CPU Bottleneck / SLI Scaling revisited
Benchmarkextreme dives deep into the gray areas between hardware capabilities and gaming performance
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Crysis Single Player
FPS at 2560 X 1600
This is what high resolution does to you in a lot of titles. In stark contrast to the lower resolutions, at 2560 X 1600 even a "lowly" 2.66 GHZ I7 is enough to feed even TRI SLI.
SLI Scaling at 2560 X 1600
Crysis Summary
Based on the results of the benchmarks, I feel that with GTX 285, your CPU requirements are minimal, owing to the graphically intensive nature of the game. With dual SLI , if you are running at sub 1920 X 1200 resolution, you might want to upgrade your CPU by a little bit. With three cards in action, you need a lot more horsepower at anything below 2560 X 1600. Surprisingly, GPU requirements diminish at 2560 X 1600. A stock I7 920, for example would provide adequate gameplay experience.
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