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SLI or not to SLI

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Name: con3para
Date: April 27, 2007 at 05:17:28 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: fx-55
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Hi well im at the cross roads here, i have a 3d club 7900gtx, ABIT AN8 SLI nforce4 ,1GB XMS, is it worth getting another 7900gtx to go SLI or to sell the 7900gtx and go 8800gtx i play alot of games ARMED ASSAULT ,STALKER,ect ,and get around 25-30 fps in armed assault. and with the new stuff coming out CRYSIS ..?? is it worth going one card or two in SLI mode WHO HAS SLI up and running ..help ..lol




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Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: April 27, 2007 at 07:09:50 Pacific
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Hi

Sell! :)

if your looking forward to Crysis , wait till its out then upgrade ( inc vista), as its a dx10 game the 7900gtx will be shortchanging you on special effects.
& who knows Ati/amd may have pulled their socks up and launched their '8800' version by then.



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Name: Michael J (by mjdamato)
Date: April 27, 2007 at 08:15:21 Pacific
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SLI only increases your frame rate it does not give you any of the additional features or capabilities that a new card would. I say stick with the 7900 as long as you can then upgrade to a new DX10 card. There is no valid reason to upgrade to a DX10 card at the moment as there aren't any applications to utilize it. So, if you don't need to upgrade right now, don't! Byt hte time you need a DX10 card there will be better ones on the market.

Michael J


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Response Number 3
Name: ian209
Date: April 27, 2007 at 12:53:57 Pacific
Reply:

Michael J, i concur. I'm not sure bout SLi, but in crossfire, u will get more added AA and AF options. But a agree with the rest, sell ure card and get an 8800 or ATI's X2900 series.

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Response Number 4
Name: jam
Date: April 27, 2007 at 13:58:00 Pacific
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IMO, SLi & Crossfire configs are both a waste of money


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Response Number 5
Name: con3para
Date: May 5, 2007 at 05:32:43 Pacific
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yea ive been reading up looks like both ATI and nvidia havnt put effort into sli crossfire the drivers are always wrong or dont work right plus the games dont input it ive seen ghost recon have a tick box saying enable SLI but thats it ..poss will sell ..sad now i like my 7900gtx


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