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n1con
Caldari
Chosen Path
Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2008.04.20 12:06:00 -
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Hello,
I am looking for some help, I am about to upgrade my PC and I was wondering:
1: Does Eve supports SLI?
2: Does it make much difference?
3: Would 2x 9600GT 512Mb SLi be better than 2x 8800GTS 320Mb SLi
Cheers
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Elysarian
Minmatar
Republic University
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Posted - 2008.04.20 12:45:00 -
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can we say "overkill"?
Eve runs at between 40 and 90 FPS depending on what's onscreen for me with just one 8800GT (G92 core) with everything cranked up high at 1280x1024.
I doubt, if it does support SLI, that you'd actually notice much difference as most of the slowdown in Eve is server-side.
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Implicatus
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Posted - 2008.04.21 19:58:00 -
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Edited by: Implicatus on 21/04/2008 19:58:36
*bleh*
1) officially, i dont know, but it works
2) it makes as much difference as in other games, somewhere between 20%-40% additional Frames Per Second
3) depends on your resolution. at low resolutions its likely to be a toss up, at very high resolutions the 9600GT's should perform faster
more power is not overkill, but it is epeen 
I personally wouldn't do that upgrade for EVE, but if you play first person shooter games at high res it could be.
Everything cranked at high @ 1280x1024 is not impressive, do it at 1920x1200 and i'll respect you 
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Elysarian
Minmatar
Republic University
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Posted - 2008.04.21 21:35:00 -
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When I have a monitor capable of running that kind of resolutions... I might.
at the moment I'm stuck with a 19" TFT with a native resolution of 1280x1024 
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Mr QUE
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.23 03:53:00 -
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games have nothing to do with it SLI and crosfire they are controled by the cards video drivers, and yes it works :)
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Gotrek Gurnisson
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.05.07 12:54:00 -
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If your current drivers and OS support SLI then EVE will receive the benefits (assuming you remember to enable SLI in NVidia Control Panel).
As the previous posters have said - the benefit of SLI depends on your max resolution, and what type of games you play.
My current system running EVE in PREMIUM at max settings is as follows:
Phenom 9600 BE @ 2.3 GHz
4GB 800MHz DDR2 RAM
2 x 8800GTS 320Mb in SLI
Vista Business Edition 64-bit
NVidia Forceware 169.25 (latest vista drivers)
One 8800 GTS gets me comfortably over 100 fps in EVE at 1280 x 1024. However if I increase the resolution to my monitors maximum (1800 x 1440) then the frame rate from a single card dips to 60-70 fps.
Two 8800 GTS in SLI gets me close to 150fps at 1280 x 1024, and around 100fps in 1800 x 1440.
However - my system has a much lower framerate playing Crysis. I always would advise going for the newer cards if you want to play any recent releases alongside EVE. The only reason I got 2 x 8800 GTS 320Mb in SLI is because I had already bought one of the cards a couple of years ago, and it was cheaper to buy a second 8800 GTS than it was to upgrade to a newer card.
Just make sure you have a powerful enough PSU, and sufficient cooling in your case - as an SLI setup puts out a ton of heat! Most SLI boards leave one PCI slot free between the boards - which allows you to fit a PCI slot ducted fan to help cool things down.
Online PSU Calculator - http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp - seems fairly accurate.
The calculator said my system would draw 480W - and my Corsair 520W PSU seems to adequately supply my SLI setup even under full load (e.g. running 2 EVE clients and a Prime95 torture test at the same time for several hours without realising it!)
My system has 3 x 120mm fans + 90mm ducted PCI slot fan + GFX card ducted fans + CPU Fan/Heat Sink - and the CPU temperature stabilises at 55 celsius during a sustained Prime95 torture test....... Maximum recommended temperature for Phenom chips is 60 degrees - with AMD stating 70 degrees as maximum ceiling - so my cooling is just about adequate. 
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Elysarian
Minmatar
dudetruck corp
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Posted - 2008.05.08 17:22:00 -
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Just re-read this post...
one extra thing to note:
320/640MB 8800 = G80 (old) core.
256/512MB 8800 and up = G92 (new) core.
comparison table here 
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