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8800GT vs 4870 :/

Hectic Glenn said:
Not to hijack this thread, but I'm in a similar boat. I own a BFG 8800GT OC2 512mb, great card and it's been perfect for me since I built my PC last year. (Got the GT on launch).

I'm looking at adding a bit more power in a few months, I have been looking at the 285 when the price drops a little. Some of you guys are recommending SLI, is it really worth it with a GT? I'm running an Asus Striker Extreme so I have 3 PCI-E 16x slots, so it is viable, but is it worth it?

I'd appreciate opinions and thoughts.
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Best kept secret at the moment is to get another 8800GT 512mb and run SLI. Apparently 8800GT in SLI it beats a GTX 260 and sometimes matches GTX 280. PC Zone mag were raving about it a couple of issues ago due to maturity of current Nvidia drivers for SLI on 8800GT, Custom PC mentioned it as well. Cheaper option for a bigger boost. I would hop over the GTX 200 series and the 8800gt SLI will keep you in good stead then when the GTX 300 or whatever comes out then would be the time to sell up and buy new perhaps. Just an opinion
 
varkanoid said:
Best kept secret at the moment is to get another 8800GT 512mb and run SLI. Apparently 8800GT in SLI it beats a GTX 260 and sometimes matches GTX 280. PC Zone mag were raving about it a couple of issues ago due to maturity of current Nvidia drivers for SLI on 8800GT, Custom PC mentioned it as well. Cheaper option for a bigger boost. I would hop over the GTX 200 series and the 8800gt SLI will keep you in good stead then when the GTX 300 or whatever comes out then would be the time to sell up and buy new perhaps. Just an opinion
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It's hardly a "best kept secret" but yes, unsurprisingly, two good cards in SLI that can be had for very cheap at the moment are a great bang for buck combination.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Agreed, or buy the much faster 4870x2 which is cheaper than it. :)

Also :- THE OP HAS A NON-SLI BOARD :p
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Yes, the caps were definitely needed. I pointed that out in the 6th post and several others have since...and yet still people recommended to buy another 8800. "Clevur"

The cheap 280s (@ £220ish) are far cheaper than 4870x2s...sadly. Assuming, of course, that they're still available at that price somewhere.
 
hum...Tricky one. I'd be tempted to stick with 8800GT and wait and see what happens in a few months.

If you can't wait (be interesting what games you don't find playable on that card) as 4870 won't neccessarily give what you're after - if you want say Crysis at 1600x1050 on very high details with 30fps min

Also, consider 260..
 
I'm struggling to see the reason to upgrade the 8800GT at the moment. I have a factory overclocked one and game at the same resolution as the OP and there is nothing that it can't handle (only Crysis).

Personally I'm waiting to see what happens in the near future which is what my advice would be to the OP.
 
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