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jrockpunk1 · 11-19-2008, 02:54 PM

I didnt know whether to post this here or in the hardware forum, because I've got 2 questions really. So, I've just had a gaming PC built, and I asked for a 4850 in it. But when it was finished, he said "I've upgraded it to an ultra rare 9600 GT". And I knew the 9600GT was nowhwere near as good as the 4850 I wanted, but I decided to try it. So I tried it, and it's actually better than I expected. On COD4, 1400 resolution, 2xAA and all on ultra I'm getting very minimum of 45 fps, highest 180 fps, and an average of 60-70. So, as I can't see much difference between 50 fps and 80 fps, I decided to keep the 9600 GT, as it's doing quite well. Now, my system is:

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AMD athlon X2 5600 @ 2.90 GHz
2x2GB iXtreme (or something) supercooled DDR2 RAM
550W coolermaster eXtreme PSU
nVidia GeForce 9600 GT OC
windows vista 64bit (well it will be when I buy it)
446 GB SATA II HDD

Now, bearing in mind I've got an Xtreme gaming case that has a fan on the front, a massive one on the side, and another on the back, on top of the 550W PSU's fan - so it hasn't got even warm yet - do you think all of my system would support installing another 9600 GT? I asked him for a 700W PSU, but he said the brand he gave me is good enough to run another 9600 GT in SLI.

Now to the gaming part. More to the point, would there BE a point in running another in SLI? I mean, is my system good enough to take full advantage of it, or will it make no difference? what FPS, based on my current AVG of 60-70 FPS should I expect with another 9600?

Thanks in advance for all your help. I guess this turned out more of a question for hardware, sorry...

11-19-2008, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
jrockpunk1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 487 OS: winXP My System	9600gt Sli I didnt know whether to post this here or in the hardware forum, because I've got 2 questions really. So, I've just had a gaming PC built, and I asked for a 4850 in it. But when it was finished, he said "I've upgraded it to an ultra rare 9600 GT". And I knew the 9600GT was nowhwere near as good as the 4850 I wanted, but I decided to try it. So I tried it, and it's actually better than I expected. On COD4, 1400 resolution, 2xAA and all on ultra I'm getting very minimum of 45 fps, highest 180 fps, and an average of 60-70. So, as I can't see much difference between 50 fps and 80 fps, I decided to keep the 9600 GT, as it's doing quite well. Now, my system is: Code: AMD athlon X2 5600 @ 2.90 GHz 2x2GB iXtreme (or something) supercooled DDR2 RAM 550W coolermaster eXtreme PSU nVidia GeForce 9600 GT OC windows vista 64bit (well it will be when I buy it) 446 GB SATA II HDD Now, bearing in mind I've got an Xtreme gaming case that has a fan on the front, a massive one on the side, and another on the back, on top of the 550W PSU's fan - so it hasn't got even warm yet - do you think all of my system would support installing another 9600 GT? I asked him for a 700W PSU, but he said the brand he gave me is good enough to run another 9600 GT in SLI. Now to the gaming part. More to the point, would there BE a point in running another in SLI? I mean, is my system good enough to take full advantage of it, or will it make no difference? what FPS, based on my current AVG of 60-70 FPS should I expect with another 9600? Thanks in advance for all your help. I guess this turned out more of a question for hardware, sorry... Last edited by jrockpunk1; 11-19-2008 at 03:03 PM.