G94 VS G92: NVIDIA SLI performance scaling test
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Cards in the test
Page 3: The Drivers
Page 4: Testbed and remarks
Page 5: Old driver VS new
Page 6: Performance Scaling in SLI mode,Part one
Page 7: Performance Scaling in SLI mode,Part two
Page 8: Under 174.16, 9600GT SLI scales better than 8800GT
Page 9: 9600 GT SLI vs 8800 GT SLI
Page 10: Final conclusion
final conclusion
Let’s return to the questions we write in the Page 1 and try to answer it.
●With the new forceware, will 8800GT SLI scales better than it used to be?
NVIDIA try to catch up with AMD in dual GPU solution, and achieve a good result via Forceware update and hardware improvement. From our driver comparison you can see, SLI is improving. In 169.28 Beta, 8800GT 512MB SLI have been improved. In totally 19 test items, totally 10 test item shows the SLI setup scales more than 50%. 6 items as high as 70%. The average scaling up to 49.4%.
What’s more, 174.16 WHQL boosts 8800GT SLI even higher. In all the 19 test items, 10 of it scales higher than 50%. 8 items higher than 70%. averagely the scaling is improved to 54.6%. back to our article CF VS SLI written last year, “SLI can only scale 40% items up to 50%.” so with today’s new driver, 8800GT SLI scales better than it used to be.
But there is something we could not understand. Till now NVIDIA still didn’t release 174.16WHQL or other Forceware based on this version for 8800GT officially. Normal users still have to stick with the old 169.25WHQL.
NVIDIA still “recommends” 169.25 WHQL for 8800GT
● 9600 GT SLI scales better than ever? How good it is?
The average 9600GT SLI scaling is 63.25%, a very crazy ratio. In games like LostPlanet, Company of Heroes, Bioshock and 3Dmark06, SLI scaling up to 80% more.
● 174.16 WHQL help 9600 GT SLI scales better?
Yes, but only the driver can not make such a great improvement. In the same ForceWare 174.16, Compare to 8800GT SLI, 9600GT scales 10% better averagely. NVIDIA have done some changes in the core, or the PCB, to help the card scales.
● 8800GT SLI and 9600GT SLI, which have a better price/performance ratio?
33% cheaper and only 10% performance loss, 9600GT SLI have a better price/performance ratio.
Because of the production cost and the processing technology, nowadays the traditional single GPU product development is facing a stagnation. In this year multi-GPU solution is going strong, will rule the mid to high end market for a long time till the real next gen GPU is out.SLI is still far from satisfy, but we can already feel the improvement.
March 25th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
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March 25th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
how did you use the 174.16 with the 8800gt ?
March 26th, 2008 at 1:46 am
That is very interesting. When the 9600GT runs at a unplayable FPS (below 30FPS), the 8800GT is also runs below 30FPS.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:23 am
@guillaume,
edit nv4_disp.inf, add your card’s device ID and you can make it run
March 27th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Need to rebench with the latest official 174.53 WHQL drivers for 9600GT. Also the latest 174.74 leaked drivers supports all GF6/7, GF8 and GF9 without needing to mod the inf.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
uhm don’t wanna sound off topic but, quad sli drivers should be out by now? what’s the deal
March 28th, 2008 at 3:43 am
>> So do you like pay 33% more to trade 12% better SLI performance?
How about $230 for 9600GT and $270 for 8800GT?
With your prices no different absolutelly! $100 - is NOT different.
But other countries with other prices exists to.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Nvidia has released 174.74 officially on nvidia.com, can retest G92 and G96 with these new drivers?
March 28th, 2008 at 9:34 am
@Edd, coz so many countries out there, so we have use newegg to compare.
eg. in our local market(china), the 96GT is only 25% cheaper than 88gt.
where do you live Edd? The price is so…..high..
April 10th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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April 16th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Hi guys was wondering how to enable sli in the drivers for my m3a32-mvp mobo with my two 8800gt,s ? you can send directly to my e mail if you like hod333@hotmail.com thanks much
April 17th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
are you sure you are going to run two 8800GT with M3A32? it is a 790FX chipset which did not support SLI…
April 18th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Hi yes this board is dual pci and is capable of sli ..Its just in the driver than nvidia gives out that enables/disables the option..And this all comes down to which company has payed for the sli option..
April 20th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Please publish an update using the latest 174.74 forceware drivers.
April 20th, 2008 at 7:38 am
EdmonCU are you talking to me? if so how do you publish an update using the latest 174.74 drivers?
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
steve, nope. im referring to the one who wrote the article.
however, Xbitlabs has released a review comparing 9600GT in SLI over 8800GTS 512mb and 9800GTX.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce9600gt-sli.html
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