Originally posted by: Lithan
Huh? I thought that 6600gt's were performing about as good on average as a single 6800gt. That's what I've read on forums anyway. Not seen the benches myself.
Wrong....it's only better when performing optimally, but usually it's trailing a single 6800GT. Here's an excerpt from the conclusion:
"Overall the performance of the standard 6800 was disappointing as a single board, with performances that were behind the 6600 GT despite its similar fill-rate; we would have also expected to see greater gains under FSAA conditions on this board thanks to its 256-bit bus, but they didn't manifest themselves. The performance of the 6800 carries on in its SLI configuration with its performance rarely getting close to a single 6800 GT and not always posting particularly great gains over a single 6600 GT. The 6600 GT did make a more convincing case in SLI mode in a few titles with the SLI performance, when it's performing optimally, managing to be a little higher than a single 6800 GT or even Ultra, though with only 128MB of RAM this board does suffer more with FSAA rendering."
Link to full article:
http://www.beyond3d.com/reviews/nvidia/sli/