Vengi said:
makingmusic476 said:
ssj12 said:
makingmusic476 said:
3 8800s in SLi =/= the combined power of 3 8800s. SLi is pretty inefficient, and is only useful if there are no better cards on the market yet. A nVidia 9800 or whatever is up next will probably be more powerful than two 8800s in SLi. Also, the ram is probably another limitation. They should probably up it to 4 gigs using Vista 64-bit. |
the bolded part is the only part of your statement that is correct. Please research before you post. As for your 64-bit comment read this: http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2007/10/16/64-bit_more_than_just_the_ram/1 |
What was wrong with my 64-bit comment? Only a 64-bit OS can fully utilize 4gb of ram, and a 64-bit OS would probably speed up processes in Crysis overall. As to my SLi comment, yes, I may have been over emphasizing a bit, but SLi is somewhat inefficient, even if your mobo has two PCIe slots with 16 lanes each. My mobo is only PCIe x8 when in SLi, which is why I never bothered to pick up a second 7900gtx. |
I think what he was pointing out was that a 64bit OS does FAR more then just allow you to access more ram it improves preformance in many other ways - check out the link he posted for more details. From an interview I watched some time ago they confirmed that it runs best on a 64bit OS so I assume they have done some optimizing to take advantage of the 64bit architecture. |
I could have 64-bit Vista Ultimate right now, but I'm an idiot.
About 6 months ago they were giving away copies of Vista (any version, whatever you wanted) for free to students. I took ULtimate 32-bit, figuring I'd just upgrade from XP. The upgrade went horribly wrong, and I ended up having to do a fresh install. If I had known that, I would've just taken 64-bit, but I didn't.
In the end it was probably for the better. Creative's drivers for their x-fi cards for Vista are shitty as it is. I don't even know if they have 64-bit drivers.
