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I just brought a 8800gtx to run in sli, don't know if I should use the step up to get a 9800 gx2:confused:. Will 1 9800 gx2 run better than 2 8800 gtxs. HELP
 
I think that NKDietrich has a point. At the very least for 8800 GTX SLI or even a single 9800 GX2, you'll really want a the very least a Q6600 at stock speed. OC'ing it a bit would be better.

8800 GTX SLI will be faster than a single 9800 GX2 however, and cheaper if you already had one 8800 GTX.
 
heatlesssun said:
I think that NKDietrich has a point. At the very least for 8800 GTX SLI or even a single 9800 GX2, you'll really want a the very least a Q6600 at stock speed. OC'ing it a bit would be better.

8800 GTX SLI will be faster than a single 9800 GX2 however, and cheaper if you already had one 8800 GTX.
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I wouldn't say the least he needs is a Q6600... that's overkill. Any Core 2 Duo over 2 Ghz is fine.
 
menace2society said:
I just brought a 8800gtx to run in sli, don't know if I should use the step up to get a 9800 gx2:confused:. Will 1 9800 gx2 run better than 2 8800 gtxs. HELP
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To answer your actual question, 8800gtx SLi will generally beat a 9800 gx2 by a small margin, so no stick with what you have imo.

Your CPU is a side issue, and yes it will be a bottleneck in some games, grab a cheap e6750 and OC it past 3gig or a e8500.


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menace2society said:
I just brought a 8800gtx to run in sli, don't know if I should use the step up to get a 9800 gx2:confused:. Will 1 9800 gx2 run better than 2 8800 gtxs. HELP
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2x8800GTS 512MB cards run neck and neck with a GX2. i wouldnt bother moving up to a GX2 unless A) you don't have an SLI board, B) you plan to get a second GX2 for quad sli in the future.
Your GTXs should stand up to a single GX2, and in certain cases surpass it.

I would definately look at getting a faster CPU.
If you don't want to spend the cash to go intel, then at least treat yourself with a 6200+ black edition. That chip you got right now is a much bigger bottleneck then your sli setup will ever be.
 
You could buy a phenom 9850 or 9750 if you want a higher clocked phenom. They should be out in a month or two maybe less from what I here.
 
For SLI you really need a higher clocked C2D.
A x2 @ 2.8GHz cant fully drive 1 8800GT so SLI, no chance unless you get a lot more horsepower.

An 8400 CPU at 2.65GHz sees a performance drop of between 3 and 4% in Crysis (1280x1024 res) compared to the CPU clocked at 4GHz (with my 120% clocked 8800GT).
So around 2.6GHz is the minimum you want for a single card and quite a bit quicker for SLI.
 
Nenu said:
For SLI you really need a higher clocked C2D.
A x2 @ 2.8GHz cant fully drive 1 8800GT so SLI, no chance unless you get a lot more horsepower.

An 8400 CPU at 2.65GHz sees a performance drop of between 3 and 4% in Crysis (1280x1024 res) compared to the CPU clocked at 4GHz (with my 120% clocked 8800GT).
So around 2.6GHz is the minimum you want for a single card and quite a bit quicker for SLI.
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E6550 or better for a single card, or E6850/E8400+ for SLI.
 
I thought that at the higher resolutions the cpu didn't matter as much as the gpu because the gpu becomes the bottleneck:confused: . Is there a real difference between Intel and AMD clock for clock at the higher resolutions in todays games? It dosen't matter to me if there is a difference in games like FEAR of futuremark. I'll never play FEAR again. I'm looking at now and towards the future. If someone could help clear this up for me I would be most greatful:cool:
 
menace2society said:
I thought that at the higher resolutions the cpu didn't matter as much as the gpu because the gpu becomes the bottleneck:confused: . Is there a real difference between Intel and AMD clock for clock at the higher resolutions in todays games? It dosen't matter to me if there is a difference in games like FEAR of futuremark. I'll never play FEAR again. I'm looking at now and towards the future. If someone could help clear this up for me I would be most greatful:cool:
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A year old. But probably still pretty relevant considering it's addressing 8800GTX SLi and C2D vs other CPUs. . .

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My Quad GX2's slaughtered my Tripple 8800GTX's.
 
Just wait for a Phenom 9850 BE and get that awesome 2.5 ghz quad at stock speed.
 
Hurin said:
A year old. But probably still pretty relevant considering it's addressing 8800GTX SLi and C2D vs other CPUs. . .

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I'm pretty sure the new Phenoms, while not as powerful as people had hoped, are certainly more powerful than FX-62s. Since your motherboard already supports Phenom's I'd say just get a pretty good Phenom. The difference between a nice C2D and the Phenom will be noticed in 3kmark06, but in regular games the difference should be only a few frames.
 
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