Overclocking 8500 GT 512MB - Page 2

PhoenixWright · 09-26-2009, 04:02 AM

ok...but then i'll have to throw away the ram stick i currently own.The maximum frequency of ram that my mobo can support is 800 Mhz.I guess i'll have to buy 2 800's.
By the way, whats your opinion on sli(or crossfire)?

**wrench97** · 09-26-2009, 04:17 AM

A single more powerful card is better then 2 lessor cards in SLI or Xfire, the dual cards usually only average out to a 10-20% boost overall, if the game is optimized to run one or the other a little more, but I find the results to be disappointing overall.

Mcninjaguy · 09-26-2009, 01:34 PM

The only time I find that SLI can have a massive maybe double performance is if you have a motherboard which support SLI with 2 PCI-E x16 slots at the same time. Those motherboards are usually only seen in the newer Core i7 (X58) motherboards.

Otherwsie you are looking at a small increase maybe 30 - 40% with a slotrunning at 16x and a another running at 8x.

The gmae has to be optimized for SLI too. The chance of getting more performance is not worth it.

Getting one nice graphics card is better. SLI is a luxury.

09-26-2009, 04:02 AM	#21 (permalink)
PhoenixWright Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 85 OS: xp service pack 2	Re: Overclocking 8500 GT 512MB ok...but then i'll have to throw away the ram stick i currently own.The maximum frequency of ram that my mobo can support is 800 Mhz.I guess i'll have to buy 2 800's. By the way, whats your opinion on sli(or crossfire)?

09-26-2009, 04:17 AM	#22 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,681 OS: Win7	Re: Overclocking 8500 GT 512MB A single more powerful card is better then 2 lessor cards in SLI or Xfire, the dual cards usually only average out to a 10-20% boost overall, if the game is optimized to run one or the other a little more, but I find the results to be disappointing overall. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

09-26-2009, 01:34 PM	#23 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Overclocking 8500 GT 512MB The only time I find that SLI can have a massive maybe double performance is if you have a motherboard which support SLI with 2 PCI-E x16 slots at the same time. Those motherboards are usually only seen in the newer Core i7 (X58) motherboards. Otherwsie you are looking at a small increase maybe 30 - 40% with a slotrunning at 16x and a another running at 8x. The gmae has to be optimized for SLI too. The chance of getting more performance is not worth it. Getting one nice graphics card is better. SLI is a luxury.