Yet another SLi thread...

[AciDeX]

For the last 30 days I've been a happy owner of an eVGA 8800GT 512mb. Great card and barely flinches at the games I've thrown at her (CoD4, Bioshock, LoTRO, SupCom). However the launch of the 9800GX2 and the extended 120-day step-up caused my eyebrow to rise up a little. With falling prices I'm starting to consider getting a second 8800GT for SLi. A little late I feel, since that was my intention when building this rig almost two years ago. My biggest fear is that either my chipset (nForce4) or my CPU (X2 4200+ @ 2.75Ghz) would bottle neck or cause issues with instability or incompatibility. My PSU should be able to pump out plenty of juice but if I coughed up the cash to step-up ($375 >.<) or wait for the 9800GTX/GT I may have to spring for a new one. Even though I'm still clocking on DDR400 my CPU doesn't seem bottleneck much. The only thing I want is a little more GFX horsepower for some more eye-candy. Crysis isn't a big deal really, but there are some new games coming out that I will probably pick up (R6V2, Age of Conan, Assassins Creed, Haze).

Does anyone have any 8800GT/nForce4 SLi stories to share? Advice? Hell for the price of stepping up to a 9800GX2 I could nab another 8800GT and a couple more gigs of DDR. All thoughts are welcome... Unless you recommend c2d/ penryn... I cut a AMD logo/ window in my case before I had it custom painted, so throwing an Intel chip in there would be sacrilegious to the ultimate extent.

Thanks
-d.

 

[lloydxd]

I'm in the same boat but if you have a SLI board and a 8800GT already, I'd definitely buy another one and SLI them both. The performace of two 8800GT's is just a little lower than the 9800GX2 but not by a lot. Although its much better having one card, your only choice is to either SLI or wait for the new GT200/R700. You might try getting the 9800GTX but since it costs $350 (i'm guessing), you're much better off stepping up and get the 9800GX2.

 

[AciDeX]

I'm in the same boat but if you have a SLI board and a 8800GT already, I'd definitely buy another one and SLI them both. The performace of two 8800GT's is just a little lower than the 9800GX2 but not by a lot. Although its much better having one card, your only choice is to either SLI or wait for the new GT200/R700. You might try getting the 9800GTX but since it costs $350 (i'm guessing), you're much better off stepping up and get the 9800GX2.

Pretty much my thoughts, just wondering if anyone can remember any SLi issues with the nForce4. Its a Biostar TForce4Sli specifically, and I think its only PCIE 1.1. Pretty good board I'd say its served me well...