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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 05:14:07
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I'd like to know what drivers they are using for vantage. I can't get vantage to complete with the current drivers and 4way SLI.
Also, 35000ish for 4 way? I think I got higher on 3 way
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 05:58:31
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Going by those benchmarks 4way SLI is a huge waste, but that's only if they are real benchmarks.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 06:21:12
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Is the Silverstone 1500W PSU actually 1500W? I mean does it require 200 or anything like that for it to run at 1500? Or is it something that is rated at 1200W, but will run at 1500?
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 06:40:49
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Must be a severe CPU bottleneck. I get better benches with 2x480SLI then the 4xSLI. I just ran Call of Pripyat with Ultra settings, here is the comparison. CPU @ 4.2 GPU stock. 
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 06:41:09
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Is the Silverstone 1500W PSU actually 1500W? I mean does it require 200 or anything like that for it to run at 1500? Or is it something that is rated at 1200W, but will run at 1500?
My brain just went 
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 07:20:54
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Must be a severe CPU bottleneck. I get better benches with 2x480SLI then the 4xSLI.
I just ran Call of Pripyat with Ultra settings, here is the comparison.
CPU @ 4.2 GPU stock.
That's all you got for two 480 fermi in SLI? Must be the drivers are not fully taking advantage of the gpu processing power, also maybe thats why 4 way SLI scales horrible or does not even work. I get higher score on my 5870 crossfire.  In that Pripyat benchmark I'm using 1920X1200 and everything crank to it's highest, Ultra, DX11 and in the advance I also have every option crank to it's max allow.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 07:40:15
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I had everything cranked to the max even in the advance tab. I used 1920 x 1080 to match the video.
Are your 5870's stock? Mine were not OC'd during the bench.
The 480 drivers are not as evolved as the 5870's are.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 07:47:04
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We need a true WHQL-certified driver for 4-Way SLI from Nvidia.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 08:52:13
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The more cards you add the worse they scale.I would have to say that things are pretty good for no major overclocking.Crank that puppy up and you will start to see some performance gains.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 09:56:02
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I'd like to know what drivers they are using for vantage. I can't get vantage to complete with the current drivers and 4way SLI.
Also, 35000ish for 4 way? I think I got higher on 3 way
They used 197.55 drivers http://www.nvidia.com/obj...64bit_197.55_whql.html
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 10:21:27
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stevemr2t
I'd like to know what drivers they are using for vantage. I can't get vantage to complete with the current drivers and 4way SLI.
Also, 35000ish for 4 way? I think I got higher on 3 way
They used 197.55 drivers http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_197.55_whql.html
I wonder why the drivers aren't listed on NVIDIA's website when you go drivers, select your product. Seems like the direct hotlink works, but going through their website they aren't listed?
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 10:27:06
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 10:31:21
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cmartin2413
Is the Silverstone 1500W PSU actually 1500W? I mean does it require 200 or anything like that for it to run at 1500? Or is it something that is rated at 1200W, but will run at 1500?
Its a true 1500watts
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 10:38:44
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Must be a severe CPU bottleneck. I wholeheartedly agree 100%. The CPU was being air-cooled which isn't going to cut it when getting the i7 frequency high enough to successfully power 4 x 480s to the best of their ability. For 4 x 480s, I'd say nothing less than a 1366 i7 @ 4.6Ghz. I think a 980x @ 4.6ghz or higher would be preferable. Also, the cards may have had a hard time getting all the power they needed. Also, I do believe that the drivers had a part is the poor scaling of 4 x 480s. They just came out with the first driver which allowed quad-sli on the 480s so I'm sure there are MANY things yet to be worked out to get the best possible scaling.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 11:11:05
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I had everything cranked to the max even in the advance tab. I used 1920 x 1080 to match the video.
Are your 5870's stock? Mine were not OC'd during the bench.
The 480 drivers are not as evolved as the 5870's are.
Yes my card are over clock to 900 core and 1250 ram. But it's only 50mhz above stock and should not really make a whole big difference. Probably 5-8fps gain. But going from GTX280 SLI to 5870 CF is huge jump in performance.
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 11:50:48
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Is the Silverstone 1500W PSU actually 1500W? I mean does it require 200 or anything like that for it to run at 1500? Or is it something that is rated at 1200W, but will run at 1500?
When Jonnyguru reviewed it he said it could put out like 1780 Watts or something peak. It is a BEAST of a power supply. JonnyGURU review Silverstone ST1500 1500W
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 12:56:51
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Re:GTX 480 4-Way SLI Benchmarks
2010/04/26 13:05:05
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Drivers are slowly maturing.
This new 4way sli setup now possible by evga and asus. Nvidia is still testing this setup.
The last GTX285 4 way setup was it emulated the cards as a GTX295. Which isn't the same as 4 285 in quad fire.
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