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is sli worth it?

Postby cloakedwand72 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:37 pm

is sli worth it for any game with a gtx 580?
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Re: is sli worth it?

Postby F35LightningII » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:44 pm

The GTX 580 is a very powerful card. There's absolutely no need to SLI unless you are gaming on multiple monitors.
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Re: is sli worth it?

Postby richardd43 » Tue May 29, 2012 3:22 am

I have had a pair of old 295s in my computer for a long time. When I bought them they were the top of the line so I tried them with FSX.

In fact I tried them in and out of SLI and did not see much difference in FPS.

No way did the 1 or 2 frames I gained justify 2 cards @$750.00 each.

SLI has been great for other games but it is my understanding FSX has never been optimized for SLI/Crossfire.
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