Sli!!

Banana! · 10-03-2007, 04:46 PM

Hi all

,

I am curious, I am in the market for a new Video Card. With the Call of Duty 4 and Eniemy Territory: Quake Wars on the way, i want to be able to play these games the way they are intended to played. Currently I have two BFG 7600 OC's in SLI mode, and it runs the demo for Enemy Territory: Quake wars o.k. with the majority of the settings set at medium. I am no planning on breaking the bank on this investment, so here are my options:

1) Two 8600 GTS Superclocked from EVGA

or

2) One 8800 GTS from EVGA

I am running SLI right now, and it has been treating me well. Which would be the best bang for my buck for the games I want to run?

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 10-03-2007, 04:49 PM

right now there is no affordable sli solution that will beat a 8800 But before you get ether you should have atleast a quality 700 watt psu

Banana! · 10-03-2007, 04:51 PM

A 700w psu.... hrmm.... this may be more of an investment then I thought

HawMan · 10-03-2007, 04:53 PM

Yup - the 8800's are power-hungry.

SLI is overhype. Id defenatly get the 8800GTS over two 8600's.

milehile · 10-05-2007, 12:15 AM

I just built my buddy a computer and it is, as they say, "Teh Pwn!". It has this one:

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814150215

:which has a better core clock than any other 8800gts on the market. The EVGA you speak of only has 580, this XFX has 600. And, it comes with a free copy of Lost Planet. I played a little bit of Lost Planet on his computer with XP and DX9.0c, and it was simply stunning on full graphics. Maxed out at 60fps.

In closing, the 8800GTS is a dynomite card. If you pair it with a really good power supply, you can't be beat.

10-03-2007, 04:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Banana! Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP x64	Sli!! Hi all , I am curious, I am in the market for a new Video Card. With the Call of Duty 4 and Eniemy Territory: Quake Wars on the way, i want to be able to play these games the way they are intended to played. Currently I have two BFG 7600 OC's in SLI mode, and it runs the demo for Enemy Territory: Quake wars o.k. with the majority of the settings set at medium. I am no planning on breaking the bank on this investment, so here are my options: 1) Two 8600 GTS Superclocked from EVGA or 2) One 8800 GTS from EVGA I am running SLI right now, and it has been treating me well. Which would be the best bang for my buck for the games I want to run?

10-03-2007, 04:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: Sli!! right now there is no affordable sli solution that will beat a 8800 But before you get ether you should have atleast a quality 700 watt psu __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

10-03-2007, 04:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Banana! Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP x64	Re: Sli!! A 700w psu.... hrmm.... this may be more of an investment then I thought

10-03-2007, 04:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,940 OS: Win XP My System	Re: Sli!! Yup - the 8800's are power-hungry. SLI is overhype. Id defenatly get the 8800GTS over two 8600's. __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.

10-05-2007, 12:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
milehile Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 473 OS: Windows 7 RC My System	Re: Sli!! I just built my buddy a computer and it is, as they say, "Teh Pwn!". It has this one: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814150215 :which has a better core clock than any other 8800gts on the market. The EVGA you speak of only has 580, this XFX has 600. And, it comes with a free copy of Lost Planet. I played a little bit of Lost Planet on his computer with XP and DX9.0c, and it was simply stunning on full graphics. Maxed out at 60fps. In closing, the 8800GTS is a dynomite card. If you pair it with a really good power supply, you can't be beat. __________________ *When you don't do something right, how can you be sure you've done anything at all?*