WoW SLI performance at 4k

[AlphaPolack]

Good morning. 

 

A few days ago a guildie and myself got in a discussion as whether or not World of Warcraft supported SLI configurations.

 

My reply was yes, but as with most games optimization varies.

 

So having 2 GTX-1070s I decided to run a flight path FPS run as a comparison, so that the only variables would be SLI/Single and any "area mob" variances which is nominal.

 

PC specs:

i7-6700k @ 4.65gHz

64GB DDR4-3333

MSI Gaming X GTX-1070 (out of box, no OC) x2

Samsung 950 Pro 512GB m.2

 

4k resolution with FPS cap off, 7 view distance, no AA, everything else maxxed.

 

Flight path from Dalaran to Shipwreck Cove

[vorticalbox]

 

Just write the information in a nice chart in the summary at the bottom along with some calculations to % increased with SLI. Makes for a better read and help you with your writing and maths.

[Cereal5]

im assuming blue is single and green is SLI. its too small for me to read though

[AlphaPolack]

Click on the image..... SMH

 

Green is SLI,  23.42% increase in SLI

[DXMember]

it even has SLI profile from nVidia

yes it does support SLI, but do you really need it?

[vorticalbox]

1 minute ago, AlphaPolack said:

Click on the image..... SMH

 

Green is SLI,  23.42% increase in SLI

 

trust me clicking on the image does not help in reading it.

[DXMember]

Just now, vorticalbox said:

trust me clicking on the image does not help in reading it.

go to school then and ask your science teacher to teach you how to read graphs

[vorticalbox]

Just now, DXMember said:

go to school then and ask your science teacher to teach you how to read graphs

This is what it looks like to me. @Cereal5 I assume it's the same as well. I can see lines going up and down but that gives me nothing in terms of context.

 

 

[DXMember]

Just now, vorticalbox said:

This is what it looks like to me. @Cereal5 I assume it's the same as well. I can see lines going up and down but that gives me nothing in terms of context.

 

 

ummm... get a bigger screen...

or middle click the image to open in full size

or report an issue for high resolution images in the bug section

[AlphaPolack]

I have no problem zooming in on it after clicked. FPS on vertical axis, delta sample on horizontal line. Doesn't get any clearer

[FIXXX]

That's a mighty small SLI increase. One would say in that respect - almost negligible.

[ltguy]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480_CrossFire/18.html

 

Crossfire has good scaling, i just assumed SLI would as well. I've played 4k warcraft on my SLI titans with no issues but never disabled one card to look at the differences.

[ltguy]

Heres the numbers for 1080 SLI from same source.

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_SLI/19.html

[ltguy]

Also your framerates seem low compared to even the rx480s.

[AlphaPolack]

14 hours ago, ltguy said:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480_CrossFire/18.html

 

Crossfire has good scaling, i just assumed SLI would as well. I've played 4k warcraft on my SLI titans with no issues but never disabled one card to look at the differences.

The benchmarks you refer to are for WoD, not legion. Although not a engine overhaul, there were several graphics changes that make minced meat of gpu's.

 

3 additional levels ABOVE ultra have been added , particle count , and an increased view distance now affects performance drasticly.

 

It's nothing like the benches TPU have listed for Warlords.

[Graffporn]

Yes I have a similar question and this thread didn't get very far into answering the OP's question. Yes- Legion is far more demanding than the last expansion was (as well as the graphics engine doesn't work well with the API or something cuz everyone is having these issues).

 

+25% isn't that much.. considering a 1080 gives a similar jump from a 1070- but I'm sure it scales better at 4K than a single 1080 does. I have heard a few claims that SLI can run +50-60% performance- of course those are at different resolutions.

 

I have a 1070, 6600k, SSD, 16gb ram and 2560x1080 Ultrawide Monitor. Maxed settings, including SSAA x4 + CMAA, I am getting 35-50 FPS on average. I am wondering if it's more likely I'd see a higher average FPS with another 1070 or a 1080?