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so hey really?

i been concidering a pc gayme rig , i though sli was next

ima have to keep reading to see how this plays out!

Plan B wrote:

SoM wrote:i read somewhere that geforce 9 is around the corner so expect a price drop on the 8's

Would it be worthwhile to buy another 8800gts 640 if that happens?

I keep reading Seremtan's disappointing results with his SLI setup (anyone else here have a SLI setup?) so I'm starting to doubt if the benefits outweigh the cost.

the SLI setup isn't disappointing. on the contrary, i've tried games with no SLI then SLI running (i.e. HL2) and the difference is very significant. what's less than stellar is that i have 2 x 7600GS. 2 x 8800GT would kick any GTX's arse in terms of performance no worries

all i was wondering is if ONE GT will outdo my TWO 7600GS

if i were to get 2 x GT i'd need a new PSU of course

seremtan wrote:all i was wondering is if ONE GT will outdo my TWO 7600GS

I'm thinking yes, definitely.

Yeah, it does... And it runs Crysis max detail smooth as silk, which is great (USing the high detail hacks for the new demo).

So, UT3 runs perfect, Crysis does, COD4 does... Its good

tbh i toying with the idea of buying two and a new PSU to cope. set me back £400 but if i ever want to play crysis smoothly at better than 800x600 LQ i need to do something...

then again, maybe the crysis demo doesn't support SLI (demos often don't) but the full game will. hope so

o'dium wrote:Ok, got it, installed it, and even with a shitty setup in dire need of a format (in a bit), its not even trying. I managed to test 20 lights in Doom 3 on the same spot and had barely a hit on performance. Quake 4 runs like a dream, ET:QW like butter etc... In fact the only thing I think will test it, is the Crysis demo, but I'll get that once I format.

where did you get it? overclockers has pre-order only...

That scan site i posted? It was in stock, then after a few days, out of stock

seremtan wrote:the SLI setup isn't disappointing. on the contrary, ...

Ah, I must have misinterpreted your disappointment with them running the Crysis demo as disappointment with SLI in general.

Anyway, I see myself running two in about a year or so.
Right now I'm happy the way things run, plus SLI-ing will snowball into also getting a new PSU and MOBO.

yeah i've been looking at some 700W+ PSUs (i have 500W atm and while it's fine with 7600s it might stress with 8800s). unless you go with dodgy generic you're looking at £100 easily, which pushes the whole upgrade up to £460ish, which is half the cost of the entire PC as it stands

I have a £25 500w GPU and its fine, so... no.

seremtan wrote:yeah i've been looking at some 700W+ PSUs (i have 500W atm and while it's fine with 7600s it might stress with 8800s). unless you go with dodgy generic you're looking at £100 easily, which pushes the whole upgrade up to £460ish, which is half the cost of the entire PC as it stands

Apparently the 8800 GT is superb when it comes to power consumption. High-end systems that have benchmarked it have only reported about 150-200W consumption under heavy load. 500W is perfectly fine for it.

That being said my 600W is ready and waiting

o'dium wrote:I have a £25 500w GPU and its fine, so... no.

right

I dropped £100 on a power pack due to my troubles with shitty cheap things after period of time. So far this thing is silent and i have not had one problem. The voltages are constant, nearly no flucuation at all

o'dium wrote:I have a £25 500w GPU and its fine, so... no.

but you only have one GPU

and i think you mean PSU

Power consumption chart

Whole review is worth reading through as a matter of fact.

This card is a bargain. Runs everything like a dream @ 1600x1200. Even Crysis with DX10 visual hack on DX9 (it struggles with AA in Crysis though, but I can live without it).

i struggle with crysis

I ordered it a week ago, but Canada can't seem to get things right.

Lol.

Hey mazda, I'm enjoying mine (ordered a week after yours)

just ordered one. but i don't feel i can really order crysis yet since i'm still on CoD4...

wtf

crysis is the only game that my current video card (7600gt) can't handle...I'll pass.

I could go down to Filtech and grab the BFG 8800GT 512MB OC2 right now, but I'll wait for my EVGA SSC to arrive.

an excellent plan, and one that you should tell everyone about at your earliest convenience