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Im looking at running dual gfx cards. i was intending to do it on two 8800 GT 512 GFX cards,

i am aware that they have to be the same card, Does this mean 2 x 8800gt 512 and same manufacturer or can t be a different manufactured card?

Its way to early to be up and considering this kind of thing with a hang over. but work wouldnt let me off and im bored
 
I know the 8 series is out dated. i was just wanting to see the benefits of it before i go yeehaa and buy a realy decent set of cards.

If i have to buy a new card what would you recomend. i want to spend between 100-200 each.
 
Aslong as they are the same series then you can SLI them such as a BFG 8800GT + XFX 8800GT would work fine in SLI. Manafucturer makes no difference so long as they are the same card.

For £200 each I would go for 2 x GTX260 216. Will handle anything out there with ease. However this could be overkill depending on your screen size....which is?
 
SLi is overkill for 1440x900, and few games support multimonitor. Personally I'd just get a single 4850.
 
Cheers. id rather know before i do go buy and waste money. what kind of resolution would benefit from sli?

my current mobo doesnt have great scope for ram upgrades as the highest frequency is rubbish, im looing to go for 4gb of the best ddr2 ram ie 1066mhz and the possobillity to go sli if i want. im going to be running 2 monitors from the one gfx just now but like the ide of Sli.

The only reason i want two monitors is so i can concentrate on one thing on one and rubbish on the other
 
If i was to upgrade what would you ladels n jelly spoons recomendas i say i currently use a 8800GT 512mb gfx. as there now old what would be the best for my monitor and playing such like games as Crysis
 
Save your money and get a bigger monitor and single powerful GPU tbh. Something like a 4870 1GB and a 22" monitor.
 
i say get another 8800GT as said above it doesnt need to be the same manufacturer and 8800GT sli is very quick and more than enough to handle crisis and any other game, the good thing is you can pick them up pretty cheap now aswell.
 
yeah SLI is a waste at lower than "HD" settings even with 8800 so save your money. but its depends what cards your SLIing, I would say a single 8800 like you got now should be boss of the job no need for a upgrade yet... should be good till next year or unitl it dies
 
8800GT SLI isn't a waste at 1440x and would be far faster than a 4850. Gains aren't quite as big as say 1920x but still very decent aslong as you have a core 2 cpu at around 3gig or more.

The only downside is the long term electricity useage would probably make it better to flog the card u have now and get a 260GTX.

I can't see ** specs in sig or post so you do have an SLI motherboard?
 
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So what are the differences with ATI and Nvidia, with out being a total window licker here. i apprechiate there totaly different manufacturers.

Is it simply a case of the Intel AMD scenario or is there evidence that one out ballances the other.

Current Spec. Q6600 2.4Ghz Slacr Quad core, Elite Group 8800GT 512MB GFX, MSI S775 Intel G31 DDR2 MATX Audio Lan mobo.

Budget 2gb Corsair 553 RAM, samsung 320gb F1 Spin point HDD. 120gb WD HDD.

Soon to have a new mobo best DDR2 ram and water cooled.
 
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First of all O/C that Q6600 to around 3Ghz+ as that will hold you back somewhat.

Secondly, the 260-216 would get my vote, close to a 280 for 100 quid less.
 
MSI G31 doesn't do SLI so that option is out really... so you'd need a new motherboard anyhow...

ATI v Nvidia is horses for courses - both have their strengths and weaknesses and at the end of the day you can't go any more wrong or right with one than the other.

Personally I prefer nvidia as I've had a smoother run with them and like the drivers better - but other people have had just as good experience with ATI.
 
No, AVIOD, just leave SLI, I dropped my sig rig, now have the other 8800GT in my gf computer =]
I noticed no difference without SLI
 
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