auggybendoggy July 12, 2008 Share auggybendoggy Member July 12, 2008 Guys, I could buy another card and go SLI on my MB 7600GT nvidia. Is this a descent increase performance or is it better to just buy a bigger better card? I don't want to spend much so the 7600gt is a cheap buy for the power. But if SLI does not do much...lets say like 20% increase then I won't bother. Aug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher July 12, 2008 Share Preacher Member July 12, 2008 the 8600GT would be a much better card than the 7600gt in SLI, my suggestion would be to up it to the 8800gt though. They have been having sales after rebate lately in the $139 range so hold off till you can swing one of them. SLIing the 2 7600's won't give you enough of a boost to be honest. The SLI set-up isn't as good as a high end card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty July 12, 2008 Share Tek-Almighty Member July 12, 2008 You can buy an 8800GT for around $169...these will def. beat a 7600GT SLI rig...or the 8600... The 8800 is a great card for the $$$..then again, so is the radeon 3870...another good choice. If you have a decent dual core processor, and you run at medium to low resolutions (1600 x 1200 and under...) then I would not do SLI with a 7xxx series card. Just buy a great performing, moderate price 8800 GT or GTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auggybendoggy July 13, 2008 Author Share auggybendoggy Member July 13, 2008 Thats what I'll do then guys. I'm running a Q6600 and its great. However HL2 Ep2 has a bit slower fps on my system and I think it's my 7600gt. Aug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher July 13, 2008 Share Preacher Member July 13, 2008 (edited) I'll keep my eye out for 8800GT deals for ya then Holy crap talk about quick looky here evga 8800GT for $129 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130359 or even better: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127359 Edited July 13, 2008 by Preacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty July 13, 2008 Share Tek-Almighty Member July 13, 2008 (edited) Make sure you buy a name brand/major player, because it makes a world of difference in heat/noise/build/warrantee... PNY, EVGA, XFX, etc... Oh, and from my research (online benches, stuff like that...) the 4850 and 8800 GT are pretty even...I would go for the lower price. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=13 That is the crysis bench, which is about as tough a game as they come. Edited July 13, 2008 by Tek-Almighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo July 13, 2008 Share Cujo Member July 13, 2008 the 4850 and 8800gt are not really even. they are priced according to performance right now. i'd splurge for the 4850 as it is consistently faster than the 9800gtx and can be found for cheaper. oh and if it's not been made clear enough already, don't bother with sli on a 7600gt. honestly, in less you're playing games at 1920 or above resolution with aa/af on then there is no need for a dual card set up at this time. ya, you can go from 60fps avg to 90 fps avg but your bottom fps will still be the same as most games at this point are limited on the bottom end either by cpu or memory bandwidth/capacity of the vid card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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