I recently purchased a second rig for gaming and I am having a heck of a time figuring out what is going on. Now that I write this, it seems to me that it may be more appropriate in the graphics forum but I just can't seeing that be the cause.
Recently bought a 3570k, 16 gigs of g skill pc3 12800, gigabyte up7, and threw in my two used 680gtx. Running at default speed performance is terrible. I am seeing numbers like 8500 from 3dmark, 1080p performance settings. The rig I just pulled em out of would do minimum 14900. Processor is a little more beefy, 3930k not oc, slower 16 gig ram on Asus sabertooth.
Really don't care about the bench marks but these rigs are used for race simulator games and it is almost unplayable in surround. I've checked and double checked the bios, Mb settings, latest drivers,etc. Its almost like only one card is working but there are no errors anywhere that I can see and I have monitors on both cards and they all have video.
Can the difference in cpu be all it is? I find it hard to believe but maybe. As a test I put a 2700k in that rig (the Up7) and it performed about the same.
So I'm down to the Mb being the culprit or the cards. Put the 2700k back on the p8z77, both are running windows 7, the 2700k with one Ati 7970 and it beats the sli 680s by a good 4000. Any idea how I can narrow it down further?
I read everywhere that not many games take advantage of the 3930s horsepower but I sure wish I would have bought another one of those instead of this cheaper 3570 and the expensive up7.
Latest drivers , even tried beta. I'm about to toss the 680s in with the 3570 but I'm afraid that will make nuts when I see it flyin .
Recently bought a 3570k, 16 gigs of g skill pc3 12800, gigabyte up7, and threw in my two used 680gtx. Running at default speed performance is terrible. I am seeing numbers like 8500 from 3dmark, 1080p performance settings. The rig I just pulled em out of would do minimum 14900. Processor is a little more beefy, 3930k not oc, slower 16 gig ram on Asus sabertooth.
Really don't care about the bench marks but these rigs are used for race simulator games and it is almost unplayable in surround. I've checked and double checked the bios, Mb settings, latest drivers,etc. Its almost like only one card is working but there are no errors anywhere that I can see and I have monitors on both cards and they all have video.
Can the difference in cpu be all it is? I find it hard to believe but maybe. As a test I put a 2700k in that rig (the Up7) and it performed about the same.
So I'm down to the Mb being the culprit or the cards. Put the 2700k back on the p8z77, both are running windows 7, the 2700k with one Ati 7970 and it beats the sli 680s by a good 4000. Any idea how I can narrow it down further?
I read everywhere that not many games take advantage of the 3930s horsepower but I sure wish I would have bought another one of those instead of this cheaper 3570 and the expensive up7.
Latest drivers , even tried beta. I'm about to toss the 680s in with the 3570 but I'm afraid that will make nuts when I see it flyin .