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[Baron]

Originally Posted by Rattlehead

Sorry, but I disagree with this part of your post. No blame can be laid at the user's door at all, since Sli/X-fire is hardly new tech anymore, and besides many people had dual gpu configurations long before Clod saw the light of day. For many, Clod is also not the only game they play.

People shouldn't have to be restricted to certain hardware choices because of software foul-ups.

The thing is, if u want the best and most stable fps, no microstuttering and as problem free gaming experience as possible, any hardware site worth its salt recommends a single powerful card over two lesser ones. Thats just the way it is. Sli and Xfire is by no means perfect, in any game, and thats a fact.

U said it yourself, sli and Xfire is old technology and far from optimal and that's common knowledge.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by Baron

The thing is, if u want the best and most stable fps, no microstuttering and as problem free gaming experience as possible, any hardware site worth its salt recommends a single powerful card over two lesser ones. Thats just the way it is. Sli and Xfire is by no means perfect, in any game, and thats a fact.

I doubt it would be so popular with people if dual gpu configurations constantly gave users problems in games. Dual gpu (or should I say multi gpu) configs work just fine in most games.
Hardware scaling is something else, but regardless, multi gpu setups should by rights not degrade performace.

True, one powerful card is better than two lesser ones, but some people can afford the best of the best so that to me is an incidental point.

Simply put, multi gpu tech would not continue to exist if it did not work, so no, I can't accept that users should shoulder a share of the blame here.

[csThor]

Quite honestly the SLI/Crossfire popularity is simply a result of human psychology. It's the same with pills - if the Doc says one pill will do you good a lot of people will think that two will do twice as good.