Will another GTX260 be worth it?

[Khrest]

I currently have the following setup

Gainward GTX260 650/1150/1400
E6600 @ 3Ghz
Corsair HX 620 W Modular Supply
Abit AW9D MAX
Gaming rez 1920x1200

Firstly, do I have enough power to run GTX260 in SLI?

Secondly, am I more CPU limited now than GFX limited given my processor is 2+ years old?

Thirdly, anybody with this setup able to offer me any 3dMark scores in SLI?

Thanks as always guys.

 

[chaparral]

Firstly, do I have enough power to run GTX260 in SLI?.

With my overclocked E8500 dual core CPU and SLI GTX 275 my system drawing over 600watts

Your 260's will draw less power then my 275's...
But your 65nm quad cpu will draw more power them my 45nm dual cpu

 

[chaparral]

Thirdly, anybody with this setup able to offer me any 3dMark scores in SLI?

I don't have any 3dmark scores........ (As 3dmark06 scores are useless )

But you can see my own SLI game benchmarks i done here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18077618

 

[vian_siu]

yes i think your psu should do for gtx 260 sli, considering i run my 9800gtx sli rig on a corsair tx650w which uses more power and also i have a higher clocked cpu

i think at the resolution you are playing at, cpu should not be much of an issue.

 

[MeatLoaf]

i ran a pair of 8800gtx's with an e6750 and was cpu limited at 3.2ghz so id imagine 260s would be even more so

 

[Rroff]

At 1920x you should get some decent gains in most games...

Power wise I'm not sure - I ran a Q6600 OC'd and 2x 260GTX on a 600watt GameXStream without problems but I upgraded to a 700watt PSU just to be sure - at peak you can be pushing around 500watt (with a 65nm quad) so a little under for a dual.

 

[Happy]

Overclocked GTX 260 SLI is fine with 6GB, 4 HDs, 18W pump, 7x120mm and a Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz on my HX 620

 

[Khrest]

Sounds worth a shot then guys.

Is the connector for SLI the same as for Xfire? My AW9D has a connector in the box but the box only mentions Xfire graphics?

 

[Rroff]

Oh crap should have looked at the motherboard...

Abit AW9D MAX isn't SLI capable (without using the unofficial hack)... and the SLI connector isn't the same as xfire.

 

[Happy]

It's an Intel Chipset so no SLI... However read away SLI on most mobos in around 30 seconds..

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18076634&highlight=username_Happy

Edit:- See sig, I run GTX260 SLI using the method above on my DFI x38

Hmmm Part 1 check:-

Off for part two now to see if it actually works.

I did the HAL mod and it took around 30 seconds, then shutdown put a SLI bridge on and reboot, NCP enable SLI and away you go