7950 GX2 SLi. is sli worth it?

kevin32x · May 7, 2007

heres my system setup

intel core2 duo e6400 @ 3.4 ghz
ocz 2gb kit @ 850 mhz (5-5-5-15)
asus p5ne-sli
xfx 7950 gx2 @ 600/1.6ghz

im geting crappy performance on rainbow six vegas and id like a pc that can handle unreal 3 on high settings so what i wana know is if it's worth geting another 750gx2 and have an sli setup. will it make a huge diference? or should i sell my card and get an 8800? quad sli sounds nice but am i gona notice the diference?

d44ve · May 7, 2007

I think that if you get an 8800 your system will be bottlenecked by your CPU

Tatty_Two · May 7, 2007

If your system with a GX2 is giving you crap performance in Vegas there must be something wrong there, I have not come across a game where I can't max everything at 1680 x 1050 with my 7900GTO and get at least acceptable frames although i dont play vegas but I do play Oblivion, Fear, GRAW etc.

Grings · May 7, 2007

i dont think r6 vegas uses sli well (if at all) so is only using half of your gx2, adding another will show dick all improvement

bruins004 · May 7, 2007

Grings said:
i dont think r6 vegas uses sli well (if at all) so is only using half of your gx2, adding another will show dick all improvement

This is one reason why that card is never really fully used.
Not all games support SLI

Judas · May 7, 2007

bruins004 said:
This is one reason why that card is never really fully used.
Not all games support SLI

Thats not quite true.. most games support SLI

bruins004 · May 7, 2007

Judas said:
Thats not quite true.. most games support SLI

If you read what I said...I said NOT ALL.
Hence, most means not all (lol)

Judas · May 7, 2007

bruins004 said:
If you read what I said...I said NOT ALL.
Hence, most means not all (lol)

Yes but most do

Lt_JWS · May 7, 2007

If you want some extra performance vmod the 7950 and get a GX2 spacer kit.... ran mine daily @ 700/800, only vmodded the vgpu though...

ktr · May 7, 2007

try disabling one of the cards and see if the performance increases...

a gx2 is quite powerful...so i cannot see why it cannot perform.

zekrahminator · May 7, 2007

You should get dual 8800GTS' and SLI them, it'll cost less, perform better, look WAY better, and be future-proof

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Judas · May 7, 2007

I would have to agree with ZEK.

Has anyone noticed his specs ? it says hes using a 465w psu most likely the bad performance problem

zekrahminator · May 8, 2007

Oh, one more thing. You're not going to notice any performance gain by going Quad SLI, you're only going to notice glitches and be stuck with ancient, unsupported drivers. Quad SLI is just a funny idea NVIDIA left behind them. Just get a PSU with a decent 12V+ rail or four, and get one or two 8800GTS 320MB's. I would also recommend cleaning Windows. Make sure you only have one antivirus running in the background, turn off useless firewalls/active spyware protectors, make sure things like AIM and Windows Media Player don't start with Windows...stuff like that. Start-Run-MSConfig and disable most of the startup items will certainly help you.

WarEagleAU · May 8, 2007

I just cant see how the 7950GX2 isnt handing rainbow 6 vegas at all. It makes absolutely no sense to me.

kevin32x · May 8, 2007

system specs

lol sorry forgot to post im using a newer psu. its a 600 watyt ocz game xtreem.

Batou1986 · May 8, 2007

yea that game don't look to great any way i don't understand why that card is having trouble as i could max r6v on my system

tony929292 · May 8, 2007

dont spend money on a 7 series card i would buy another 7800gt but that wont do nothing cause it wont be able to play dx10 games

Tatty_Two · May 8, 2007

What resolution you playing Vegas in?

Wile E · May 8, 2007

With a 19" wide, I'd say 1440x900, Tatty.

I don't see how a GX2 is struggling to run that. Maybe it's time for a fresh install?

kevin32x · May 8, 2007

im geting like 30-40 frames now. I just tried this program called nhancer and used the sli profile for unreal 3(it does use the unreal 3 engine)

tkpenalty · May 9, 2007

Dude... unreal 3 = nothing. First off, you wasted your money on Quad SLI. As Zek said, 8800GTS would be a better option, why not try selling your two 7950GX2s and get two 8800GTS 320MBs?

-1nf1n1ty- · May 9, 2007

lol I played R6 with all high settings 30-50 fps average,lol and look at my cards

EviLZeD · May 9, 2007

i also had performance problems with my gx2 and r6 vegas i think its the sli thing it dont use both cards i got lagg everywere then i disable hdr and other effects it got slightly better but still lagged time to time

its the only game i got anyreal problem with every other game maxed never got a problem

Sky · May 9, 2007

i wouldnt recommend quad sli with a 19".

EviLZeD · May 9, 2007

Sky said:
i wouldnt recommend quad sli with a 19".

i also agree quad sli was designed for really high resolutions

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