6800 Ultra SLI vs. 7900 GT

I Say Sell Your Card & Get a Single 7900GT or X1800XT

I have Leadtekc 6800 Ultra on an ABIT IC7 G
Nice card gets the job done but gets quite hot

Now I have Gigabyte 7900GT
Better card gets the job done bit quieter and less heat.

I would go for the 7900GT and run SLI on this later when more games suport SLI

How later?? Later, you will need DX10 cards, so adding a 7900GT "later" will do nothing.


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In my opinion SLI is only something you'll want to invest in if you wish to max out the eye candy in your games. However once a new graphic innovation appears, cards which dont fully support this in hardware are goin to slow up some. Therefore you'll pretty much want to have SLI straight off the bat - grabbing that second card further down the line will be a false economy. Even if you could find a dirt cheap one it would still ring in at least the same cost as your next mobo.

If you can get a good price for your Ultra then I'd be tempted by the 7900 GT otherwise cross your fingers and hope there are no yield problems with the new generation of cards.

i agree with Lbax, stay with the current 6800 ultra until the new dx 10 cards come out and get 1 or maybe even 2 then for sli. they are coming out with faster cards so often that it shouldn't be too far off for the next generation.