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Title: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: SnakeCharmer on January 17, 2008, 02:14:42 PM Let's take 2 8600 GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290) video cards versus 1 8800 GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130319).
Is an 8800 GT/GTS/GTX t h a t much better than an 8600 GT/GTS/GTX? Title: Re: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: rattran on January 17, 2008, 02:36:05 PM Yes, the 8800 line is that much better than the 8600.
<edit> A link to Charts! http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140&p=8 (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3140&p=8) Title: Re: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: SnakeCharmer on January 17, 2008, 02:39:51 PM How would two 8600 GT's fair against one 8800 GT? That's the question I'm asking.
Title: Re: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: Trippy on January 17, 2008, 02:42:57 PM How would two 8600 GT's fair against one 8800 GT? That's the question I'm asking. Very poorly. http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_sli2007.html http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html Note that the 8800 GT in the above charts is OC'd from NVIDIA's reference model (600 MHz Core, 1500 MHz Shader). Title: Re: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: rattran on January 17, 2008, 02:43:55 PM SLI isn't a straight doubling of performance, and the 8800gt is double the performance of an 8600gt. I think it would make much more sense at this point to go for a single 8800gts512 than to add a second 8600anything. Plus, you can always add a second 8800gts in the future if you need it.
Title: Re: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: SnakeCharmer on January 17, 2008, 02:51:37 PM That's what I was thinking from all the research I'd done. Just wanted affirmation from those that know better than me.
Thanks! Title: Re: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: Lt.Dan on January 17, 2008, 03:50:53 PM Plus there is a limited set of mobos that support SLI (Crossfire is far more common) and they are either expensive or have more limited features that you could see on a single 775 mobo.
Title: Re: Opinion: Two 8600 GT > One 8800 GT? Post by: Venkman on January 17, 2008, 07:47:55 PM SLI isn't a straight doubling of performance, and the 8800gt is double the performance of an 8600gt. I think it would make much more sense at this point to go for a single 8800gts512 than to add a second 8600anything. Plus, you can always add a second 8800gts in the future if you need it. That's pretty much how I configured my rig. I started with a single 8800gts640, but on a mobo that supports SLI if I want to pick up another one down the road. So far everything I've played that I enjoy I've been able to max out no problem (and I didn't actually enjoy Crysis enough to try and unlock the Very High settings). |