Difference in SLI - 6600GT/6800GT - Overclock.net

corned_beef · 10-23-05

Im thinking of buying a new graphics card to put my chaintech 6600GT in SLi.
Should I buy another Chaintech 6600GT, or sell the one i have now and buy two 6800LE's?

Will it make that much difference in SLi?

I heard the Leadtek was the best for the 6800LE (tweaking overclocking,cooling ect.), and that you can pracically turn the 6800LE into a 6800.

Will the tweaks on the 6800LE's make them incompatible in SLi?

I should have bought a 6800LE in the first place

travbabble · 10-23-05

it will, 6800sli is ALOT more powerfull than 6600 sli's. you should go with the 6800s

BDillon · 10-23-05

If you can unlock both of the 6800's then those would be much better and more worth it, otherwise stick with the 6600GT I guess.

corned_beef · 10-23-05

The way im thinking is that the 6800le's will be better even if i cant unlock them(which is unlikely, as they are meant to be REALLY easy to unlock). Cheers for the help+, im looking to but 2 6800LE's now, if theres any for sale.(UK)

travbabble · 10-23-05

the 6800 was SO much more powerfull than the 6600, the architexture of the boards were changed and the 6800 is much more effeciant than the 6600 in the long run

BDillon · 10-23-05

PCI-express right?

can you list a couple of UK sites you know of and I can find you a price and a great 6800LE.

BDillon · 10-23-05

I found this thread that can give you some good info on choosing between the 6600GT and the 6800LE.

http://www.overclock.net/showthread....=6800LE+unlock

Yes, the 6800LE can be unlocked and I think it is better than the 6600GT since those don't have 256 memory, but nether does the 6800 and the 6800 is DDR1.