Is it worth it to buy another 7900 GT for SLI?

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MrToilet

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Should I buy another 7900 GT for SLI? ZipZoomFly has the EVGA 7900 GT KO for $199 after rebate. $200 is an awesome price for this vid card, and I'm not really planning on buying an 8800 for a while.

Most of my gaming is at 1280x1024 or 1600x1200, with 2x-4x AA, 16x AF. Currently I'm playing F.E.A.R., Oblivion, FIFA 07, Company of Heroes, etc.

The rest of my system:
Athlon 64 Venice @ 2.6 gHz, 2 GB Corsair RAM, Asus A8N32 mobo.

Thanks!
 
Well, if you didnt already have one, I'd say get a better single card. But since you already have one, and assuming you have 200 to 225ish dollars to spend, your viable options are:

1. Buy the 2nd 7900gt, go SLI, and crank up the AA and eye candy @ 1600 res :)

2. See what you can get for your 7900gt for a sale, and combine that with your 200 to 225ish dollars to get a kickarse single card (not the 8800 necessarily, but you might be able to score some form of xtx on the red side, or a 7900gto or something)

That being said, 7900gt SLI will still be powerful for some time to come :)

edit: On 2nd thought, I'm pretty sure 7900gt sli would dominate any single nvidia card atm (save gx2 maybe), so the only way a sale would be worth it is if you could score an xtx for ati, and even that's iffy against 7900gt sli...
 
So you're saying the 2nd 7900 GT would be the best option, money wise, since I already have one? That's kind of what I was thinking, since $450-$650 for the 8800's seems a bit steep for my taste... running almost any game @ 1600x1200 w/ AA and AF seems pretty super-awesome to me-

Now to play the waiting game and see if the 7900 prices come down any more after the 8800's get released on Tuesday.... *tick tick tick* damn clock go faster!
 
yeah, I'm considering purchasing another 7900GT KO during december. only bad thing is selling the cards for a loss later down the road. but that happens with everything
 
You always take a loss when you sell old hardware, but that's the nature of this hobby. I mean, I know that my 7900GTXs that I bought for a grand are lucky to fetch $300 when I sell them two years from my purchase date (late May '06)
 
you'd be lucky to fetch $300 right now :)

or did you mean for both of them? hehehe
 
Hmm...

I just bought the BenQ 20" LCD monitor from Newegg, should be here later this week...Will 2 7900 GT KO's be enough to play last-gen and current games (F.E.A.R., Oblivion, etc) at acceptable framerates @ 1680x1050, with my A64 Venice and 2 GB RAM?
 
I also have a single 7900GT and I'm really thinking about getting another one for SLi. $200 is a nice price point, especially since I'm getting my Samsung 225bw tomorrow :D .
 
personally, no


i went sli, and at times i regret it.


Its just good for one monitor, and needless to say, is useless as most games max out with 1 7800gt
 
hell no. I had 2x 7900 Gt and was not really impressed with the performance gain. Now i only have 1 vid card
 
MrToilet said:
Hmm...

I just bought the BenQ 20" LCD monitor from Newegg, should be here later this week...Will 2 7900 GT KO's be enough to play last-gen and current games (F.E.A.R., Oblivion, etc) at acceptable framerates @ 1680x1050, with my A64 Venice and 2 GB RAM?
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I run at that rez at 4xAA/16xAF and FEAR benches at about 73fps with my 7900GT SLI
 
Darknyt said:
I run at that rez at 4xAA/16xAF and FEAR benches at about 73fps with my 7900GT SLI
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Good to know. Question for you though- does it always stay pretty smooth? I'd like to keep it as much above 40 FPS as possible...
 
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