Beware of SLI

SLI is the most worthless, Costly, and annoying crap brought to computer gaming. I bought a brand new computer with 2 8800GT's in it and i thought i was going to kick the crap out of some games. I have only used SLI for one game and that was Crysis. Crysis in the only reason SLI and Crossfire was invented. Sure you only get about 7-10 more fps for that extra graphics card. IT MAKES LIKE 90 PERCENT OF THE GAMES YOU PLAY SLOWER AND BUGGIER. IF IT DOES WORK YOU CAN BARELY NOTICE AND HAVE TO RUN FRAPS JUST TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR AWESOME. DONT EVER BUY SLI. ITS just a very expensive gimmic. I dont care what anyone says.

I dont understand why to bay SLI or CF systems runs great with one card (exemple:9800GX2 hes a great card even now)

CF/SLI need also more power and its more money...not worth at all!!!

I dont understand why to bay SLI or CF systems runs great with one card (exemple:9800GX2 hes a great card even now)

Ba6Ra6K

The 9800GX2 does use SLI, it's just done on the card itself.

That's another part of the problem. SLI has been around for awhile and most games dont support the crap. That means, that the developers can get the game to run just fine on one card. I wish i would of spent that extra 250 (at the time) on a faster processor, or a single better card. Just trying to save you guys some money and some headache. Now my computer isnt the best thing out there. But i like my computer because its mine. I worked for it. Im sure some people would love to have my pc.

SL LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SLI was invented long before crysis was even thought of , have you thought that the games you play dont support SLI? In my old Pc i had a 6600gt and i got another 1 to play oblivion and it ran ok ...... until it overheated and melted a part off lol , the best thing ive learnt from PC gaming is to wait a month before you go buy parts to play a game that just came out either it will be $100 cheaper or another part has come outBDL91

this is the prob in that world you wait a month and something better come out and you wait more and more and more card come out its crazy!!!

That's another part of the problem. SLI has been around for awhile and most games dont support the crap. That means, that the developers can get the game to run just fine on one card. I wish i would of spent that extra 250 (at the time) on a faster processor, or a single better card. Just trying to save you guys some money and some headache. Now my computer isnt the best thing out there. But i like my computer because its mine. I worked for it. Im sure some people would love to have my pc.

SL LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kev27marquardt

feeling better? got all your nerd rage out? ok good.

SLi when working properly is a good solution for some gamers out there. not everyone, but some. Crysis, (sigh) is a poor game to measure by, and when using SLi with a game make sure you have your settings in NVIDIA control panel right. SLi not working or working poorly is generally user error. sorry to burst your rage bubble but it is. the performance gains under certain SLi setups per $ spent can be quite viable considering high end card costs.

your one bad experience does not all of a sudden invalidate my good experience, or any of the other 1000s of peoples good experiences. so please dont try and save us any money.

Thats what I am talking about. Headaches. Now you are gonna try and act cool and say its easy, and sometimes it is. But screwing around with your computer for 2 hours to get the best out of each games is a HEADACHE. I know RHASMUS the all knowing computer god could do it in 5 minutes, but the rest of use who have lives shouldnt have TO SPEND ALL DAY TRYING O MAKE SOMETHING THEY BOUGHT TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SL LIE!!!!!!!!!!!

SLI was invented long before crysis was even thought of , have you thought that the games you play dont support SLI? In my old Pc i had a 6600gt and i got another 1 to play oblivion and it ran ok ...... until it overheated and melted a part off lol , the best thing ive learnt from PC gaming is to wait a month before you go buy parts to play a game that just came out either it will be $100 cheaper or another part has come outBDL91

I'm not crying. I'm just telling people to save their money they might spend on that extra gpu and buy a a better single card. What are you running RHASMUS?

Hello all, just joined the forums to say something. Have been looking around for 8800GT/9800GT/SLi benchmark comparisons and have noticed something extremely important that is relevant here too.

It is important to update your drivers, since they do affect the performance of SLi. I say this because almost all benchmarks on the 'net right now comparing 9800s are incorrect for several games. Why? Because nVidia just released new drivers that actually increases performance in some main-stream games. Thus, if these benchmarks were run with older drivers, there would be a significant difference.

The 178.24 driver was released on October 15, 2008. It provides the following improvements to SLi (and non-SLi) systems, according to their website:

Single GPU increases up to 11% in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)

Single GPU increases up to 11% in Assassin's Creed DX10

Single GPU increases up to 15% in Bioshock DX10

Single GPU increases up to 15% in Call of Duty 4

Single GPU increases up to 8% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

2-way SLI increases up to 7% in Bioshock DX10

2-way SLI increases up to 10% in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts DX10

2-way SLI increases up to 12% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

2-way SLI increases up to 10% in World in Conflict DX10

Update your drivers, and call me in the morning. BTW, I'm planning on gettin' another 9800 GT for SLi.

SLI is the most worthless, Costly, and annoying crap brought to computer gaming. I bought a brand new computer with 2 8800GT's in it and i thought i was going to kick the crap out of some games. I have only used SLI for one game and that was Crysis. Crysis in the only reason SLI and Crossfire was invented. Sure you only get about 7-10 more fps for that extra graphics card. IT MAKES LIKE 90 PERCENT OF THE GAMES YOU PLAY SLOWER AND BUGGIER. IF IT DOES WORK YOU CAN BARELY NOTICE AND HAVE TO RUN FRAPS JUST TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR AWESOME. DONT EVER BUY SLI. ITS just a very expensive gimmic. I dont care what anyone says.

kev27marquardt

I added another 8800GTX and could play crysis at 1920x1200 instead of 1680x1050. So to me it was well worth the upgrade.

7-10 more FPS, but what was it originally? If it was 10fps originally then that's almost 100% scaling, which is phenomenal.

I wasn't too impressed with my SLi setup, but it beats the hell out of paying twice as much for a replacement card. It's a good way to extend the life of your PC. It's NOT a good way to start off your new high-end PC.