xxxlun4icexxx :
Solid 60 fps, all settings ultra. Only thing that I turned down a bit was the aa deferred. I'm using 4x msaa (not because of the VRAM maxing out mind you, but because you hit 100% gpu usage in tri-sli around 4x msaa). Way more than you'd ever need. still, solid 60fps. Looks amazing. Looks much better than the screenshot of a chart you posted, which by the way is incredibly inaccurate. I mean I guess go with it if you think it's best, but it stinks that someone might be deterred from awesome gaming because someone who doesn't even play at 4k tells them it's impossible. I feel bad for them,
The charts are most certainly accurate or the techpowerup site users would be up in arms. The charts are most certainly accurate as other reviewers are getting similar results and users have found it so in comparison to their own machines over the past decade. The techpowerup site is extremely well respected which is evidenced by the sheer number of cards sent in for reviews and is and universally used in this and other forums as a definitive reference. If the data was inaa=ccurate, it would never have achieved this status. Techpowerup is also the source of GPU_z, the definitive utility for GFX card monitoring / testing.
The subject is and comments made were in the context of "Can the OP play every single game at maximum settings at 30 fps" with his gear. The answer is an unequivocal no. Your criticisms are off base because:
1. You are not using his card and your results are therefore irrelevant
2. You are turning some thing down
3. You are using 3 not 2 GPUs
4. The performance in Crysis was in no way referred to as a reason to go 4k versus 5760. It was a mere comment on the OPs expectation.
Statements were made about available cards on the market, specifically two cards in CF, two cards in SLI or 2 GPus on the same PCB. Nothing was said about triple SLI.
Why would someone be deterred ? As each of us sits down to build a box, no one sits down and says "Gee Id really like to do 1368 resolution at medium settings". I think 99% of us sit down wishing for the best that technology can offer us and then pare it back to meet budget limitations. It's all bout making an "informed decision". So no no one should be deterred from getting anything because it doesn't do Crysis 3 at max settings at any particular settings.... don't know why you'd think anyone would expect it to. But that's not the same as going into any decision with the mistaken expectation that it can.
If I am considering getting an inoculation against the flu and the doc tells me I might get a rash or a runny nose, he is allowing me to make an "informed decision". To make an informed decision, one needs facts and by supplying me with the facts, the doc has allowed me to make one. Given the risk of a rash / runny nose versus days in bed, most will make the choice to get the shot in a heartbeat.
And going into a purchase decision thinking you can play very game at 30 fps would not be an "informed decision" because today, no two GPUs can delivery that in any single game.
My informed "decision" last year was to choose a 1920 x 1080 144 Hz monitor and twin water cooled 780s because a) I did in fact want to play every game at 60 fps and b) There was no 2560 x 1440 monitor that did 144 Hz. Today there is.....my son was toying with the idea of two 980s in SLI @ 2560 res 144 Hz which overclocked should get him around 58-59 fps in Crysis 3 but in the end he decided to go with twin 970s and keep his current 1920 monitor and will instead spend that money paying back his college loans. He was not "deterred" in any way, because like most players, turning a single game down doesn't bother him, but he went in by making an informed decision knowing that a) He will get 60 fps in every game with his current monitor and b) he'll get about 48 fps with his OC'd 970s in Crysis 3 when he does upgrade to 2560. As above, most will not be deterred from making that decision.
I don't understand the significance to your reference to web forum / article image quality limitations. The reviewer / article author and web site owner makes that decision. If you have concerns about the image quality, you can take it up with the author / web site owner
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_970_SLI/
Here's the 980 in tri SLI getting 29.1 in SLI ....42.1 in tri-SLI and 54.2 in quad SLI at very high (not ultra) w/ 4xAA, with the 2X SLI remarkably close to the original chart. You must have done very well indeed int he silicon lottery to get 60 fps at max settings when in all the reviews, no one else has been able to do that even with 4 980s ... tho overclocked four 980s should be able to break the 60 fps barrier.
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