8800 GTX vs 2 x 9600 GT SLI

[wordy]

Just checking the components and prebuilt rigs on the front page, and one of the pre builts has 2x 9600 GT 512MB. I'm also looking and building a PC with similar spec but with a single 8800GTX. The pre built PC is about £60 more expensive.

Now my question is this which would be better for gaming at a resolution of 1920x1600, a OC'd Quad Q6600, 4GB RAM and 2x 9600 GT 512MB or a OC'd Quad Q6600, 4GB RAM and a 8800 GTX Etreme 768 MB?

Thanks

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Just checking the components and prebuilt rigs on the front page, and one of the pre builts has 2x 9600 GT 512MB. I'm also looking and building a PC with similar spec but with a single 8800GTX. The pre built PC is about £60 more expensive.

Now my question is this which would be better for gaming at a resolution of 19200x1600, a OC'd Quad Q6600, 4GB RAM and 2x 9600 GT 512MB or a OC'd Quad Q6600, 4GB RAM and a 8800 GTX Etreme 768 MB?

Thanks

19200? lol


http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_9600_gt_sli_performance/page6.asp <-HL2

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_9600_gt_sli_performance/page4.asp <- COH

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_9600_gt_sli_performance/page8.asp <- COD4

as usual you want to look at the minimum fps, by the looks of it you would be getting around 5-10 more over a single GTX on average

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_9600_gt_sli_performance/page10.asp and bioshock of course

you can forget crysis.

 

[wordy]

lol, I forgot to tell you, I've got the W I D E S T monitor in the world

 

[mdjmcnally]

I'd go with the 8800 as your not reliant on the SLI profile. As not all games use SLI properly then with 1 card you get similar performance and non of the hassle of SLI.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

I'd go with the 8800 as your not reliant on the SLI profile. As not all games use SLI properly then with 1 card you get similar performance and non of the hassle of SLI.

I dont see hassle, maybe bugs in some drivers but where is the hassle?.

i would go with a single card for now and wait for newer cards if they will be much better?

 

[Diggsy]

Agreed, get the GTX. You will also not have the heat problems that 2 cards can create.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

You will also not have the heat problems that 2 cards can create.

Also not a problem if you have good airflow. anyway i would agree about gettng a single card, but only because he is late coming into it.. if it were 2-3 months earlier id say go for 2 cards

 

[Diggsy]

Also not a problem if you have good airflow. anyway i would agree about gettng a single card, but only because he is late coming into it.. if it were 2-3 months earlier id say go for 2 cards

Yeah, so long as your case is pretty large too. I have decent airflow in mine and 2 GTX's in SLi just would not run cool enough, because my case is so small. Although, saying that, it was 2 GTX's

 

[lay-z-boy]

Always go for the single card option over sli, sli can be a real hassle.

There are a number of problems that are still found in the latest betas, hit and miss if you get them or not (I have them on my desktop but not my sli laptop)

 

[Richdog]

I dont see hassle, maybe bugs in some drivers but where is the hassle?.

Heat, power draw, hit-and-miss compatibility in games, increased clutter on motherboard, having to sell two cards when you upgrade instead of one, having to buy a ****y Nvidia motherboard to run them, etc etc...

 

[wordy]

The 9600 SLI rig is a prebuilt thingy from OcUK so it'll all be setup n'stuff, would kinda hope they're not be any heat and airflow problems, so it'd just be SLI support for games then?

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Heat, power draw, hit-and-miss compatibility in games, increased clutter on motherboard, having to sell two cards when you upgrade instead of one, having to buy a ****y Nvidia motherboard to run them, etc etc...

well Sli & CF are getting more capable over time but i agree with the rest of the statement. Dont forget we have had no real next gen cards for a long time, so it wasnt a bad time to get 2 cards. Providing the mobo is ok