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Old 06-07-08   #11 (permalink)
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Another vote for 8800GT SLI

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i dont know hey.......


I mean , why not get a single 9800GTX , get custom cooling for it , and take it to 900/1200/2100?


it will probably lose against SLI 8800GT's by about 50%....soo say the 9800 got 30FPS , the 8800GT's will get say 45fps......

BUT , if a game like grid comes out , a single 9800 will win , cos grid aint SLI.....

look at the games you want to play , cos not all games support sli , and saying "all the latest games will support sli" aint true...lots of games will use the dirt engine in the future...etc......


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What? GRID doesn't need SLI, lol. Maxed it with single card on 1920x1200, no doubt a 8800GT can do the same on lower resolutions. I have to say the engine is much more optimized than it was in DiRT.
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well i had sli 8600gt back in the day, and it was a "alright" experience, until i upgraded to vista when it was still in the beta nvidia driver stage. That was when i gave up with it. As far as i know, games and drivers have somewhat matured since then though? Right?

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Yeah, thats about the main ones. But i rekon even in the games that dont support SLI, i will still be pretty well off with 1 nicely OC 8800GT though wouldnt i?
Considering you already have one 8800GT the decision is pretty clear
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nice link there. WIll read up on it. Will these setups likely power a 24" monitor nicely? Also, will there be any issues with the 500W silverstone PSU (see sig)?
Also, another game i play is testdrive unlimited, but i can play that on max anyway with 1 8800GT
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I'd go with 8800GT also. Seeing as one of them already performs great in Crysis, Call of Duty 4 & GRID, why not get a second one for 1920x1200?
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not talking about if it needs or doesent need , what im saying is , is the one drawback that iv been pissed off about is a few games dont use sli!........soo in the rare time that a game doesent use sli.....the fastest gpu wins!


as I said before...you need to know what games ur gonna be playing tbh....

been looking at reviews of 9800GTX vs 8800GT...and the results are pretty surprising for me....i mean , the 9800GTX has 128sp , and 8800GT has "only" 112...but manages to perform almost identical!??...9800 is at best 10% faster...
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I havent seen any bech of 8800GT Sli vs 9600GT sli but from what i know 8800GT single beats the 9600GT by not alot. When in comes to SLI 9600GT scales better so does this make them equal?
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aahhh, which reminds me, i also play DiRT. Will my $20 CPU be a bottleneck with dual 8800GT?
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time is money. just get another 8800gt and SLI! since u want ur native resolution which is pretty high, 8800gt last longer than 9600gt when newer games come out?

idk. my vote is a second 8800gt. u can probably find one for a good deal around 130-150 US dollar (most likely with rebates, ironically, time consuming which goes againt my "time is money" statement")

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OK so its settled. Two 8800GT and a 24 incher. I still cant help but wonder, will 500W be enough?
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