is SLI Really worth it?

Compumaniac12 · 08-30-2005, 03:20 PM

im considering buying a new system soon, i like to get the best for my buck cuz im not a very wealthy person.

anyway i wanna know your opinions on SLI, heres mine.
sli clearly cant be more then 2x better then 1 card, so its probly around 190% of what one card would be.
it also takes some cpu power as it has to split up the commands, but not much.
for example heres a price comparison.
it costs 20$ more for your motherboard to support sli.
how would 2 6600LEs compare to a single card.
6600le costs 95$ according to newegg.

for 190 we could also get
a basic 6800
or a x800

with 2 6600le's we have
8 pixel pipes
512 ddr400 memory
pcie 16x split between the 2
2x the heat...

with
an x800
we have 12 pixel pipes
256 ddr3
pcie 16x on its own.

but how would they compare in performance?
anyone use sli?

**keymaker** · 08-30-2005, 05:12 PM

i sure there are gamers out there that enjoy taking the advantage of SLI configuration. but me on the other hand, i think one powerful videocard is strong enough.

if you want to play todays games and future ones to come, i think the 6800GT and above videocards are powerful enough already. but if you can afford SLI and really want to implement it, why not.

08-30-2005, 03:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Compumaniac12 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 209 OS: XP home sp1	is SLI Really worth it? im considering buying a new system soon, i like to get the best for my buck cuz im not a very wealthy person. anyway i wanna know your opinions on SLI, heres mine. sli clearly cant be more then 2x better then 1 card, so its probly around 190% of what one card would be. it also takes some cpu power as it has to split up the commands, but not much. for example heres a price comparison. it costs 20$ more for your motherboard to support sli. how would 2 6600LEs compare to a single card. 6600le costs 95$ according to newegg. for 190 we could also get a basic 6800 or a x800 with 2 6600le's we have 8 pixel pipes 512 ddr400 memory pcie 16x split between the 2 2x the heat... with an x800 we have 12 pixel pipes 256 ddr3 pcie 16x on its own. but how would they compare in performance? anyone use sli?

08-30-2005, 05:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
keymaker Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,154 OS: windows xp	i sure there are gamers out there that enjoy taking the advantage of SLI configuration. but me on the other hand, i think one powerful videocard is strong enough. if you want to play todays games and future ones to come, i think the 6800GT and above videocards are powerful enough already. but if you can afford SLI and really want to implement it, why not. __________________ AVG Spybot SpywareBlaster Adware CCleaner Diskeeper ZoneAlarm