Will i see performance increase?

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Hi, here is my current set up:
asus a8nsli board
2g corshair xms pro ram
7800gtx
and 4000+ (oc'd to 2.6)
antec 550 pwer supply
wd 300gb hd with 16 mb cache

now i want to get an upgrade for the summer. i was thinking getting another 7800gtx and run them in sli orrrr waht would you suggest. also ino that dx10 is comming out and all that new stuff, and i have a little fund going for that to so in otherwards i wana upgrade now lol.
 
It depends if you play at a high resolution or not. If your not going to upgrade for a while like i'am maybe 4-5 years before i get a new RiG i would get SLi. But if you like upgrade everytime a new card comes out then don't cause that card going to beat your SLi'ed card.

As a SLi owner and giving my opinion on it. Yes i would get it. Why because it really helps at the resolution i play my games at 1600X1200. It keeps my FPS high, Frames are much smoother then with one card. I can play with max AA and AF. I love it.
 
As far as gaming is concerned, the second 7800 will give you the best performance boost. I would check that your power supply is SLI capable or check to see if others are are to drive the two 7800's.
 
heatlesssun said:
As far as gaming is concerned, the second 7800 will give you the best performance boost. I would check that your power supply is SLI capable or check to see if others are are to drive the two 7800's.
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HEHE i got a Antec 550 PSU "see SiG" and running SLi planning on running 4 more HDD's so i don't think he got a problem there.
 
A second 7800GTX would get you better performance in games especially in higher resolutions. thats about it...
 
Hmmm, i think that is what i want to do. but like if i order from newegg and i dont see a bigg performance boost would i be able to return it???
 
Also as an SLI user, I say go for it. If you like to run higher resolutions and crank up the eye-candy SLI is worth it.

-Proxy
 
i can run games at 1280x1024, but i cant run them with all the eye candy on. would running the cards in sli allow me to get all the eye candy?
 
If you run your monitor resolution over 1280x1024 you will get a big boost especially if you like incresing the IQ settings like Antialiasing and anisotropic filtering in the nvidia controll pannel.
 
Buy a 7900GT then sell your 7800GTX and buy another 7900GT for Sli : )

More speed less money : )

7800GTX is quite a bit more than a 7900GT by close to $100 last I checked and the 7900GT is faster too.
 
WARDOZER9 said:
Buy a 7900GT then sell your 7800GTX and buy another 7900GT for .
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Do this if you can get a 7900GT from a B&M place that offers a full refund.

You'de be better off buying a 7800GTX from the For Sale forums like I did, I'de hold off on getting a 7900GT with all the reported problems right now.
 
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