G ForceGTX 6 90 Ifyouhad a $1000 budgetfor a graphicscardin 2012 andyoujustsohappentooptforoneofthe's, thentheyearsfollowingyourinvestmentwouldhavebeenfilledwithgloriouslyhighframerates.
Itwas a cardforshowoffs.
A cardforthatwaslongingfortopqualitygraphicalsettings, butalso a cardtheaged a lotquickerthansomeoftheotherhighendofferingsatthetime.
Seethesixnineties.
A jeweledGPUcardunderthistraditionalyetaestheticallypleasingstockshroudliesto G K, oneoffourchipswith 3000 and 72 cumulativecuticles.
InstallingthisinyourPCislikeinstallingtwoGTXsixeightieswithouttheneedforanexternalSL I bridge.
Buttheproblemisthatnowadays, building a systemwithmultipleGPuseisn't aspopularasitonce.
Waas, nottomention a lotofnewgames, don't evensupportit.
Thatmaybewhyit's a dyingpractice.
Thismeansthatcardslikethe 6 90 whichisclearlygearedtosuch a marketseemsratherirrelevantIn 2019.
Thethingis, thiscardcannowbefoundonaverage, for $80 orpounds.
HereintheUK, whichmeansit's lostabout $131 a yearinvaluesincelaunching, I paidexactly £80 at C E X, whichwashonestly, a nobrainerforme.
A concernedwell, let's jumpintosomeTripleeighttitleswithhopestoanswerthatveryquestion.
Firstly, wehaveAssassin's CreedOdyssey, which, like a lotofnewtitles, doesn't supportSL I bydefault.
Sometimesitcanbeforcedthroughinvideo, Inspectorand I triedexactlythatwhileweweregetting a readingfrombothdeepusein M s I afterburner.
It's clearthatthiswasmerely a fast I'vetestedthe 6 90 twicethroughoutonewithbothGPuseenabledandoncewith a singleGPUenabledthelatterbeinghowyoushouldexpecttoenjoy a lotoftitlesforthesakeofkeepingyourtemperincheckwhendisablingsl I.
Thegameranfarbetteratmediumsettingswith 10 80 p resolutionoffering a consullike 30 framespersecond.
I thenmovedontoApexLegendsandonceagainhadtomake a coupleofadjustmentsininVideoInspectortogetthesecondGPUtotakesomeoftheload.
I feelweshouldbesomewherearoundthemidforties, toolowfiftieshere.
Butifthat's thewaythingsare, then I guessit'llhavetodo.
ThisisthebestSLRresultwe'veseensofarwiththe 6 90 Buttogetthegamerunningwellinthefirstplaceis a mildinconvenience, andthat's noideawhenyoujustwanttositdownandplay a coupleofgames.
Butitisanoldergameandcameoutduring a timewhentheappealofbuyingmultiplegraphicscardswasgreater.
Wesqueezejustover 100 F.
P s outofthe 6 90 during a littlewonderonthebeach, though, it's fairtosaythattherewere a coupleofminordips.
Everysooften I didn't crossanycheckpoints.
Whenbenchmarkingisthegamefreezesbrieflytosaveanditwouldhavehad a negativeeffectonthepercentilefiguresdisablingthesecondGPUstillmeantwesaw a decentresultwith 66 f.
P s beingtheaverageauntie a leasingwasturnedoffhere, asthatwillhave a detrimentaleffectonperformance.
Fallout, for, whichreleasedin 2015 alsomakesgreatuseofmultipleGPuseAftermaking a coupleofsmallchangesininvideoInspectoranddisablingtheframeratelimiterfromtheFalloutprefacefile.
Inmydocuments, wewerehoveringaroundthemideightiesandthiswasaboutdoublethatof a singleGPU.
Sorryforthespoilers.
I spentmytimewalkingaroundtheTavingtonBoathouseareaasitcanbequiteharshonframerate.
I took a briefwalkaroundthissettlementjustoutsideofNoviGrad, andnotonlydiditlookfantasticastheWitcherhasawaysdone, butweweremaintaining a solid 60 averagehereaswell.
As a furtherexample, thatalsoportrayshowwellsl I workedinoldertitles.
I alsotestedtheclassicThatis a farcrythreeYoucanseeherethatwiththeultrapresetselected S S O enabledandnothingelsechangedthatthecarhadnotroublemanagingtoachieveanaverageof 141 framespersecond.
Thegamelooksexcellentandperformancewasflawless.
I lovespendinghoursjustrunningroundordrivingabouttheislandas I didyearsago, though I neversaw a performancelikethisonmyam d a for a pee.
Youputitthatwaywith a singleGPUenabledwewereseeinghalftheframes.
Thisis a greatexampleofhowmultiGPUsupportshouldworkand a greatexampleofhowitonceworked.
Probablythebestwe'veseentoday, as I mayhavementioned, isoldergamesthatreallybenefitastheyreleased a timewhentherewas a strongeremphasisnotonlyonsl I, buton a M D's crossfireaswellanddeveloperswerejustmoreinclinedtoincludesupportforsuchtechnologies.
Now, justfor a laugh, I testedGT A SanAndreas, whichwasn't reallybenefitingfromthesecondcardbutrunningover 100 framespersecond.
Anyway, I'm notreallysurewhy I includedit, but I'vealwayssaidthatit's surprisinghowdemandingthisgameconveyonsomehardwarewhenyouturnallthesettings, includingantialiasingrightup.
So I guess I was a littleintrigued.
Plus, it's likethebestgameever.
I don't think a jewelGPUcardlikethe 6 90 isworthanymore, thoughit's toomuchbotherifthemajorityofdevelopersstillintroducetheircell.
I supporttotheirmoderntitles, thenmaybe, butyou'd bebetteroffgoingfor a muchmorepowerfulsinglecard.
Evenbuying a GTX 6 80 wouldmakemoresensebecauseitwouldactuallyperformbetterthan a single 6 90 GPU.