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which 8800???

homi-sid-al

homi-sid-al

homi-sid-al

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hi guys
just a quick one,ive currently got the asus 8800 gts 320meg,320 version cos i dont intend on using anything bigger than 19".im looking at going sli so should i get another asus 8800gts or 2 8800 gt's?or would i be better off going for 1 ultra?im getting 12282 on 3dmark06 so im getting a pretty good performance.also would the drop in memory interface from the gts to the gt be a bottleneck?.....thanks guys:)
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Just get a single 8800 GT, or the new GTS next week (depending on your budget), Ultra is not worth it now, GT will easily cope with 19", and its a lot faster than the GTS as its GTX performance, i went from a 320mb GTS to the GT and it absolutely trounces it, even with the 256bit bus, on my GTS i could only use 2x AA with Supersampling, any higher would be a lag fest, with the GT i can use 16xAA with Super in just about everything (at 1280x1024), it abslultely destroys the 320mb GTS. :D

320mb GTS SLi is pointless as your still going to be memory limited to 320mb, which is no good for newer games now which require more for bigger textures, AA/AF etc..., so your going to get no benefit at all from having 2x in SLi.
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ok so would 2 gt's be better than 1 of the gts's that is coming out?i have a buyer for my gts if i decide to sell so that will pay towards one gt:)
 
well if the differance in the new gt's over the old gts is as great as you say it looks like ill go for 1 gt:)but how would 2 gt's cope with my 40" sony? or 1 for that matter?.
 
ok guys ive made a decision:)all day ive been going to press the buy now button on ebay but just couldnt do it,i would be spending in excess of £400 on 2 gt's which is fine but i get the feeling when the 9800 series is released there will be one for around the same price that will wet on 2 gt's at wich point i will probably set myself on fire.i think for the sake of a month or two ill wait and see,and as the little missus has pointed out a number of times i have just spent £180 on a psu:Dthanks for the advise guys,probably need it again when the 9800's are out:rolleyes:
 
sry to bump an oldish thread but ive caved and will have two gt's arriving on my doorstep tmrw:) 2 quick question's though will i be able to pop these babys in and all be fine or will i need to reformat?im using vista if that makes a dif,im guessing ill need to reformat:rolleyes:also with sli is it a simple case of popping in the two cards and linking them or is there more to it?.......thanks guys
 
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