Sims 3 support dual GPU cards?

Sims 3 support dual GPU cards?

Hi I have a ATI 4870x2 card. When I play Sims 3 i notice that it only uses one of the GPU's on my card not both..... is this cause there is not support for x2 cards?

 

The 4870x2 is a dual gpu card isn't it ?
I'm pretty certain the game doesn't make use of Crossfire or SLI set-ups so a dual gpu card wouldn't be any different.
It would have been nice if they HAD coded the game to utilize dual/quad cpu's and dual card set-ups too but they didn't !

 

Yes I do have dual screen and I have the latest driver for my graphics card I always do updates as I'm a strong beliver of updates or why else do they have updates for right?
My computer is more then just meets requirements kind of computers too my specs are :
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer ASUS
System Model: P5Q DELUXE
BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/25/09 09:46:13 Ver: 08.00.14
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8192MB RAM
Page File: 2529MB used, 13851MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9441)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9441&SUBSYS_25421002&REV_00
Display Memory: 3826 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB
Shared Memory: 2811 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM037C
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.883Hz)
Output Type: DVI
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Driver File Version: ()
Driver Version: 8.690.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: , 0 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D701-11CF-7964-4305A1C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9441
SubSys ID: 0x25421002
Revision ID: 0x0000
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Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
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no i dont want the game extended into the 2nd monitor what im trying to say even if i only have one moitor pluged into my graphics card which is a dual gpu graphics card sims 3 only uses one of the gpus not both ... other games that i play uses both gpus thats what im trying to say....

 

Because the game is not coded to use the other gpu .
It's the same as with a dual core cpu it's only coded to use one core which is a shame.
It would be nice if they released a dual or quad core patch( for those people who have one) to where it would utilize the other (or more ) core(s) as the game would run a lot smoother throwing more of the workload out to the other core(s).

 

Okay so I'm no software writer! :ducks: :rotfl: