Asus EN7950GX2 - GeForce 7950 GX2
Quake 4 with QuadSLI
If you're looking for a Quad SLI performance showcase, perhaps Quake 4 is it, since it is currently the only game engine we're aware of (aside from maybe the Doom3 engine) that supports Quad AFR rendering in Quad SLI configurations. More details ahead.
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At 1600 and 1920 resolution the EN7950GX2 obliterates any single card score in this test and even takes on an ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire setup--a combination that will set you back at least $300 more than the average price of one GeForce 7950 GX2 card. In fact, in Quake 4 we actually see the best scaling of performance yet for the GeForce 7950 GX2, versus the 7900 GTX SLI setup we've compared it to.
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As you can see by the dual vertical load-balancing indicators in the Quake 4 screen-shot above, Quad SLI is running in Quad AFR mode, which is the most efficient method of load balancing for a pair of these cards in virtually any game engine.
The Quad SLI setup containing the Asus EN7950GX2 is some 35% faster than even a pair of Radeon X1900 cards. Unfortunately, we weren't able to test a GeForce 7900 GTX SLI combination but it would suffice to say that the performance of this pair would fall somewhere in between a GeForce 7950 GX2 and the Quad SLI pair of 7950 GX2s. A single GeForce 7950 GX2 isn't what we would call all that playable at this resolution and 8Xs AA setting but at 1600X1200 resolution you should have no issue.
