i bet this is the reason why on mono gpu get caped to about 50% GPU usage instead of usual 99%

mutli gpu has never been great or even good on games. so why do you think it would now?

Im running 3 way 580's and before patch 1.3 I was getting 99% on all 3 now Im getting 22-30.......MAXIMUM LAME......

mutli gpu has never been great or even good on games. so why do you think it would now?

because the multi gpu support was great before the recent patch?

hahahahahaha, proof that having more than one GPU is a waste of money.

hahahahahaha, proof that having more than one GPU is a waste of money.

Only if games don't stay optimized for them. But a lot of ppl like myself just wanted to build a crushing rig chasing those overclock.net dreams, albeit my cards are "outdated" now...Before the patch was perfect so I cant say they were a waste but my next build will be center around 1 card.

edit: I think where multi-cards shine are on things like nvidia surround and eyefinity. Only recently have using just 1 or 2 cards proven to shine in that arena. 2 years ago you really needed those 3 cards to shine at 5780x1080 and even now these 580's have barely enough vram to blast through these crazy new games. c2 on nvidia surround was a blissful experience....

hahahahahaha, proof that having more than one GPU is a waste of money.

well when your playing in surround you need multi gpus.

hahahahahaha, proof that having more than one GPU is a waste of money.

Only if games don't stay optimized for them. But a lot of ppl like myself just wanted to build a crushing rig chasing those overclock.net dreams, albeit my cards are "outdated" now...Before the patch was perfect so I cant say they were a waste but my next build will be center around 1 card.

I highly recommend it, you're better off with say one 660 than 2 560's. Also your computer wont be using as much power, or need as big of a power supply. Plus you might be able to save yourself some money on the mobo too.

Hell, the way graphics cards are made, and how rapid a new one hits the market, I wouldn't throw out the idea of buying a used graphics card. There are a lot of nerds out there who just buy the new graphics cards because they are new, then they go on forums and complain that there isn't enough of a performance boost.

I bought my 560TI used from an old man who was using 2 560 Ti's in SLI and when I asked him what games he played he told me Quake 2, lol the tech for Quake 2 topped out like 10 years ago.

Yes yes, multi-GPU's are necessary for more than one monitor. But other than that....

Ive often thought about picking up used. But then I wonder how much they oc'd it or beat on it but for the right price it may not be a bad idea. The 560 ti's are nice. I have one of the kinda rare 560 ti 2's with the only difference being it has 2gb vram. I don't use it for sp in c3 but on mp I will use low settings which gives me super smooth play and the card wasn't too expensive.....(560 ti used a gtx 460 waterblock and was <$50usd)

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