SLI, Crossfire or GTS

[chrispystix]

I had my head around the fact that on a 20'' screen with standard res there really was no benefit in SLI over a GTS/X 8800

And then someone at work said there really is.

So whats the view on the title?

 

[semi-pro waster]

It will depend partly on what games you play and exactly which cards you wish to use together but an 8800GTS should be quite capable at 1680x1050 (normal widescreen resolution for a 20") for most of what you want to play I'd assume.

 

[Jono8]

sli'd 8800gts's will give you higher framrates for sure. Its just whether you really want or need those frams i.e. it might have allready been running over 45-60 or whatever is a comfortable playing fps for you. For me i like things to keep at 40+. i find it hard to tell a difference from there onwards.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

If you decide to go for the GTS SLI, you may aswell consider the 2900XT Crossfire as benchmarks and reviews have shown to scale much better than the SLI.

 

[ergonomics]

downside is that the psu would need 4x6pin connectors, where as gts would need any sli capable psu (cheaper)

 

[Jakus]

As has been said You really do not need 2 cards to run a 20" monitor but if You do from My experience crossfire is less bother than SLI, a pair of the up and comming midrange ATI DX10 cards could be a very nice solution

 

[willhub]

downside is that the psu would need 4x6pin connectors, where as gts would need any sli capable psu (cheaper)

Well if you have a powerfull enough PSU you could run 2x HD2900XT with only 2 6pin PCI-E connectors, you just use PCI-E - Molex for the other 2.

 

[ergonomics]

doesnt it take 2 molex's to power 1 6 pin though? so if that was the case (might not be) you would need 4 spare molex connectors. i definately wouldnt have that many free. but other people may do. just suggesting really