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cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Say you had a 7900GTX. Would you add a second one in order to gain SLI capabilities? Thoughts? Suggestions?

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

No.

Save your cash and get an 8800.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

no opinion - mostly because my only concern with a video card is getting the ablity to run 2 monitors.

SeoulFinn · Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: 1h from Seoul

If I were you and had a relatively small display ==> no.
If I were you and had something like Dell 2407 monitor (1920x1200) ==> still no. I admit that the SLI might be fun in this case, but I'd still prefer to have only one card (i.e. 8800 or some other new card).

Like Demophobe said, wait and get a faster card later. I think that your games must be running pretty nicely with all eye-candy on already. Even if you slammed in another 7900GTX the improvement wouldn't be worth the cost. But let us wait until Crysis, UT20007 and Quake Wars come to the stores... then it's time to throw away reason and get the fastest DX10 card that money can buy! (Um, at least Crysis needs a DX10 capable card to work well. Not sure about the others, though.)

corroonb · Joined: 04 Aug 2006

Crysis will still work under DX9 but some of the flashy new features will be disabled.

If you're going SLI you might need a new PSU given that you're drawing twice the power for graphics. Nvidia recommends an SLI certified power supply. A single card is probably more convenient and economical, as well as quiter.

Here's a guide from Nvidia:

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_howtobuild_1.html

Does anyone know if the Xbox360 supports DX10 exclusive features or is it now last gen?

How does the 8800 compare to what's in the 360?

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

The 8800 will end up being almost faster than dual 7800s (driver maturity). It's a brand new architecture, a far more advanced card on every level, supports DX10 (not that that means a lot as there will still be one more generation of cards before DX10 is launched and at least 2 generations before DX10 games become widely avaliable) and the 8800 has more horsepower where it is needed and less where it isn't.

The 7800 is a powerhouse for sure, but it lacks the finesse of the 8800. This is typical of Nvidia; they make a great GPU, then spend 3 or 4 card cycles ramping up the clocks with no significant architectural changes.

The 8800 is a really nice card. Well balanced and well designed; I can see it being my card of choice in +/- a year's time. By then, the price will be sweet and it will run any game, though perhaps not at 1600x1200, 4xAA, 16xAF, but it will do well.

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

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cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

What's this about a faulty duo cpu?

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

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SeoulFinn · Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: 1h from Seoul

I may be jumping to a conclusion, but are you running 1024x768 on a 17 inch screen? Am I right?

Anyway, if you play at that resolution you ain't got no reason to go SLI! Very Happy

First, get a decent 20+ inch wide screen monitor with them damn pixels on it and only then... get that 8800GTX or better! Very Happy