What would give me the best performance increase?
 

I am toying with the idea of either getting a second GF 580 GTX With 3 Gig of Vram or replacing the existing 580 with a 680.

Does anyone have an opinion on whether 2x580 GTX in SLI would out perform a single 680?

I have a very high resolution 2560x1440 and the single 580 isn't quite enough to satisfy my inner geek and give me the FPS I want.

Cheers

E

Two 570GTX here,

I play in single 570GTX because in sli mode have 50% more fps but the game is NOT SMOOTH (there is a very strage kind of long stuttering which I can not explain in writting - it is just not smooth gameplay).

Ofcourse the new patch will fix all that... in xx weeks (add the number of your liking) ;)


Oh, I would not buy a card with onl 2Gb VRAM (which is the 680GTX)

So if I were you, I would wait until September for the real performance card of NV.

~S~

Thanks Granthos

Partly I want to be able to run a third screen for work so a second 580GTX would be good but I read somewhere that the 680 can run up to 4 monitors.

I think you're right about the VRAM though, my 580 has 3 gig and another one of those would be nice as I am sure the 2560x1440 resolution I use benefits from this.

I would do wat Granthos says .

I use MATROX TrippleHead2Go for the past seven years (lost counting).

Never had problems, always had three monitors connected ;)

Always SLI.

Until, thanks to CoD :( I had to run the game in single mode.

Then I realised (removing the second GPU) that I can have three monitors, 3840x resolution on a single 570GTX 1,3Gb :D

So, my advice would be:
#1 MATROX TrippleHead2Go
#2 If it is for CoD, do not bother (yet), three monitor view like IL2 does not work

~S~

Oh, I would not buy a card with onl 2Gb VRAM (which is the 680GTX)

So if I were you, I would wait until September for the real performance card of NV.

~S~[/QUOTE]

a real performance card ?? lol ......i have a 680 and check this out .

settings on highest....
it runs unreal and smooth :

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3...2052200002.jpg

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/9...2052100019.jpg

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/8...2052100016.jpg

a real performance card ?? lol ......i have a 680 and check this out .

settings on highest....
it runs unreal and smooth :

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3...2052200002.jpg[/QUOTE]

What resolution are you running it at and what average fps do you get over land?

Roy, I would love to see a screen shot (with fps)of a Ju88 parked with the engines running and look at the engine when you take it:grin:

Buildings and trees in the back ground for fun!

1920x1080 and fps on ground in hangar is around 50-60 . over land i get around 70-80 .