Should I or Should I Not?

Should I upgrade from 8800 GTX (SLI) to 9800 GX2 (SLI)

  • Yes

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No

    Votes: 21 100.0%
  • Total voters
    21
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The Cobra

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Ok,

A friend of mine (Whom I purchased my 8800 GTX's from early last year) is selling his 9800 GX2's for $350 a pop. He emailed me earlier today to see if I was interested in buying them.

Do I take the plunge or not? In my rig, I have the 8800 GTX's SLI'ed. I have gotten great performance out of them. I have been reading some reviews, some have said to upgrade, other reviews have said to hold off. I am seriously considering biting the bullet on this one and purchase the cards. I also want to be able to get some value out of my cards before the new 10 series cards come out in a few weeks.

Also keep in mind that I have an AMD FX-60 Processor with 2GB of Ram running Vista 64 Ultimate. Will my processor be a bottleneck since it is older technology and be able to drive these beasts?

Opinions please?!?!?! What do I do?

Anthony
 
No, you should not upgrade. Especially with the new video cards only weeks away. Wait for the reviews to decide if you want a new video card. In any event, I don't think you'll see any performance increase due to your CPU. I'm thinking those SLI'ed 8800 GTX are giving you the best performance you'll get with that CPU.
 
Yeah those 8800GTX's are more than plenty. New cards are right around the corner as well and you may get a better deal for $350 per card.
 
Agreed. The launch of new video cards is just too soon to make a hasty decision. Wait a couple of weeks and see what the performance to cost ratio is for the new architecture. Then decide.
 
I agree with the others, the performance difference won't be that big considering the cost. Also you'll be limited by your CPU, and with the new cards coming out soon it's worth waiting to see how they stack up.

The 9800 cards might even drop in price once those new cards are out.
 
You have to see what GTX 280 brings to the table. One of those puppies is probably going to out perform 2x 9800 GX2's in at least some situations, probably high resolution, high AA situations where increased memory bandwidth and size makes a big difference.

In any case, if you're going high end like this, you need to wait 18 days.
 
Ill take the 9800x2's if your friend will sell them for 200 bucks shipped each ;)
 
I dot not think upgrading is worth considering.
The GTX 280 is the real deal for you considering that you already have 2 8800GTXs.
 
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