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SLI Myth???

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freddiepm61

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If you are going to get a top of the line computer, and you want to get as much power out of your video cards, then you definately want to go with SLI. SLI requires a very powerful CPU to make it worthwhile, so I would recommend not going with SLI unless you've already maxed out your CPU, so get an FX-55 or 4000+ if you want SLI.

from some hardware site.

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Well a faster CPU always helps, but to say that you "need" a FX55 or Pentium 4 EE is BS from some asshead that read an article on the internet and decided he was an expert in such matters.

Gains have been seen all the way down to 3.0GHz P4's and 3000+ Athlon 64's. You buy the A64 FX55 and the P4EE only if you have a practically unlimited budget and or you want the FASTEST system money can buy.
 
I would highly recommend against SLI. Why? Because Nvidia even admitted that their drivers need to be game specific for SLI to work. Meaning they have to program them for each individual game. Besides, reading many different forums where this issue is infact becoming a big issue. I will wait to see if they can do it at the motherboard level where you can use ATI or any other graphics card, leaving the screen splitting duties to the motherboard. (which is what Alienware originally was/is doing.) We also have to see what ATI brings in the form of AFR. Really. I would hold off till Nvidia brings the drivers up to par for more games other than todays popular ones like Doom3 or HL2.
 
Would 3500+ 90nm be good enough?
also, you only really need sli for today's popular games, as other games just don't need that sort of processing power
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What other games are there that can actually show SLI's improvements over a normal 6800gt? Thats part of the reason they have left some games out
 
I think people complaining about SLI not working for all games is kind of a moot point, basically so long as the profiles are there for the most graphical intensive games then all is good. Seriously it really doesn't matter that SLI hasn't been configured to work with Quake 3 seeing as just about everyone is going to be getting playable framerates with an old rig.

Of course if SLI isn't configured to help with something like doom 3, that's slightly different, but otherwise I don't see what the problem is, especially as you can make your own profiles, or at least will be able to more easily with future drivers.

Also, the comment about having to have the top CPU to use it effectivly is also BS. SLI is there to allow you to play in the highest resolution and with the highest eyecandy settings available. Of course if you're playing UT2k4 and you're finding it's playing slowly, that's probably something to do with the 40 bots you've got on the map. If that is the case, then yes, I would also recommend a CPU upgrade, but as far as getting the most out of SLI, having the very best CPU is not nesessary.
 
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