what will will another 8800gt do? (sli)

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nbovk951

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With the system in my sig. Will adding another 8800gt make much of a difference in gaming?
prior to the 8800gt I ran 8600gt's in sli and the performance increase was very small.and hardly made any difference in crysis at all.
I am now running at very high settings with 2xaa at 1024*768 (monitor max)
What will make a better difference another 8800gt or a new screen that will go a higher resolution?
I would like to get that "real" look out of crysis I see on some of ya'lls screen shots.
 
Your CPU is too slow to get the full benefit.
I was looking at a friends GTX SLI machine last night and his 3.3GHz C2D wasnt quick enough to max the cards out, clocking them made no difference.
He was able to play crysis with CCC 1.31 ultra high mod at 1600x1200, 51fps so you wont be far short of that but not with your current display.

If you dont use 1600 res or higher there is little point in getting SLI anyway.
 
You should not be running AA/AF in crysis...todays cards just can't handle it unless you have a 8800 Ultra. You are only going to really see improvement from SLI if you use a 24" widescreen using resolution 1900x1200.

What other games do you play? THe 8800gt can handle almost any other game at max details at higher resolutions which wil give a better picture. What is your budget...I suggest you get a new moniotr with higher rosultion...

these would all look much better:
about $200 19" non widescreen lcd 1600x1200
about $275-350 22" widescreen lcd 1680x1050
about $350-700 24" widecreen lcd 1900x1200

Oh, and don't worry about your cpu....it IS PLENTY FAST ENOUGH for todays games
 
TBH, you won't ever get that 'ultra real' look. A load of rubbish. Plus, your display is too small for it to make a difference.
 
lamboman said:
TBH, you won't ever get that 'ultra real' look. A load of rubbish. Plus, your display is too small for it to make a difference.
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lol, don't break our dreams. Just because you've got an X1900XTX that can't do it doesn't mean the that no one can.
 
Nenu said:
He was able to play crysis with CCC 1.31 ultra high mod at 1600x1200, 51fps so you wont be far short of that but not with your current display.
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Incredibly misleading. The CCC "ultra high" settings contain a good deal of medium settings so your performance there isn't a very good indication of what running the game on legit high settings will be like.
 
JCDenton said:
Incredibly misleading. The CCC "ultra high" settings contain a good deal of medium settings so your performance there isn't a very good indication of what running the game on legit high settings will be like.
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I'm not trying to pimp, just saying the performance we got with the mod so the OP can do his own comparison should he wish.
I didnt benchmark my friends system without the mod so am not able to give any other figures.
Clearly some settings are turned down to optimise performance but the guy spent a long time making the mod and I have to say, its impressive.

At the end of the day, playing with CCC gives a much better experience visually with a higher framerate so thats why we use it.
Its up to the op if he wants to give it a go and decide for himself which is better.

Its sometimes hard to offer info here :rolleyes:

ps
OP, forgot to mention we used the Level 4 config on the CCC mod.
 
get a monitor i9 have a 22inch dell widescreen it was the best money ive spent!
 
nbovk951 said:
With the system in my sig. Will adding another 8800gt make much of a difference in gaming?
prior to the 8800gt I ran 8600gt's in sli and the performance increase was very small.and hardly made any difference in crysis at all.
I am now running at very high settings with 2xaa at 1024*768 (monitor max)
What will make a better difference another 8800gt or a new screen that will go a higher resolution?
I would like to get that "real" look out of crysis I see on some of ya'lls screen shots.
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Man with a system like yours running on a 1024x768 is a crime unless you are visually impared and need a large font or something.

Get a nicer monitor before that 2nd 8800GT.
 
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