SLI vs. CrossFire, Part 2 – High-end multi-GPU scaling
Total War: Shogun II
Total War: Shogun II is one of ABT’s newest DX11 benchmarks. This is a very demanding game as all settings are at their maximum ultra settings and with 2xAA added. We use the built-in benchmark in the Steam version of the retail game and bench at 1920×1200 and at 2560×1600.
The GTX 580 is faster than the HD 6970 although the HD 6990 is faster than the GTX 590. GTX 580 SLI is faster than HD 6970 CrossFire and the TriFire-X3 solution is the fastest.
We still see good multi-GPU scaling although the game has become too demanding at 5760×1080 for all but TriFire-X3.
Thanks for this article. It was a very interesting read
I’m really looking forward to the next parts in the series. Overclocking and potential CPU-bottlenecking in Single-Card VS SLI is something I’ve been wondering about for a long while. And also microstuttering, I’ve never experienced it myself, but it scares me enough to make me cautions of buying another GTX 570 to SLI.
And oh, is it possible to get Battlefield 3 Beta added in your test-games?
Thanks for the feedback. I would not be afraid of getting a second GTX 570 for SLI. Nvidia (and AMD) work to minimize micro stuttering in the drivers and it is something that you can generally further alleviate by backing down on settings if you notice it.
I plan to add BF3 to my regular benching suite after it is released. The beta is only going to be valid for less than a month.
Thank you very much for this! It isn’t easy finding benchmark results with newer drivers. Not for a quad-SLI or quadfire setup that is. Cheers!
Err, strike the quad-SLI and quadfire part, but all the same – it is nice to find more up to date benchmarks!