Sli or more memory

hessman · 24 Apr 2007 at 19:25

Hi guy's just after a bit of advice. I'm not sure wether to add a second BFG 8800 gts and run it sli mode or add another 2 gig of ram. Which will give me the gains in gaming and photo shop?
p.s still running on XP

Massive Attack · 24 Apr 2007 at 19:33

sli will give the most gain just depends what u are going to use it for

semi-pro waster · 24 Apr 2007 at 19:34

Well you won't see all of the 4gb in XP (assuming you want to chuck in an extra 2gb) so I'd call that one a no go as you'll probably get around 3.5gb or so showing as a rough guess.

That leaves SLi which I'm generally not a fan of unless you have lots of money and a huge screen. You also need a decent PSU for it.

PU7E · 24 Apr 2007 at 19:46

what monitor do you have as a big shiny Flatscreen is allways a good idea ?

hessman · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:08

I use a phillips 200w 20" running at 1680 x 1050. It's just that memory has got so cheap now, even compaired to xmas when I bought my pc. I was looking at an extra pair of Corsair 6400 c4 sticks as there now £116 instead of the £200 I paid in jan. I might well go to Vista when they got all the drivers sorted out.

gumbald · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:28

If you're going to Vista, I'd get the extra RAM. Then your next upgrade can be a single better graphics card later

Chris19 · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:32

For a screen that size its pretty much a waste of money to go SLi if i was you i would keep my money back and wait so you can upgrade to the next best thing. Does that rig actully make anything run slow? Seems pretty pointless upgrading.

hessman · 24 Apr 2007 at 20:42

Many thanks guys, so for the mo i'll just the memory and wait for the gfx card.

Cupra · 24 Apr 2007 at 22:14

gumbald said:
If you're going to Vista, I'd get the extra RAM. Then your next upgrade can be a single better graphics card later

seconded....