Originally Posted by: DUST2DEATH 
SLI/CF has been hit and miss since forever. I cant count the number of games I had to try to find a custom SLI bit for a new release, or because it worked better than what Nvidia offered.
You are always, 100% better off with a single more powerful GPU than SLI/CF.
Gears just got SLI support btw.
I know the obvious benefits of a single card compared to two equally powerful SLI cards, but like I said I would up saving around $400 going with SLI and for the games that support it I get that utilization. The argument and standpoint I would make especially in the case of this game is that their performance recommendations are in the upper tier of Video card requirements, and many people have adapted SLI to meet those performance standards (barring utilization of Vram potential while not going over 1080p).
I would say in my case, its kind of a best case scenario for an SLI user in that one of my cards can meet the minimum specs while both exceed it, and I'm expecting to be able to utilize both. but for people with SLI configurations like 2 960s or 3 750tis or 2 r9 270s, who utilize multiple cards to achieve that minimum performance rating, theyre effectively out of the loop. as you said GOW just got SLI support so at least im hopeful for the future Forza games to come as standard with that support. I just hate that its normally swept under the rug or passed hot potato back and forth from different people.
And tbh if I didn't have an SLI configuration I wouldn't be the slightest bit concerned about SLI support in a game, but having it and realizing the benefit it can have and that excluding it is effectively barring off a large portion of the customers from the minimum hardware specs is pretty poor business-ship. Many large games are ducking SLI support for various reasons that they would put blame on other factors which most other publishers and Devs dont incur.
This wasn't the most concise paragraph but I hope I got my standpoint across that not supporting or acknowledging SLI support is barring off a large portion of your possible consumer bases potential hardware utilization, especially when your specs are as lofty as the top of the top tier hardware.
Edited by user Tuesday, May 3, 2016 11:07:47 AM(UTC)
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