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#1 2010-04-11 03:54:48
- vinneh
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Is SLI in wine worth it?
I've finally given up on ATI working in wine and decided to get a new card. Right now, my choices are either the evga gtx260 here or 2x GTS250's in SLI here.
Will the GTS250's be fast enough compared to the single 260 to warrant having to get a new motherboard (another $150), or is SLI neglible in wine?
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#2 2010-04-11 04:34:30
- tavianator
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Re: Is SLI in wine worth it?
Well, wine just proxies DirectX through to whatever linux driver is running, so you'll only get at most the performance that linux gives you. I believe the blob has SLI support since fairly recently, but I have no idea how nicely it plays with wine.
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#3 2010-04-11 05:42:57
- pillz
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Re: Is SLI in wine worth it?
250 is a rebranded 8800
1 expensive card > 2 cheap cards in most cases
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#4 2010-04-11 15:43:57
- vinneh
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Re: Is SLI in wine worth it?
I'm hoping that I won't see too much of a hit from having 2x 5750's in crossfire, but they just aren't working right in linux and I'm tired of it.
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#5 2010-04-11 21:40:09
- Milena
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Re: Is SLI in wine worth it?
SLI setups work ok with wine games but i would always prefer one high end card over 2 cheaper cards combined. If you can save up or spare the money wait for the fermi gpus (nvidia 400 series) or look for a 275/285/295 as those will drop in price soon.
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#6 2010-04-12 02:45:55
- gonX
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Re: Is SLI in wine worth it?
I wouldn't ever consider buying multiple cards for SLI. Perhaps if I got 2 for a gift I'd do it, but it's not twice as fast with 2 cards - it's rather around 1.6x depending on the game (theoretical maximum being 2x of course).
In this case the GTX260 will outperform the 2 GTS250's - check out on GPUReview.com to compare the cards on their specs. There's a mode to simulate multi-GPU specs, but as it just multiplies some of the specifications, take it with a grain of salt.
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