Thinking of upgrading to an SLI setup, would like some thoughts please...
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Caporegime
platypus said:
SLI is pointless unless you're getting two of the very best cards to show off/break records.
There's always going to be a single high end card that will offer similar performance to SLI'ing two midrange cards. SLI produces twice the heat, noise, power usage and wastes twice the video memory compared with a single card solution (give or take a little heat, power and noise
)So until SLi architecture is revamped it'll be pointless for someone who just wants performance?Minstadave said:SLI is pointless unless you're getting two of the very best cards to show off/break records.
There's always going to be a single high end card that will offer similar performance to SLI'ing two midrange cards. SLI produces twice the heat, noise, power usage and wastes twice the video memory compared with a single card solution (give or take a little heat, power and noise
Caporegime
platypus said:
Its not even a matter of being revamped really, its just buying 2 mid end won't offer the features and performance of a single, more expensive and usually newer high end card.
Ok, have ordered the following from ocuk
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1300 Media Centre Edition Freeview TV Tuner
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB ST3400620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
The raptor I will raid-0 with my existing one.
I've ordered it for tomorrow delivery so fingers crossed! looking forward to a decent rig!
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1300 Media Centre Edition Freeview TV Tuner
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB ST3400620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
The raptor I will raid-0 with my existing one.
I've ordered it for tomorrow delivery so fingers crossed! looking forward to a decent rig!