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SLi Advice

r1cky84

r1cky84

r1cky84

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Hi

Fairly old gear here but still could use some help - Is it possible to SLI an XFX 8800GTS 320mb with an XFX 8800GTX 768mb successfully?

Please provide some support if poss

Cheers
 
Thanks for that.

Is it worth me buying another 8800GTX 768mb? - Will I get a good performance from these when SLI?

I'm not really looking to play top end games, but would be nice to know if these would have enough power to be worth doing. I've already got the 8800GTS (Had it years obviously) and just bought the 8800GTX for a tenner so I can probably just get another fairly cheap if its even half worth doing

Some advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
 
I think you will get better performance by selling your card and putting that money and whatever you were going to spend on a 2nd card towards a newer/faster single gpu.
 
Sounds like I need a new one, just wanted something to improve what I have a bit, I'd rather buy a new rig if I'm spending really.

Money's not a problem but like I said I'm not gonna play top end games. Something off ebay for about 50-60 would do? I don't wanna spend a lot, the pc is fairly old and I'll probably get rid soon
 
My Mobo is XFX 750i
Intel E700 Duel core 2.8Ghz
4GB Ram

If I can spend a bit to get this running well I'll be happy, 100% I'll buy a powerful tower in a few months. Just need something to tie me over!
 
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Had no idea. Examples :

MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX750 2GB HDMI GDDR5 Graphics Card.

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX750 2GB HDMI GDDR5 Graphics Card

EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked GDDR5 Graphics Card.

MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT740 2GB HDMI GDDR5 Graphics Card.

Any of them worth getting?
 
This solely depends on what your budget is.

You said you will be updating anyway later down the road so I think you should either go straight out for the card you are going to put in your new build or sit on the 8800GTS for now untill you upgrade all your build.

The maximum I would put on your current build is a 750Ti (not knowing what PSU you have) but that might not be the best option for the future.

On low settings at 1080p marginally yes. Evolve is pretty demanding.
 
Exactly why I only really wanted a small boost for now, spending 100 is a bit daft when I'll be spending about 600 on the new rig soon. Grabbed the GTX as it was a tenner on eBay and thought I could get a small boost from it when SLI.

The 8800gts runs surprisingly well considering its like 9 years old!


(PSU is 550W - Don't know the brand right now as I'm at work)
 
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For a tenner it's a steal. I remember paying quite a lot of money at the time for my BFG 8800GTS (640MB I think?) which lastest until 2011 or 2012 before upgrading.

I would just upgrade entirely if I was you. Skip the stop gap.
 
To be honest if it wasn't a tenner I'd have just left it! Couldn't miss it tho. Shame it won't SLI with what I have, that would have been a handy little upgrade for £10 for short-term
 
So say I'm buying my new, powerful rig - what GPU should I be looking at? - I used to know but I haven't been into this for years to be honest
 
If you're budgeting around £600 to upgrade your rig, chances are you won't be getting much in the way of gpu power, as you really do need a complete overhaul of your specs.

The gtx 960 might suit your budget though, would be powerful enough for 1080p gaming, whilst leaving you enough money to get more ram/a new cpu and motherboard
 
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