Sli Gone BANG!

quaid · 24 Sep 2006 at 08:35

Hello people!

Firstly, I am a new person here but have been having a good old lurk for a while and would appreciate your thoughts...

I have an SLi rig (2x 6800GTs) but recently one of the cards went bang and I am back on the one card.

Now, I have an AMD64 3500 (Winchester core) with 1gb Ram and some other bits and pieces.

My options are as follows;

1) replace the dead 6800gt and go back to running SLi mode (Around 130 quid or so)

2) Buy a GPU of equal to or greater than power of my old SLi set up and give the 6800gt to my Mrs (Who currently has and OLD Radeon 9700)

Right... Any thoughts or pointers?

Cheers!

Q

wizardmaxx · 24 Sep 2006 at 08:50

I think id go for option 2. When u got some extra cash buy your second sli card. A good prospect at this stage is the 7900gs if u on a budget as they are performing really well at this stage.

quaid · 24 Sep 2006 at 08:55

Thanks Wizzy,

But how would the performance of one 7900gs compare to 2x6800gts in SLi?

Any ideas?

Thanks again,

Q

wizardmaxx · 24 Sep 2006 at 09:23

You probably looking at about the same performance

2x 6800gt sli = 1x 7900gs

broona · 24 Sep 2006 at 09:28

quaid said:
Thanks Wizzy,

But how would the performance of one 7900gs compare to 2x6800gts in SLi?

Any ideas?

Thanks again,

Q

As far as I'm aware, the 7900GS is slightly faster than the 7800GT, and slightly slower than the 7900GT, so try comparing the 6800GT SLI with either of those 2 cards on THG here . 7800GT appears to be quite a bit faster in most benchmarks.

quaid · 24 Sep 2006 at 09:32

Hm... Nice link.

Leaning towards a 7800gs or something now.

Thanks Muchly!

Q

Mitch007 · 24 Sep 2006 at 09:38

Getting a single 7900GS now will give you upgrade ability in the future when cash is available. And your squeeze will appreciate the upgrade you'll give her...somehow

quaid · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:03

Hm... And a 7800gs will be better than my current single 6800gt as well...

Yeah, In fact, I may try and sell it to her

Q

wizardmaxx · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:05

Are you 6800's agp or pci

quaid · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:11

PCI (E!)

CSA · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:13

wizardmaxx said:
Are you 6800's agp or pci

If hes got them in SLI mode then its quite obvious they are PCIe cards as you cant SLI AGP cards

broona · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:13

wizardmaxx said:
Are you 6800's agp or pci

SLI AGP?

quaid · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:19

7900gs for about 120 quid??

Whats the catch? Seems a good deal to a numpty like me...

Q

wizardmaxx · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:29

broona said:
SLI AGP?

Duh dont i feel stupid. Well pointed out

ins0mn1ac · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:29

yea if your set on that card i'd go for the OCuK one with the custom cooler

OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-OK) 1

Price: £107.99 (£126.89 Including VAT at 17.5%)

MeatLoaf · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:36

I doubt your 6800GT will fit in the other halfs machine as her machine will have an AGP slot and the 6800GT is PCI-E

wizardmaxx · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:39

MeatLoaf said:
I doubt your 6800GT will fit in the other halfs machine as her machine will have an AGP slot and the 6800GT is PCI-E

Lets hope he's got a dual agp/pci-e mb

quaid · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:43

Good point Meatloaf but I saw that coming when I stuck her last PC together - I got that Mobo that has both AGP and PCI-E slots

Clever Q!

ins0mn1ac · 24 Sep 2006 at 10:44

quaid said:
Good point Meatloaf but I saw that coming when I stuck her last PC together - I got that Mobo that has both AGP and PCI-E slots

Clever Q!

heh a good call then

t31os · 24 Sep 2006 at 11:39

You'll be happy with the 7900GS, received mine friday.