NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Micro stuttering GPU's is incurable Aug 2011 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,review-32256.html http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,631668/Video-proof-Micro-stuttering-may-destroy-the-performance-gains-from-current-multi-GPU-technologies/Practice/ Looks like is you go with (and I have in the past) SLI / CROSSFIRE or Dual GPU single solution cards, AMD/ ATI & NVIDIA can promise you one thing, 'Micro stuttering' just when you don't want it (while playing games). Looks like the only solution is a very powerful single GPU, which generates a smoother stream of frames. REMEMBER this when recommending multi GPU Solutions to friends.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slain~SPARTA~ Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The performance of three- and four-way CrossFire setups not only surprised us, but also managed to utterly convince us that micro-stuttering doesn't have to affect your multi-GPU configuration. For some reason, the third GPU almost always eliminates micro stuttering and has a less-pronounced effect on performance. At least in the games we ran, the fourth GPU is more eye candy than anything, and its contribution is minimal. From the last page just need to spend more money. My 2x 6950s have a bit of and issue with this but not much and only with a few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDAN Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Used corssfire,and dual gpu, in the past ,No more . Single strong GPU,is the answer for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donziboy2 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Micro-stutter has always existed for dual GPU systems on some games, its in the way the games get resources. My biggest annoyance with dual GPU's is noise...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwing~SPARTA~ Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have been on CF with 2 4850 for almost 2 years and I didnt have any issue, or may be I didn t even notice it. Only reason why I moved to a 6970 (6950 modded to) was an amazing deal on a moddable 6950, removing 2 cards and having 1 performing better and better stability on drivers. So far my single 6970 didn t come short on any game at max quality. I am sure it will not let me down on BF3 either. In the past a CF or SLI config was in need to achieve decent performances at max quality. Today with the new GPU class 6xxx or Nvidia 5xx I dont see any reason to go Dual anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I have a 5970 and it has always stuttered. This often manifests itself as a clicking noise but it make some games unplayable (BFBC2). I will buy a 580 GTX in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 I have a 5970 and it has always stuttered. This often manifests itself as a clicking noise but it make some games unplayable (BFBC2). I will buy a 580 GTX in November. I feel guilty that I advised you but the fault in my recommendation was simple, I play few games, one being BC2 which did show stuttering and then not, in the end up it got worse with later updates to drivers. RUSE & SUPREME COMMANDER showed no stuttering. I'll bare that in mind for future advise. One thing is guaranteed, the normal user going from single to dual GPU in single card format or twin cards is going to be experiencing STUTTERING. As the article in Tom's Hardware points out, it's the inconsistent timings of the GPU's that create the problem, that's why you may not see it with some games and it comes and goes in others. Long and short of it all is, DON'T BUY MULTI GPU Graphics in 2011 unless you wanna play Russian roulette with problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajimoto Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) As most of you know I had a dual 5970 configuration which I exhaustively tried to make work. I finally tossed in the ATI towel and crawled back to Nvidia. Not only were the micro stutters an issue, but the driver support or lack thereof just wore me down. Prior to my dual 5970's I was running dual 4870 X2's (another 4 GPU configuration) which I only updated from because they did not support DX11. I am enjoying solid out of the box performance once again from my GTX 590 (yes another dual GPU) which I do not experience micro stutter with, it may be there but I do not see it. My fallback rig has dual 5870's and i do see it there. EDIT: I think it is important for me to add that the only reason I went with a dual GPU's is that your not able to achieve a tri-panel configuration in the Nvidia world without dual GPU's. Edited August 28, 2011 by Hajimoto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 I think it is important for me to add that the only reason I went with a dual GPU's is that your not able to achieve a tri-panel configuration in the Nvidia world without dual GPU's. Your forgiven.... I wish I had room for triple panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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