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I'm running SLI now :D

How about some pics and benchmarks?

I still love looking at people's SLI rigs and seeing what they can do.
 
if i can get a hold of a digital cam i will get a pic of my uber rig, i'm sure you don't wanna see a pic taken with my crappy nextel cam
 
why the hell is there a big green line through the middle of the screen where my aimer circle is on doom 3? It never did that with only one gpu
 
oh, cuz i put the directx and opengl rendering modes on. At least it's fixable, i thought i pooped something up :eek:
 
I'll buy one of them off you for $200 in a couple months after R520 is out. ;)
 
Calis said:
enjoy it before we get next gen
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Gee, you mean he'll enjoy it less then? :rolleyes:

This whole "wait for next gen" thing is a crock, what people afraid to spend some money say to justify their not enjoying current technology.
 
killerD said:
I'll buy one of them off you for $200 in a couple months after R520 is out. ;)
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Of course, you don't know:

1. R520s will be "out" in a couple months
2. If R520s will outperform his 6800U SLI

But what the heck? It's easy to post comments about vaporware you know nothing about as the reason you personally don't have as good of a set up as he does. :rolleyes:

BTW- enjoy the power OP. You are gaming at a level the naysayers won't be seeing for months. Love my 6800GT SLI.
 
Rollo said:
Of course, you don't know:

1. R520s will be "out" in a couple months
2. If R520s will outperform his 6800U SLI

But what the heck? It's easy to post comments about vaporware you know nothing about as the reason you personally don't have as good of a set up as he does. :rolleyes:
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when r600 comes out i will pwn everyone :rolleyes: lol
 
pandora's box said:
when r600 comes out i will pwn everyone :rolleyes: lol
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Yeah, I heard it has 128 "extreme platinum hd" pipes and 42 "hypermega hd plus" vertex shaders and a 6.00 ghz core. it will have an external peltier-cooling enclosure and integrated 1200 watt power suppy. of course if you live in antarctica and have 3 PCP&C SLI power supplies you can opt to run it inside your case and use system power.
Apparently it gets like 156,000 3dmarks! (and when you overclock it, it gets 156,336)

Oh Congrats, Makave7i Tha Don! I wish I could get an SLI setup but I purposely bought an NF4-Ultra so I wouldn't be able to spend 400 on another card!
 
Rollo said:
Gee, you mean he'll enjoy it less then? :rolleyes:

This whole "wait for next gen" thing is a crock, what people afraid to spend some money say to justify their not enjoying current technology.
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He may, or may not. His system wont get any slower, probably a hair faster with newer drivers.

IF the next ATi or NV card comes close to the speed of 6800Ux2, for the price of one card, it can leave a bitter taste in your mouth if jump head first this late in a current gen, and spend $1000+.

But who knows, perhaps his system will still be faster. At any rate, as long as hes happy, thats all that matter.
 
fallguy said:
He may, or may not. His system wont get any slower, probably a hair faster with newer drivers.

IF the next ATi or NV card comes close to the speed of 6800Ux2, for the price of one card, it can leave a bitter taste in your mouth if jump head first this late in a current gen, and spend $1000+.

But who knows, perhaps his system will still be faster. At any rate, as long as hes happy, thats all that matter.
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I won't regret the coins I've spent on SLI- it's the most fun I've had with video cards in a long time.
If a card comes out for $500 that offers this level of performance sometime this fall, I say that's good fortune for those in need of this level of performance, and nothing to me.

You can spend your whole life waiting for the next big thing, I've always had more fun enjoying the good parts I can actually buy.
 
If a card comes out for $500 that offers this level of performance sometime this fall, I say that's good fortune for those in need of this level of performance, and nothing to me.
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Rollo thats one of the only things you have said thatI agree with.
 
yah, i'm very happy with my system. I'm also EXTREMELY proud of it, not only is it very high end, but it's also the first system i built totally by myself
 
Makave7i Tha Don said:
yah, i'm very happy with my system. I'm also EXTREMELY proud of it, not only is it very high end, but it's also the first system i built totally by myself
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Well i say congrats man. Dont listen to the peeps who are bad mouthing your rig at all. The SLi setup will last you a while. Hell, a single Ultra woould give you good company for quite sometime. To me, it just shows that they are jealous to make such comments. Lol, but hey you built the system the way YOU wanted it. And you did it by yourself as well :D
 
Calis said:
enjoy it before we get next gen
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QFT. Here comes next gen and you have a box full of $1000 in soon-to-be-eclipsed hardware. I would get a refund!

Not trying to rain on your parade but it is the truth :-\
 
Rollo said:
Of course, you don't know:

1. R520s will be "out" in a couple months
2. If R520s will outperform his 6800U SLI

But what the heck? It's easy to post comments about vaporware you know nothing about as the reason you personally don't have as good of a set up as he does. :rolleyes:

BTW- enjoy the power OP. You are gaming at a level the naysayers won't be seeing for months. Love my 6800GT SLI.
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I think you are taking that wayyy to seriously like every other pro ati post. Calm down man.

What are the rest of the specs for your sys mak? How about some benchmark scores or something for us to drool on :eek:. Wish I could afford that right now. A little overkill, but i'd buy it if I had the cash. I just blew my z680 speakers, my monitor died about 2 weeks ago, and my job pays way too little :(. Hopefully I'll get a raise soon.
 
Rollo said:
2. If R520s will outperform his 6800U SLI
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I'd say it's pretty safe to assume it will. With it only being the power of 1.5 ultra's, even if the R520 is *just* 24 pipes I still think it'll be marginally faster, and then you can just pair another R520 to really blow it away.

I think what majority of ppl mean when they say don't go SLi this gen, is that the SLi tech has come about at the time of the next gen refresh. What's the point in paying full whack now, when in a few months you can SLi/AMR 2 new gen cards for probably not much more money?

But then if Nvidia aren't releasing a new card, and you will only buy Nvidia (god knows why ppl are so loyal) I suppose NV will be laughing all the way to the bank.


The question I would like to ask single 6800ultra owners is this : IF the R520 is marginally faster than 2 6800 ultra's and has the same feature line up, would u a) just buy another ultra to get near the speed of the R520 or b) sell your one Ultra and buy an R520 with the option of AMR'ing another? Which would be the fastest option by far......assuming NV don't release a new card (which it looks like they aren't)
 
something bigger and better comes out every 26 days people so every one system is going to be opsolete dam dont crap his thread with good job u just blew a grand on a pc thats not gonna be top notch in 3 months. im gong sli also its what i want and what im getting if u dont like it dont comment congrats on the rig i wish i had the cash for ultras im going duel 6600gts cause i got a good deal on them from a friend of mine
 
demons9872 said:
something bigger and better comes out every 26 days people so every one system is going to be opsolete dam dont crap his thread with good job u just blew a grand on a pc thats not gonna be top notch in 3 months. im gong sli also its what i want and what im getting if u dont like it dont comment congrats on the rig i wish i had the cash for ultras im going duel 6600gts cause i got a good deal on them from a friend of mine
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I'm not thread crapping, I'm asking a serious question. But then we know your answer to my question....you bought an FX card :rolleyes:
 
Tigerblade said:
I'd say it's pretty safe to assume it will. With it only being the power of 1.5 ultra's, even if the R520 is *just* 24 pipes I still think it'll be marginally faster, and then you can just pair another R520 to really blow it away.

I think what majority of ppl mean when they say don't go SLi this gen, is that the SLi tech has come about at the time of the next gen refresh. What's the point in paying full whack now, when in a few months you can SLi/AMR 2 new gen cards for probably not much more money?

But then if Nvidia aren't releasing a new card, and you will only buy Nvidia (god knows why ppl are so loyal) I suppose NV will be laughing all the way to the bank.


The question I would like to ask single 6800ultra owners is this : IF the R520 is marginally faster than 2 6800 ultra's and has the same feature line up, would u a) just buy another ultra to get near the speed of the R520 or b) sell your one Ultra and buy an R520 with the option of AMR'ing another? Which would be the fastest option by far......assuming NV don't release a new card (which it looks like they aren't)
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You can't assume anything really as we have no benchmarks of R520s.

Also, whether R520s will be available in two months? Who knows.

Also, will ATI AMR be available at the same time as R520s? Who knows.

Also, the lowest 16X12 4x8x benchmark I've ever seen for my 6800GT SLI is a Far Cry torture test at 54fps on Toms site. As my FE2111SB will only do 85Hz at up to 16X12, and drops to 72Hz at 19X14 (which I can still game at on many games, what exactly would AMR R520s offer me above and beyond what I have? ;)
 
Rollo said:
You can spend your whole life waiting for the next big thing, .
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And before you know it you're too old to give a shit. Some people have money and like to enjoy life and there is those that like to troll in threads like these. Same trolls over and over but in reality they're just jealous.
 
Rollo said:
what exactly would AMR R520s offer me above and beyond what I have? ;)
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I would answer that but I don't wanna get off topic. ;)
 
Rollo said:
what exactly would AMR R520s offer me above and beyond what I have? ;)
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Fair comment. But The same could be said from an x850XT PE or 6800Ultra owner about SLi. By that sentence why buy any higher than a single 6600GT or X800pro?

It's all about fps and res. But IF I buy R520 AMR'd that rig will offer far superior res and fps, which I said is what it's all about. So it will offer everything. ;)

The thing I'm getting at is the big arguement Nvidia !!!!!!s are spouting is PS3.0 blah, future proof blah. What happens when ATi have a single solution, faster card available with the same (maybe better) feature set.

I guess the arguement then will be price, but I'll pre empty that one with how much are people paying for SLi rigs now?

All I'm saying is the time to go SLi is wrong at the mo. But then if you have the money and don't care that it'll devalue quite soon......


Fair play to OP tho, got the fastest possible graphics solution at the mo :)
 
Don't let all this bullshit from naysayers get you down. Some people will just never be able to afford top end shit, so they have to down-talk those who get it by saying things like

"Have fun wasting your money."
"You need to get laid."
"That is going to be yesterday's news tomorrow, n00b"

which are unavoidable. And to which I respond:

"Everyone wastes money, I just choose to on a computer and not hookers and alcohol."
"I do get laid, thanks."
"Yes, but right now, it's the fastest so get over it."

:rolleyes: If I diddn't have my current setup, I'd have an SLi rig no doubt....but my current rig will hold out until the next gen comes, which I'll piece together with truely high end stuff (FX-57 and probably OCX VX memory on an SLI-DR board). Basically, there are always going to be two kinds of people: Those who respect a great machine, and those who envy a great machine....they're easy to pick out. If you wait for the newest continually, you'll never get anything built...everything eventually gets outdated, just computers are faster.

Enjoy man. :cool:
 
Tigerblade said:
I think what majority of ppl mean when they say don't go SLi this gen, is that the SLi tech has come about at the time of the next gen refresh. What's the point in paying full whack now, when in a few months you can SLi/AMR 2 new gen cards for probably not much more money?
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SLI has been out since the fall. I don't see how that's "about the time of the next gen refresh"
 
tsuehpsyde said:
Don't let all this bullshit from naysayers get you down. Some people will just never be able to afford top end shit, so they have to down-talk those who get it by saying things like

"Have fun wasting your money."
"You need to get laid."
"That is going to be yesterday's news tomorrow, n00b"

which are unavoidable. And to which I respond:

"Everyone wastes money, I just choose to on a computer and not hookers and alcohol."
"I do get laid, thanks."
"Yes, but right now, it's the fastest so get over it."

:rolleyes: If I diddn't have my current setup, I'd have an SLi rig no doubt....but my current rig will hold out until the next gen comes, which I'll piece together with truely high end stuff (FX-57 and probably OCX VX memory on an SLI-DR board). Basically, there are always going to be two kinds of people: Those who respect a great machine, and those who envy a great machine....they're easy to pick out. If you wait for the newest continually, you'll never get anything built...everything eventually gets outdated, just computers are faster.

Enjoy man. :cool:
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Why do you assume I couldn't afford top end stuff? :rolleyes: This is MY OPINION. If R520 is what it promises to be, I'll be collecting 2 as soon as. That will, I assume, be more than 2 Ultra's.....

IF SLi was released when the 6800 series was released then yes....that would have been worth it. But now on the eve of new technology that promises the speed of 2 cards in 1, at the price of 1.......do you not see the sense there or am I banging my head against a green wall? IF you read my post properly, I'm not slating the OP, It's the timing of laying down the amount needed at this particular time.....

The only good in SLi in this gen is ppl that have 1 6800/6600 look at getting another in a year or so when the cards a CHEAP, and gives a significant performance boost for a minimal amount of cash. Laying out a grand now just doesn't seem right to me.
 
Enjoy! When my tax return money comes in i'll be getting around to upgrading my box as well. 'Puter parts shoping kicks ass, as long as you have the money for whatcha want.
 
Tigerblade said:
Why do you assume I couldn't afford top end stuff? :rolleyes: This is MY OPINION. If R520 is what it promises to be, I'll be collecting 2 as soon as. That will, I assume, be more than 2 Ultra's.....

IF SLi was released when the 6800 series was released then yes....that would have been worth it. But now on the eve of new technology that promises the speed of 2 cards in 1, at the price of 1.......do you not see the sense there or am I banging my head against a green wall? IF you read my post properly, I'm not slating the OP, It's the timing of laying down the amount needed at this particular time.....

The only good in SLi in this gen is ppl that have 1 6800/6600 look at getting another in a year or so when the cards a CHEAP, and gives a significant performance boost for a minimal amount of cash. Laying out a grand now just doesn't seem right to me.
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My post was in no way directed to you...I just read a few people bitching, so I skipped to reply, since I hear this argument alot. To you or me, this makes no sense at all, as we have pretty current shit, with your CPU being a bit newer than mine. For us to upgrade to his system would be, uneccessary. As far as I'm concerned, the SLi was the "refresh" this time around, instead of a whole new card line, as the X850 series came out as well. I upgraded from a Pentium3, so my upgrade made sense. :eek: But, had I had a 9800 Pro, then it wouldn't have made much sense. It's all in perspective as well. But, if you feel that I bitched at you about not having money to spend, then obviously you're someone who has to defend their system because they're insecure about it, or their cash flow. ;) Calm down, all of you. My claw is only at 2.35GHz at 10x235 with 2-3-3 on my memory on socket 754. I'm by no means on fire, but the higher FSB makes a notable difference in performance...but sadly my memory controller craps out with much more running two sticks of memory. When the San Diego FX series processor comes out, that's a notable upgrade....if it can't handle the speeds I want in the memory controller, I don't want it.

So if it makes sense and you want it, get it....and if someone gets something that's good (don't pretend SLi sucks, that's some bullshit and all of you know it) don't crap on their thread or shit on their machine....all it shows is someone who's jealous and says "I'm going to be faster in a few months, you just wait!" in the voice of a second grader. I personally smile in admiration for ANYONE running a 6800GT/Ultra SLi, as I want it personally but I don't need it just yet, and I want to wait for the FX refresh and the videocard refresh as I already have a 6800 Ultra and a Clawhammer that can pull 3700+ speeds, but for .1v less, I can get a PR of 3625+, which is more than enough for me.

/end rant
 
Intel_Hydralisk said:
SLI has been out since the fall. I don't see how that's "about the time of the next gen refresh"
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First SLI board wasnt released publically for sale to retail stores until the first and second week in january. So unless you have a time machine...then the drivers were lax and allowing no support except for benchmark games until march-april.

2004
June Geforce 6xxx and X8xx release to retailers
July
August
September Intel introduced PCI Express
October SLI rumers and delays about bad silicone on Nforce4
November ATI/Sapphire Ships native PCI Express cards to OEMs and retailers
December
2005
January- SLI enters market Soon after 6800GT/Ultra bridged PCI Express start shipping from retailers in quantity.
Febuary
March
April- more then 8 games supported
May
June Geforce 7xxx and X9xx series start production
July

eve of a new release, see?
 
Hey Don that is very cool that you got the SLI. I have one 6800 Ultra(AGP) it it has rocked all the games so far! I could say....man I shoulda waited for the PCI-E boards so I could do SLI now as well, but it wasnt there. Im very happy with my stuff right now, Im glad you are pleased with your system. It"ll make you smile when you fire up your favourite game and THAT is all it is about. Tell everyone else to stick their R520 (or whatever) and Nvidia hopes and dreams up their ass. :D As an editorial, just how hard do you think this so called R520 is going to be to find???? You can just now find about what you want from either camp and this stuff was sizzle hot LAST summer??? I had to scrounge around for my Ultra for three weeks until I got dead on lucky in the middle of the night last September. I agree that if you wait youll be wishing you had done otherwise.
 
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