New sli cards

[Fluffy Bunny]

I am looking at getting two nvidia cards so I can sli them together.
I am on a tight budget so would welcome your thoughts onthis.Any ideas??
Also when I have the cards is it as simple as putting both in then fitting the bridge? I mean what card does the monitor plug into??????.


Many thanks

 

[millsy888]

You would be better off posting the rest of your system specs so we can see the complete picture

 

[Kezmo]

Tight budget ?, dont bother with sli, its pants!
Just get 1 gtx.

U have a 24" or 30" screen ?

 

[Deluxe1]

Just get 1 card if you are on a tight budget.

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

specs :
AM2 4600
2gig ddr2
msi k9 plat
1 80 gig hdd ide
1 160 sata
1 250 sata

psu 600watt hyper

Running Xp

Looking at two of these:


Asus GeForce 8500 GT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-127-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=912

Many thanks

 

[squiffy]

lol totally pointless. Spend £130 on a single card instead.

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

Why ????
can some one explain where I am going wrong please.........


What would be the best then for around that amount?


Thanks

 

[Deluxe1]

Because two of these cards wont be that much better (if better) than buying one card for £130`ish.

Better off buying something like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-034-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=328

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

ok what would you recommend putting in this system?

Many thanks


edit sorry the link didnt come up ooops

 

[SideWinder]

SLi does not always mean double the graphics 'power' so to speak.

 

[Foehammer2003]

Why ????
can some one explain where I am going wrong please.........


What would be the best then for around that amount?


Thanks

Hi Fluffy Bunny

I can see where you are going with that idea, however as above it does not mean double the power to have two cards in SLi, thats a very low end card you have with the 8500GT and pants tbh, best bet is something like the 7950 speced above but if it was me, a much better card is http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-070-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=404 from the ATi side of things or the 256Mb version for about £20+ less. a lot more bang for your buck, plus not all games benifit from SLi and so you'd be stuck with the power from one card any way

 

[Kezmo]

SLi does not always mean double the graphics 'power' so to speak.

It never means double the graphics power

 

[SideWinder]

It never means double the graphics power

I knew that, just phrased it poorly.

 

[Rroff]

It never means double the graphics power

not quite sure where your going with that... but if you mean SLI never gets double the fps of a single card then thats not quite corect as there are games where overheads (1-2fps out of 100+) aside it does give you twice the framerate...

 

[Sinny]

It never means double the graphics power

Means double the money ;D, only get an SLI setup if you plan on playing games on 2560x1600 as anything par 1680x1050 with sli would be very much an overkill, 24/26/28/30" monitors are only reason to get SLI on a high end system, although you can actually save money by using sli with low end cards.

 

[Its_Me]

if you want newest gen cards and can stretch your budget slightly, (still pointless) and SLI, then minimum would be 2x8600GT (gives close to 8800GTS performance)

You can sometimes get used 800GTS 320MB from auction sites for aboutt he same money though, and in MM i have seen a couple sel lfor £150.
This is deffinitely your best option, although some of the high end DX9 based cards are now excellent money.


X1900XT(x) and 7900GTO's going for 90-100 mark.