Running 2 Titans in SLI

[ITANI]

I currently have 1 Titan in my PC but cannot play BF4 with resolution scale at 200% in multiplayer as the frame rate goes too low. Would like to know if my PC will become hotter if I buy another Titan or if there's any negatives to having 2 graphic cards than 1? Here is my PC specs:

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Intel Core i7 3970X Six Core 4.4ghz
nVidia GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866MHz C10 Quad Channel Memory Kit
Asus Rampage IV Intel X79 Motherboard
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD
Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green 32MB Cache SATA II Hard Disk Drive
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Corsair H100i CPU Cooler
Corsair HX1050 1050W Modular Power Supply

 

[aznricepuff]

Two Titans of course will generate more heat than one Titan. Your case should be able to handle it though. If not, then adding some more case fans should lower temps.

Another drawback with SLI is that it can introduce microstuttering - variations in instantaneous frame rate that the brain perceives as a stuttering effect. Also some games have issues with SLI (either they don't scale well with multiple cards or they are missing/have bad SLI profiles). From my experience, BF4 is not one of those games. I'm running two 780s in SLI and everything runs butter smooth at 60+ FPS at 1440p, max settings (100% resolution scaling).

If you are insistent on running the game on 200% scaling then SLI is pretty much your only option. The only single card out there that is faster than the Titan is the R9 290X, but even that won't get you the frames you probably want at 200% scaling. Personally I would recommend just turning the scaling down to 100%; from what I've seen the slight increase in visual quality is not worth the gigantic hit to performance.

 

[photonboy]

I don't understand why people insist on scaling.
From what I understand, anti-aliasing already scales the resolution up and then down again to eliminate the jagged edges so forcing scaling is pointless and wastes processing power and memory. You are essentially doing the same thing and if you have AA enabled you're doing it twice.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

BF4 will look and run great on a single Titan.

Use FRAPS to monitor the frame rate and crank up the settings you have access to for the best visual experience that allows you to maintain 60FPS.

MULTIPLAYER TOO LOW?
I don't think this is even a graphics issue. I think it's a coding issue that won't be solved by adding another graphics card. A game update should be the solution.

Another Titan?
Did you know that the $500 EVGA 780 967MHz card beats a Titan?
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_geforce_gtx_780_classified_review,20.html

You can buy TWO cards, both faster than a Titan for the SAME COST as a new Titan!

SUMMARY:
a) don't use 200% scaling
b) Tweak to maintain 60FPS using normal methods
c) Probably a coding issue needing a game patch.