NVIDIA GTS 450 SLI – An Impressive Duet

Metro 2033

Setting : DirectX 11; Advanced DOF, No-Advance PhysX, MSAA x4, AF x16

It looks like this game is still somewhat too much for the GTS 450, even in SLI. We could not get anywhere near the 30 FPS mark at both 1920×1080 and 1680×1050 resolutions.

Batman Arkham Asylum

Setting : 1920×1080; No-AA; Maximum Quality; No PhysX

Without PhysX, we noticed a 88% performance increase with SLI. When PhysX is turned on, we gained 60%. You will have two multi-GPU processing options when running a PhysX-enabled game on two GeForce cards. First is to use both cards to process PhysX effects and graphics rendering, and the other is to split the processes between the two graphics cards. In the latter option, one card is used to calculate PhysX, while another is dedicated to graphics rendering.

Devil May Cry 4

Setting : 1920×1080; No-AA; Quality Super High

SLI boosts the GTS 450’s performance by 95% in this game.

Lost Planet 2

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 11; Motion Blur-On; Shadow Detail-High; Texture Detail-High; Rendering Level-High

A single GTS 450 is not a good choice to run Lost Planet 2, but double that amount and you’ll end up with more than 30 FPS in this game, which is fairly playable if you can tolerate some stuttering.

Resident Evil 5

Setting : 1920×1080; Motion Blur-On; No-AA; High

In SLI mode, the two GTS 450s scored more than 100 FPS