt.. Did you give overclocking it a go at all or would it have caused a total meltdown?Quote
The performance gains does not justify the price at all, i mean seriously why cant they just get standard SLI to just work properly before moving on to tri, quad and so on...
For this cash i would want to see stable FPS, not 40-500fps ranges, you look at any competitive gamer and the key thing for there setup is constant FPS, why else do you think most of them stick to the low 800x600 res?!?Quote
For this cash i would want to see stable FPS, not 40-500fps ranges, you look at any competitive gamer and the key thing for there setup is constant FPS, why else do you think most of them stick to the low 800x600 res?!?Quote
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Maybe with the 9 series soon Ultras/GTX will get cheaper and this might be a viable option before we know it (to those who aren't swimming in money)Quote