7300GT DDR3 in SLi a bargain??

[Magnum_Force]

I've been checking some reviews of the recently released 7300GT that have DDR3 memory and they seem like a real bargain. They beat anything at there price point on there own, but put them in SLi and you get nearly 100% increase in performance, unlike most SLi set-ups. So reviews show them going toe to toe with a 7900GT .

In SLi that would mean you have a total of 16 pixel pipes, 8 vertex pipelines, and 32 shader engines (woot, I can add up).

OCUK have there own branded 7300GT's with DDR3 memory (clocked at 1200mhz effective, versus the 1400mhz effective of the review I saw) at only £58.74, so 2 of these would be £117.48 inc VAT.

So, is this the SLi bargain of the century??

PS: On one website they used RivaTuner to change the ID of the 7300GT to a 7600GT, thus letting them mix the 7300GT and 7600GT in SLi, so this card might be good for people using 7600GT's and wanting alittle more power.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

cheaper to get a 7600gt by bfg for £93 inc vat.

 

[Magnum_Force]

True, but every review i've seen shows the DDR3 7300GT's in SLi destroying the 7600GT's in performance. hell, they are nearly as good as the 7900GT and easily as good as the 7900GS.

Links:

http://www.pcmoddingmy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.374.1

http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?page=7222&head=0

 

[Magnum_Force]

Is there any chance about find out more info on the OCUK 7300GT gfx card model?? Like what it's stock cooler is, why type of memory is has (samsung, infineon..??) etc??.

lol, the sooner somebody answers, the sooner I can buy .

 

[Cyber-Mav]

it doesn;t seem that impressive to me in sli but its not ad at all for a cheapo solution/

 

[sunlitsix]

not exactly a good resolution to benchmark sli cards though...

 

[Cyber-Mav]

not exactly a good resolution to benchmark sli cards though...

yea well the cards barly manage to do 60fps except for counterstrike, if the rez is cranked up any higher then.... well you know the rest, its not going to get any faster.

 

[Gashman]

True, but every review i've seen shows the DDR3 7300GT's in SLi destroying the 7600GT's in performance. hell, they are nearly as good as the 7900GT and easily as good as the 7900GS.

Links:

http://www.pcmoddingmy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.374.1

http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?page=7222&head=0

what on earth you on about, notice in the review the 7600GT stuffs them all without any problem single card wise and still beats them 90% of the time when the 7300s are SLI-ed

Edit: and in the second review the 7600GT isn't even being compaired?