7900gt sli

I have a system here that is on the cusp of being overtaken by some newer games out there.

4400x2 oc to 2.6
7900gt
2 gigs

I was thinking about grabing another 7900gt for sli come to fin out they have been discontinued. Question is for newer games out there and those upcoming would it be worth it for me to find another 7900gt or just start saving for the next big system?

if the card is 150$ cheap, then go ahead and buy the card.

You could just find another 7900GT.These cards are great in an SLI configuration.In fact you'd almost be better off getting another 7900GT if it's cheap enough.But cost is a factor in every decision to upgrade or build new.Goodluck.

Dahak

AMD X2 5600+ @ 2.8ghz(stock)
M2N32-SLI DELUXE MB
2 GIGS DDR2 800 RAM
THERMALTAKE 850WATT PSU
7950 GX2 560/1450
ACER 22IN. LCD
SMILIDON RAIDMAX GAMING CASE
80GIG/250gig SATA2 HD's
XP MCE
3DMARK05 14644

I had two 7900gt's in sli, volt modded to 650core 1700mem on my current rig before i upgraded temporarily to an 8800gts 320. The 8800gts killed the sli setup in every game i own and every benchmark, even at stock speeds, (except fear -5fps). In short, you would be better off saving for an 8800 or 2900 as your current rig will handle it depending on your power supply.

I've got 7800GTX 256 SLI and i tried recently Lost Planet Demo. At 1280x960 all eye candy enabled i get only 20fps. Your card in SLI configuration will be almost the same. I suggest you buy 8800GTS 320. If you want to play upcoming games with all eye cand enabled at 1280x1024 res forget about 7900gt SLI.

Honestly, SLi is nice but in your case I don't know if it would be worth it.

It will really depend on the cost of the 7900 card, if you can get a great deal on the card, which I would doubt, than I would say go with the newer card and not a SLi setup.

Just to be clear I say this not so much because of some folks speculation on performance, only because I find that most people who think they are running SLi really don't have a clue, but because of cost and the added power draw.

This is just an assumption but if you have an older PSU, and perhaps even a second or third tier PSU, that does not have the power required to run SLi than you will find yourself in a situation where you need to buy not only the card but a new PSU as well...

Anyway, this is just my two cents, good luck

All of you hit on things I really have been thinking about...

8800's are very nice cards indeed, but If I go with a mid range dx10 card now I risk the 7800/7900 thing. (8800, to 8900)

I have the corsair 520 watt PSU right now so that will be able to handle an SLI setup or a bump up to a dx10 card. Did my homework on that one, made by seasonic.

Bottom line the reason I am thinking upgrade is I have a pretty decent processor 4400x2 Oc'd to 2.6, 2 gigs ram and good GPU but Im going to be upgrading the monitor from 19 to 24 soon. Thats a huge hike in resolution right there.

I guess Ill ask it like this... SLI vs 8800 for the higher resolution gaming VS shut up and quit bit^#ing about it and wait for a new build.

Actually I did some rough calculations here

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

and came up with a power requirement of less than 400W so you would be in good condition to run the SLi, bottom line, if you can save over 100.00 buying the 7900 and going SLi I would, if buying 8800 is within 100.00 of the same cost as buying a new 7900 then buy 8800. At the end of the day, I would say you need to see a cost savings of 100.00 by going SLi, if not, get the new card!

Actually I did some rough calculations here

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

and came up with a power requirement of less than 400W so you would be in good condition to run the SLi, bottom line, if you can save over 100.00 buying the 7900 and going SLi I would, if buying 8800 is within 100.00 of the same cost as buying a new 7900 then buy 8800. At the end of the day, I would say you need to see a cost savings of 100.00 by going SLi, if not, get the new card![/quote]

thanks for the replies. And this is probably what I will do If I can even find a 7900gt out there. The major etailers (newegg ect.) have them pretty high and the lowest I have found so far is from mwave @ 159 refurbished. I dont trust ebay as much as I did before so Ill see what happens.

Thanks again for all the replies