sooo... little question..

AmongTheChosenX

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I've asked this before, but i wanna ask again. my sig system is what i'm dealing with here.

I paid $115 for my first XFX 8800GTX graphics card, and now I've just been offered an OCZ 8800GTX graphics card for $100. This would put the price for both GPU's at $215

the e8400 (xeon e3110 in my sig) is running at 4.0ghz.

Should I SLi the XFX 8800GTX i have now or try my luck on selling it off and getting a 260 or 4870?

I'm thinking SLi is the best way to go. for $215, i'll have 140% of the performance of a GTX280. that sounds pretty killer to me. the only games that stutter at 1920 x 1200 are COD4 and Crysis. actually, crysis can only run at 1650 x 1080.
oh yeah, and AA and AF are only really useable in FEAR, which is why i want to consider this. COD4 with no AA SUCKS BIGTIME.

the games that i play will scale very well (e.g. COD4 LOVES Sli, and Crysis digs Nvidia GPU's), which is why i think SLi is worth it.
 
Sounds like you've convinced yourself to go SLI then :) lol

If your a pack rat like me, i'd buy it just to have it..run em' in SLI until you feel its needed to upgrade. The 260/280/4870 will only go down in price so the longer you wait the cheaper it'll be.
 
Sounds like you've convinced yourself to go SLI then :) lol

If your a pack rat like me, i'd buy it just to have it..run em' in SLI until you feel its needed to upgrade. The 260/280/4870 will only go down in price so the longer you wait the cheaper it'll be.

that is true.

it seems like alot more people are trying to dump their 8800GTX's at this point as well, becuase of the new cards getting price drops.

they are killer cards. the only reason why i am considering it is because my frames will be higher than a single 8800GTX, and not that far off from GTX280's in SLi (like maybe 40% less)
 
you were really having trouble with cod4+AA? i ran the same res with an 8800gt and never went under 35fps

crysis obviously is another story
 
you were really having trouble with cod4+AA? i ran the same res with an 8800gt and never went under 35fps

crysis obviously is another story

well when playing online yes. if there wasn't any action it was fine (e.g. walking thru a building, no gun shots or grenades going off).
when the smoke starts shooting everywhere, and I walk through it, i get major FPS dips.
 
The only issue I would have is paying 115 for the card. a 4850 will beat it out for less and save you money on air conditioning. I would haggle a little if you can
 
The only issue I would have is paying 115 for the card. a 4850 will beat it out for less and save you money on air conditioning. I would haggle a little if you can

i have an sli board, not a crossfire board.
 
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