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Mazty on 12 February 2013
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CGI-Quality said:
Mazty said:
CGI-Quality said:

- Played Metro for the first time on my current build last night. I averaged 75-80fps and only went as low as 43 once. Not really too concerned there. If you need two 690s for one game (especially a 2010 title), you're doing something wrong. Even Crysis doesn't require that for maximum results. ;)

- AMD? No thanks. Prefer NVIDIA as they have better driver support and I prefer PhysX over the alternative

- As for the rig itself (specs), already made my decision. Just wanted some insight on cooling

Metro settings? Certainly doesn't sound like they were maxed out....And Metro is more demanding then Crysis...

AMD as in AMD CPU. Far better value for media processing. 

Just sounds like you're wasting money on status components a fair bit.

Read the edit for CPUs.

As for Metro, yes, everything juiced all the way up (very much how it would be with 680 SLI - which a 690 is within 90% of for Metro). I only play with everything on max. I averaged 80-90fps with Crysis maxed, modded, and FXAA injected. In fact, it becomes nearly as resourceful as Metro. I've only ever had issues with Far Cry 3, and that's only because it wasn't properly scaled for SLI at launch.

With Metro, there was some micro-stutter from time-to-time and it dipped below 50fps, as I said, once, but nothing remarkable. Really performed better than I epxected, given how many people sound like you.

And I've done all the research I need for parts, particularly for what I'm doing and how infrequent I plan to change builds after this one. Much of my work will require intensive rendering, serious multitasking, hyperthreading, and processing. The 690, however, is mainly for gaming. The specs are not just for "bragging rights", but that's moot anyway. :)


http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_680_sli_review,12.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_680_SLI/14.html

What's your current set up considering GTX680's sli'd avg 66/48...?

You may want to hold out for the Titan as that could easily surpass the 690 in SLI. Plus is the rendering you're doing CUDA supported? If so the Titan would an even better choice.