7600GT SLi or 1900XT ?

.DevastatioN · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:24

Hey all,
Im buying a new PC soon. I was wondering what should i get? One 1900XT or 2 7600GT's in SLi? Both have the same price.
If I go for the SLi, then I have to wait till the nForce 5 mobo's are out(because my processor will be a conroe 6600) If I go for the 1900XT I can order a mobo and other stuff. (not sure about the name, asus PH deluxe) and preorder the processor.

Will a 7600GT SLi Massively own a single 1900XT and it is worth waiting for the nForce 5 mobos??

Regards,

Deva.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:33

1900xt

jrodga2k5 · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:38

an x1900xt will massively own two 7600gts in Sli

Semiskimmed · 6 Jul 2006 at 16:40

Tom|Nbk said:
1900xt

neo-omega · 6 Jul 2006 at 17:17

also the x1900 will allow for expansion to crossfire should you feel the urge.

Gashman · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:10

how many 3D mark '05 does X1900XT get?

Minstadave · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:15

Gashman said:
how many 3D mark '05 does X1900XT get?

About 10.5K iirc

Dev2 · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:15

I can never understand SLi in mid and low range. Unless you are using two top graphics cards it's just a pure gimmick. For instance a X1900XT will just mop the floor with 2x7600 GTs both in the value and performance departments. It just doesn't make sense.

Minstadave · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:18

Dev2 said:
I can never understand SLi in mid and low range. Unless you are using two top graphics cards it just a pure gimmick. For instance a X1900XT will just mop the floor with 2x7600 GTs both in the value and performance departments. It just doesn't make sense.

Agreed, SLI is always going to be beaten by a single higher end card in most situations (and the single card will often be more feature packed, cooler, quieter and cheaper), unless you're a hardcore bencher with two of the top end cards

MG42Maniac · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:33

Gashman said:
how many 3D mark '05 does X1900XT get?

I got 11,280 when paired with 2.8Ghz AMD64

MeatLoaf · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:42

MG42Maniac said:
I got 11,280 when paired with 2.8Ghz AMD64

Then why does my XTX and a dual core at 2.6Ghz only get 10.8k?

benjo · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:50

MeatLoaf said:
Then why does my XTX and a dual core at 2.6Ghz only get 10.8k?

Because a 2.8 64 ~ FX-57? Outperforms dual cores with games

Naffa · 7 Jul 2006 at 00:25

*some games

As dual cores become better optimised for games they will over take the highly clocked single cores.

MeatLoaf · 7 Jul 2006 at 08:14

Im seriously considering flogging my X2 and getting one of the dirt cheap 4000+ single cores. I should get 2.8 - 3.0ghz out of it easily to last me till i get conroe.

King_Boru · 7 Jul 2006 at 08:27

Dev2 said:
I can never understand SLi in mid and low range. Unless you are using two top graphics cards it's just a pure gimmick. For instance a X1900XT will just mop the floor with 2x7600 GTs both in the value and performance departments. It just doesn't make sense.

Its for people who buy mid ranged systems with one card and further down the line when they need more power they can add a second. Which will still be less than half the price of the high end one. So in effect it does work, just not as a pre-built system.

King.

.DevastatioN · 8 Jul 2006 at 12:49

How are you guys so sure? Can anyone show me their 3DMark06 scores of a 1900XT and 2 7600GTs? Or any other benchmark would be fine

Also is it worth buying the 1900XT while DX10 is around the corner?

TaKeN · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:07

Here is my X1900 XT @ Stock

Thats paired with a Amd 3700 San Diego @ 2805 Mhz

Witcher · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:41

King_Boru said:
Its for people who buy mid ranged systems with one card and further down the line when they need more power they can add a second. Which will still be less than half the price of the high end one. So in effect it does work, just not as a pre-built system.

King.

The only trouble with that is later down the line you have to find a card that exactly matches your original and, with things moving along in graphics as they do, you can't guarantee you will find the same model a lot later. Or you can end up paying a premium because the old ones are not readily available and it ties you into one shop etc.

I can see the point of SLI with high power cards if you have a big hungry monitor (and can afford it) but the point of it with lesser cards (whether at the time or later) is a bit lost I think.

Street · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:42

MeatLoaf said:
Then why does my XTX and a dual core at 2.6Ghz only get 10.8k?

There is something wrong there... Ny X1800XT, tweaked slightly with my [email protected] gets me just over 10k!

King_Boru · 8 Jul 2006 at 13:43

Witcher said:
The only trouble with that is later down the line you have to find a card that exactly matches your original and, with things moving along in graphics as they do, you can't guarantee you will find the same model a lot later. Or you can end up paying a premium because the old ones are not readily available and it ties you into one shop etc.

I can see the point of SLI with high power cards if you have a big hungry monitor (and can afford it) but the point of it with lesser cards (whether at the time or later) is a bit lost I think.

You can mix and match cards from different vendors. It doesnt have to be the exact same card anymore, well, it has be the same model. i.e a GT or GS and what not.