$285 EVGA 9800 GX2 @ Newegg.com

matrix563 said:
LOL i'd be more worried about the electric bill ;). well i get free electric but the rental office would wonder why i am sucking so much juice :D
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well you figure that setup would basically be a space heater @ ~1200 watts, so you could just run it in the winter instead of the heat :D
 
wow 4 9800gx2's and a quad would be 1200 watts? i may have to up that 4k budget for 2 of those machines ;) :D

would a 1.2kW psu be enough, or is something greater needed?
 
actually he said 2 quads and 4 9800GX2, I am just guessing here, say 200 watts per card, another 200 for CPUs, and another 200 or so for fans and hard drives. I could be way off. I would want two PSU for this I would think, you would need some headroom
 
Valset said:
actually he said 2 quads and 4 9800GX2, I am just guessing here, say 200 watts per card, another 200 for CPUs, and another 200 or so for fans and hard drives. I could be way off. I would want two PSU for this I would think, you would need some headroom
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no i said 2 quads and 8 9800gx2 ;). 1 quad per 4 cards. there are some 680i boards with 4 pci-e 16x slots (8x mode obviously). i geuss teh ultra 1.6kW psu would be the way to go?
 
matrix563 said:
no i said 2 quads and 8 9800gx2 ;). 1 quad per 4 cards. there are some 680i boards with 4 pci-e 16x slots (8x mode obviously). i geuss teh ultra 1.6kW psu would be the way to go?
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Your games of Tetris will never look better!
 
matrix563 said:
wow 4 9800gx2's and a quad would be 1200 watts? i may have to up that 4k budget for 2 of those machines ;) :D

would a 1.2kW psu be enough, or is something greater needed?
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But with your TF2 running at 50fps you'll be mighty disappointed.
 
matrix563 said:
no i said 2 quads and 8 9800gx2 ;). 1 quad per 4 cards. there are some 680i boards with 4 pci-e 16x slots (8x mode obviously). i geuss teh ultra 1.6kW psu would be the way to go?
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4 PCIe slots only hold 4 9800GX2 for 8 GPU, that thing would be hell carrying to a lan party :D
 
Interesting. Does this make the GTX 260 a better buy, especially at the same or lower price?
 
LstOfTheBrunnenG said:
According to [H]'s testing it's the 260 that does the eating.

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUxOCw0LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUxOCw2LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
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depends on your res and aa,etc.

With the 9800gx2 its 2 gpus on a card with 512mb on each.

The 9800gx2 usually has the upper hand in lower res (1680x1050) whereas the 280 comes back some when you bump up the res and aa which the memory impacts.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=13
 
You could get a GTX280 for effectively around 300 shipped with this deal. Buy the 9800GX2 (459.99 msrp), step up to the GTX280 SC or whatnot at 459.99 msrp, and you've got a GTX280 for what's basically the price of an HD4870.

Edit: Nevermind I think, it's the difference between invoice price and EVGA's msrp I guess.
 
dmonkey said:
You could get a GTX280 for effectively around 300 shipped with this deal. Buy the 9800GX2 (459.99 msrp), step up to the GTX280 SC or whatnot at 459.99 msrp, and you've got a GTX280 for what's basically the price of an HD4870.

Edit: Nevermind I think, it's the difference between invoice price and EVGA's msrp I guess.
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Actually, with step up, they go by the price you paid not the msrp. You have to send in the invoice.
But as far as 9800gx2 and 280, I step-up from the 9800gx2 (for free) and from personal experience, although the 9800gx2 does show higher fps at 1920x1200 (my native res), the 280gtx just gives smoother game play and constant fps. I have come to dislike microstuttering. At my monitor's native res and liking high AA settings, SLI is a no go for me on some demanding games. You really can tell the difference between the 9800gx2 and 280gtx once you hit 1920x1200 and anything higher than 0 AA setting.
 
Since I will be playing at 1680x1050, I am guessing the GX2 will be more than enough for quite some time, correct?
 
madgun said:
If you're ok with consistent stuttering in game play, the GX2 should be fine.
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I don't think micro-stuttering will be an issue at such a relatively low resolution for now. it should be able to push out more than 60 FPS in any game, which is higher than my monitor's refresh rate, hence eliminating the problem.
 
TheGodfather47 said:
I don't think micro-stuttering will be an issue at such a relatively low resolution for now. it should be able to push out more than 60 FPS in any game, which is higher than my monitor's refresh rate, hence eliminating the problem.
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I have owned a GX2 and have complete knowledge of what I am talking about, even if you are getting a 100fps in games, a point comes when the frame rate drops to 40, which is still pretty playable but very annoying. Due to the inconsistency in game play and the constant lows and highs I believe that the GX2 is a big let down. That is the very reason I stepped up to a 280GTX, the frame rate is very consistent and there are no sudden highs and lows.
 
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