6800 GS x2 or single 8800GT

[dmahat]

hey guys. i was just wondering which setup would be the best in gaming situations. "gaming as far as farcry/cod4/wow/etc...any help would be appreciated. thanks!

 

[MarcVenice]

Erm, is it a trap? A joke ? Single 8800gt hands down, of course ...

 

[dmahat]

rofl. no trap. just seeing what you guys thought

 

[Denithor]

Literally no comparison. 8800GT would run over a pair of 6800GS without even noticing a bump in the ride.

You could even get a nice performance upgrade going to an EVGA 8800GS. At newegg they're $80 after $30MIR and you may be able to use this code (EMCAJAFAD) to knock another $15 off the cost instantly making your total cost $65.

 

[PingSpike]

Yep. the single 8800GT will murder the 6800GS SLI and rape its corpse.

 

[octopus41092]

Yeah, 8800GT will still be probably twice as fast as the 6800GS SLI. Now if you're willing to spend a little more the HD4850 would be even better.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

single 8800GT is a better solution than SLI 7900s...6800s, yeah...

 

[LOUISSSSS]

a single 4850 would be better than a single 8800gt

 

[dmahat]

what about the 4870?

 

[edm]

Originally posted by: dmahat
what about the 4870?

It would be better than the other options, but depending on the rest of your specs it could be over kill. the 4850 seems to be the sweet spot right now for price/performance ratio.

 

[unr3al]

You need a killer CPU (read Core2Quad @ 3GHz) to utilize the power of an HD4870 so I would go with the HD4850. 6800GS in SLi? *Coughs* lol

 

[dmahat]

haha just a thought. one of my buddies just upgraded and he had those lying around. yeah im building a new rig with the Q9450 quad.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Go ahead and get a HD 4870 then.

But wait. What resolution do you game at?

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

SLI never really made any sense to me.

 

[nonameo]

I think you should try a couple of cinnamon raisin bagels in SLI.

 

[wolf2009]

Lol , what a joke !

How dare you think 8800GT could be beat by 2 6800 GS or whatever .

 

[adlep]

I quote:

"the 8800GT would pull down the 2 6800s pants, tell everyone to look, kick them in the nads, laugh as they both twitch in pain, and finally spit on them."

 

[will889]

Originally posted by: adlep
I quote:

"the 8800GT would pull down the 2 6800s pants, tell everyone to look, kick them in the nads, laugh as they both twitch in pain, and finally spit on them."

Actually even a 9600GT will do same. For the price I paid which was around $70.00 after using a gift cert, I was floored at the performance of the card. I thought I might be like 25% slower than the 8800GT. Nope, about 7% at best.

 

[unr3al]

Originally posted by: will889

Originally posted by: adlep
I quote:

"the 8800GT would pull down the 2 6800s pants, tell everyone to look, kick them in the nads, laugh as they both twitch in pain, and finally spit on them."

Actually even a 9600GT will do same. For the price I paid which was around $70.00 after using a gift cert, I was floored at the performance of the card. I thought I might be like 25% slower than the 8800GT. Nope, about 7% at best.

To be honest, anything from the X1800XT 256MB upward would wipe the floor with SLi 6800GS's. See here

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
SLI never really made any sense to me.

SLI never really made sense to anyone, save those who want performance that otherwise could not be acheived with a single card. The plan was always to buy one card now at the high price, then when the new ones came out to buy the old one at a low price to get the same performance. The trouble was, they always stopped making the old cards before the new ones came out...leaving the old cards price somewhat high still. And then the new card was as fast as the old ones in SLI, minus all the potential driver headaches and plus any new features. So in the end, you just sold the old card and bought a new one like you always did.