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Mar 1^st, 2012 at 8:37pm

cloakedwand72 Offline
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is sli worth it for any game with a gtx 580?

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Reply #1 - Mar 1^st, 2012 at 10:44pm

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The GTX 580 is a very powerful card. There's absolutely no need to SLI unless you are gaming on multiple monitors.

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Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2012 at 4:22am

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I have had a pair of old 295s in my computer for a long time. When I bought them they were the top of the line so I tried them with FSX.

In fact I tried them in and out of SLI and did not see much difference in FPS.

No way did the 1 or 2 frames I gained justify 2 cards @$750.00 each.

SLI has been great for other games but it is my understanding FSX has never been optimized for SLI/Crossfire.

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