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GTX 285 Tri-Sli or GTX 295 Quad-Sli?

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    Posted: 23 Jun 2009 at 5:49pm
Hey guys, I am fiddleing around with configurations, and I am stuck.
Should I go with 2x GTX 295 or 3x GTX 285? I know they perform about the same and if not within 5 or 10 FPS of each other, but the main reason im skitish about Quad-Sli is the rumor of micro-stutter. Can anyone give me their opinion on this, or better yet someone with a Quad-Sli setup explain their experience?
Thanks for any help!!Ouch
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none, 3 275's will be cheaper and just the same as 3 285's
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pretty sure he likes benchmarking and isn't interested in "cheaper"as much as max performance. but i could be wrong.


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Sli at all causes micro-stutter, not quad. From what I've seen Quad Sli 295s scale beautifully, but it's not worth it, imo.
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fps will be the same, but benchmarks numbers won't, if I remember correctly 3 x 285 will give a little higher benchmark scores.

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Thanks for the replies everyone!!

and sdelu you hit the nail on the headOuch
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 23 Jun 2009 at 7:30pm
well in all fairness e.fruman was right, fps is practically the same, so performance is the same, benchmark scores will not be. difference between 3 x 275 and 3 x 285 and 2 x 295 are all within 3 to 6 fps, and that is in an environment where you are over 60fps already so you won't even notice that difference.(other then games like crysis)

as I mentioned you will notice the difference in benchmarks scores of course.

but if you are looking for highest scores in bench 3 x 285 is the one that gets them.

If I remember correctly with old drivers 3 x 285 got the score of 29580 and 2 x 295 got a 27940 in 3dMark vantage

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2 x 295's will usually give the highest benchmarks with the newest drivers. Also if you are benching you are going to overclock, and the 275 and 285 cannot be volt modded, they have cheap VRMs, unlike the the 295, so more potential to. Embarrassed
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at stock speeds the 295 still fall behind, the drivers provide the same gain for each card.

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the GTX 285's cant be volt modded? Wow, did not know that. That was my intention, to overclock on my own to see how many vantage scores I can topple. Seems almost childish to type that but eh, I don't care.Embarrassed
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DST when you break 40K on vantage with 3 285's let me know. ROFL..Smile  Benching keep to the 2 295's.
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id go with the CLearance i7 965 its going for likr 500 something right now. and 2 x 295 for your benchmarks unless u wanna wait for the gtx 300 series cards

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lol is that stock 295 justin?

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LOL, no.
 
Here is an old article the 295 does a bit better now, with new drivers enhancing quad sli a bit.
 
 
 
quad still wins 1920x1200 most times, and has more headroom to OC, but because of the lower memory it sometimes loses to the tri -285's in games. espescially in 2560x1600 res.
 
2 x 275's best bang for buck
2 x 285's a little better bang, more bucks
2 x 295's most bang for benching, most bucks
3 x 285's has better min frame rates, so better for most gaming, still a lot of bucks. lol
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2x295 will generally win in benchmarks, of course you do have to volt mod and overclock high.  Though it is not even worth trying/wasting money as those with LN2 and DICE will kick your ass.
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LOL well I said stock.

OCing is a different story and other then benchmarking, there is not need to OC anything cause in games with Tri sli you gonna be over 60fps and won't notice the difference.

and I doubt that quad sli 295 with 3458GB of memory will lose to Tri sli 285 with 3GB of game due to memory, the quad has more ram.

in some games Tri sli 285/275 wins, in some games they are even, in some games quad sli 295 wins.

overclocking is a different story as I said.

Edited by DST4ME - 23 Jun 2009 at 10:51pm

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Right, if you're getting a machine purely for benchmarking is a waste is all I'm saying, you will never reach the top of the list.
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