SLI 7900GTX

Barry1337 · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:07

How good would SLI 7900GTX RUN with my c2d rig and 2gb of ram E6420 @ 3.2ghz

Will_3rd · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:11

would imagine pretty well

Barry1337 · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:12

Would u say get a pretty decent score on 3d mark 06?

Will_3rd · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:17

would imagine a sub 10k score

Barry1337 · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:18

Thanks for that!

truebluecfc · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:18

3DMark06 score doesnt matter.

Barry1337 · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:20

truebluecfc said:
3DMark06 score doesnt matter.

How come? would u say 2x 7900gtx 512mb would be better than a 8800gts 320mb.

helmutcheese · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:25

In games you will not have AA+HDR same time or DX10, but who know what FPS a 8800GTS 320 gets with all that anyhow.

Barry1337 · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:26

im not realy bothered about dx10 xp pro is ok for now.

Tute · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:28

Two 7900GTX or X1900XTX/X1950XTX in SLi/Crossfire gives around the performance of a single 8800GTX.

Barry1337 · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:30

ok thanks for that!

Margaret · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:32

helmutcheese said:
In games you will not have AA+HDR same time or DX10, but who know what FPS a 8800GTS 320 gets with all that anyhow.

It does the job fairly well, DX10 isn't too fair to say yet need Bioshock/Crysis out really to see how DX10 is going to perform.

helmutcheese · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:43

I just dont like the need for 2 cards, the 8000 series are also the worlds best/fastest DX9C cards but obv 2x 7900GTX's will beat a 8800 GTS 320 for speed but not features even in XP and DX9C (AA+HDR).

Tute · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:45

Sorry guys but DirectX version support is NOT a reason to buy any card.

For example, what would you choose? A Ti4800, or an FX5200?

Barry1337 · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:45

Ok no worries bud. !!

helmutcheese · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:49

Exactly but not getting a 8000 because you dont need DX10 is wrong (pure example nothing to do with anyone here), its best DX9C card you get.

If you already have both 7900GTX's keep them for rest of year till next refresh, if you only got 1 please dont buy another this late in day.

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:52

Tute said:
Sorry guys but DirectX version support is NOT a reason to buy any card.

For example, what would you choose? A Ti4800, or an FX5200?

No but it is a nice extra to have on the side. Especially since the DX10 enabled games are starting to roll out.

willhub · 18 Jul 2007 at 00:55

Tute said:
Two 7900GTX or X1900XTX/X1950XTX in SLi/Crossfire gives around the performance of a single 8800GTX.

2 7900GTX's aint around the performance of a single 8800GTX, 2 8800GTS's are just over the performance of a single GTX.

It depends what benchmarks you look at tbh, whatever you do, dont go using Toms Hardware benchmarks, they are a load of ****.

Tute · 18 Jul 2007 at 01:13

willhub said:
2 7900GTX's aint around the performance of a single 8800GTX, 2 8800GTS's are just over the performance of a single GTX.

It depends what benchmarks you look at tbh, whatever you do, dont go using Toms Hardware benchmarks, they are a load of ****.

Have a look here:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2870

Some the 7900GTX SLi wins, some the 8800GTX wins. But when it's all said and done, I think it's safe to say the two are very similar in performance. However this is based on the game in question having SLi support and a good, well optimised profile.

Of course, i'd never advise anyone to buy SLi 7900s new over an 8800, but with the price of them second hand falling so rapidly, current 7900GTX owners with an SLi board have a very attractive upgrade path.

And two 8800GTSes will be ahead of a single GTX in most benchmarks i'd say.

Cupra · 18 Jul 2007 at 01:15

if your thinking of buying one to pair id sell the one i had and get a better card tbh