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I have 2 nVidia 760s in SLI, 3x 27" LCD, and an I7 3770 - Help me Max out SWTOR's FPS

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I have 2 nVidia 760s in SLI, 3x 27" LCD, and an I7 3770 - Help me Max out SWTOR's FPS
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Heat-Wave
03.02.2015 , 03:47 PM | #21
Just for fun, I pulled up the pages on each of the last three flagship nVidia cards:

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...specifications

The 680 has 1536 CUDA cores, a texture fill rate of 128.8 billion/sec, and memory bandwidth of 192.2 GB/sec
The 780 has 2304 CUDA cores, a texture fill rate of 160.5 billion/sec, and memory bandwidth of 288.4 GB/sec
The 980 has 2048 CUDA cores, a texture fill rate of 144 billion/sec, and memory bandwidth of 223 GB/sec

What is interesting is that the 980 has "lower numbers" across all three items than the 780 does, but in benchmark after benchmark, the 980 is CLEARLY faster.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/n...-980-review/13

Look at the last chart, 1920x1080 at ultra quality. The 980 does 89.8 fps while the 780 does only 67.6 fps.
Take it to the second chart at 4k at medium quality, the 980 does 68.4 fps while the 780 does only 49.4 fps.

So with lower numbers, it is a much faster card (at least at Battlefield 4).

Why is this? Simple, the "cores" of the new Maxwell architecture are much better at getting actual "work" done, than the older Kepler architecture was.

So you can't just look at a number, either the 680/780/980, or even the number of cores, because you also have to look at the effective "work" that a given chip can do.

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As a side note, if you're using a 680, at 1080p you should still be fine, but for anything higher than that, an upgrade may be due. At 4k, the 680 does 41 fps at medium quality vs. 68.4 for the 980. Of course I wouldn't buy a 980 today, I'd buy a 290X or even a 290, given the lower price of both cards. Both run hot but if you have a decent sized case with fans for cooling and you get a model that is not a blower type reference cooler, you should be fine.

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MandFlurry
03.02.2015 , 04:03 PM | #22
Quote: Originally Posted by Heat-Wave View Post
Just for fun, I pulled up the pages on each of the last three flagship nVidia cards:

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...specifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...specifications

The 680 has 1536 CUDA cores, a texture fill rate of 128.8 billion/sec, and memory bandwidth of 192.2 GB/sec
The 780 has 2304 CUDA cores, a texture fill rate of 160.5 billion/sec, and memory bandwidth of 288.4 GB/sec
The 980 has 2048 CUDA cores, a texture fill rate of 144 billion/sec, and memory bandwidth of 223 GB/sec

What is interesting is that the 980 has "lower numbers" across all three items than the 780 does, but in benchmark after benchmark, the 980 is CLEARLY faster.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/n...-980-review/13

Look at the last chart, 1920x1080 at ultra quality. The 980 does 89.8 fps while the 780 does only 67.6 fps.
Take it to the second chart at 4k at medium quality, the 980 does 68.4 fps while the 780 does only 49.4 fps.

So with lower numbers, it is a much faster card (at least at Battlefield 4).

Why is this? Simple, the "cores" of the new Maxwell architecture are much better at getting actual "work" done, than the older Kepler architecture was.

So you can't just look at a number, either the 680/780/980, or even the number of cores, because you also have to look at the effective "work" that a given chip can do.

---

As a side note, if you're using a 680, at 1080p you should still be fine, but for anything higher than that, an upgrade may be due. At 4k, the 680 does 41 fps at medium quality vs. 68.4 for the 980. Of course I wouldn't buy a 980 today, I'd buy a 290X or even a 290, given the lower price of both cards. Both run hot but if you have a decent sized case with fans for cooling and you get a model that is not a blower type reference cooler, you should be fine.
Yeah, that's why I told him it would be a mistake to get a 40-41 inch 4k monitor. That's just backwards thinking. Yeah I have 1 1080p Acer and 144htz, and everything looks glossy unless i'm on most of Rishi of course. Rishi and Yavin 4 is bad with the 3.0 programming, but can be very beautiful.

1 guy I knew on the EVGA forums was getting a 100fps, as usually fps. I haven't asked any1 what they get now with 3.0 though.

There are so many variables that come to mind about every GPU and why it's not getting above 60fps, i don't have the energy to type them all out or spell them correcty.
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SacredTbag
03.02.2015 , 05:26 PM | #23
I used to have great performance in the game with two 7770's in crossfire, much better than one card. Now I also use a GTX 760 along with a FX6300 @4.3ghz, 16gb ram and the game running off an ssd. I get around 100fps with most everything maxed (except shadows and vsync off) at 1080. Those two things kill performance for me. The fps is still good, but the game stutters so bad it isn't playable.

But, you're trying to run 3x the resolution I am, and the 760 can't pull that off UNLESS you're using the 4gb version. 2gb memory buffers just isn't enough for a triple display setup for gaming. Remember, two 2gb cards does not equal 4gb memory. If you bumped up to a decent 4gb card you'd have better results (or check out some of the newer 8gb models out now such as the 290x).

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pegasussgc
03.02.2015 , 07:45 PM | #24
If you're going to get a new monitor, I would just get a 1440p monitor if you absolutely want higher than 1080p. Make sure it has G-SYNC also. A 760 Ti may be able to handle SWTOR at that resolution at around 30fps (SWTOR is poorly optimized, but isn't that graphically intensive). Even the best GPUs on the market struggle with 4K, and it could be another year or two before we see single GPUs that can handle 4K games at 60fps+.

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Creetes
03.02.2015 , 09:49 PM | #25
Don't run the game in SLI mode as it is not compatible. Same problem running mine in SLI mode. The errors only got worse the longer I ran SLI in SWTOR. Redownloaded the game and running the second GPU for phys-x only. Works like a charm now!

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Creetes
03.02.2015 , 09:55 PM | #26
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Anyone have some specific suggestions? Only immediate one that comes to mind is trading my 3 monitors for a 40" 4k TV display so that I can refocus the SLI to maximize 3D performance rather than span displays with surround.

Certainly open to suggestions though.[/QUOTE]

This game is not SLI compatible. Turn off SLI, problem solved.

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Creetes
03.02.2015 , 10:09 PM | #27
Quote: Originally Posted by Alec_Fortescue View Post
You won't get stead 60 fps here, forget it hahhahahhaa
I get more then 60 FPS on my 24" Samsung Monitor backed by the 690GTX. No SLI because this game does not support it.

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ZionHalcyon
03.02.2015 , 10:18 PM | #28
Lol, geez. You guys are making it sound like my machine is a cripple.

I've always run the game in SLI and Eyefinity before that, and ran into no issues.

The reason for wanting a 4k 40" monitor is to replace my 3 screens with a single screen capable of near the same resolution.

As far as turning off SLI - er . no.


My screens are in portrait mode and playing at 1200x1920 on one screen does not appeal to me in the slightest.

I will take under consideration looking at other graphics cards however.

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MidrikNanar
03.03.2015 , 06:26 AM | #29
...we're making it sound like you're machine is a cripple because you do NOT have two GPUs worth running a multi-monitor setup on for gaming at high resolutions.

You have two mid-range GPUs trying to do the job of a high-end GPU, and as you've been told multiple times already, SLI support in this game is non-existent.

You want to run silky smooth games on a 4K or multi-screen setup? Upgrade your GPUs to a high-end model. Any and all time you spend trying to tweak these two cards for a task they aren't good at, really is a waste of time as you won't get much of an improvement out of it for reasons already stated a few times.

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Darth_Grissom
03.03.2015 , 09:46 AM | #30
I bought this computer last week.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/7gxYcf

The 52' Sanyo is 1080p at 120hz

I never get below 70 FPS anywhere. Not in 16 man ops or huge pvp battles in game.

I will add that I am running at 4.0 GHZ overclocked (Thank you OC GENIE) as well as an overclocked GPU.
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