Upgrade or go sli?

[foomanchoo]

There is a guy locally selling a 9800gt x2 for 200,but I think he would take less.(brand new in box)
I currently have an evga 8800gt sc.
I play BF2,Crysis and plan to get Far Cry 2.
Should I get another 8800gt and go sli or get the 9800gt x2 and sell the 8800 or I may put it in my kids computer.

Or maybe I should just get a 260 or 4870.
Any comments welcome.
The rest of my specs are 6600 quad core @ 2.9
2 g Mushkin
680i evga mb
700 watt hipro power supply in alienware case-Woot.com special

 

[Suprfire]

Do you mean 9800GX2? or 2 of the 9800GT's?

probablly 9800GTs...

8800GT and 9800GT are essentially the same except for hybridpower and some other garbage- which you don't need

8800gt and 9800gt's in SLi have mega gain

but no matter which card you get, another 8800GT, 9800GT's, GTX 260, or a 4870, theyre all around the same price point, well except for the single extra 8800gt, they all have pretty good price per performance....

i saw deals for a gtx 260 in [H]ot deals...


should wait and look if you can snag a 8800gt for 70 bucks or so, a gtx 260 for 150 or less, or a 4870 for around 150(seems too low)

wellllll... good luck

 

[foomanchoo]

Sorry,I did mean the 9800 GX2.

EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card.

Is this a great deal if I can get it for 175?

 

[AceGoober]

Here's a couple of links to get you started comparing the performance differences between the two cards. Keep in mind the test systems configuration, resolutions and enabled option levels.

8800GT 512MB Crysis:

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQzMSwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

XFX 9800GX2 Crysis:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ3NSwzLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

8800GT 512MB CoD4:

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQzMSw1LCxoZW50aGlzdWFzdA==

XFX 9800GX2 1GB (2 x 512MB) CoD4:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ3NSw1LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

 

[hossdaddy]

check out this link

It gives a broader selection of single vs. sli vs. cf at 5 different resolutions.