SLI 7950GT or 8600GT

Single 8800 GT > 7950 GT SLI > 8600 GT SLI

Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure about the accuracy of what I just said.

Yes a single 8800 GT is better than both of those cards in SLI.

On this VGA chart for Oblivion, the 2 cards in SLI are almost the same:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_sli2007.html?mod...

Trialsking: Thanks for the chart, but that only lists an 8600GT 256mb SLI setup, while my two 8600GT's are 512mb. The 512mb's would be a bit better than the 256mb's, correct?

Also, would the 8600GT 512mb SLI setup be able to run games without any problems, or do I need a better GPU?

the memory will make no differences, 8600 GT's are sorry cards for gaming, the 84/8600 and 24/2600 from ati are only really useful as HTPC and media rigs. Although the 8600 GTS and 2600XT aren't THAT bad..BUT...compared to the 8800GT and 3850/3870..They are garbage. Sell the 8600 gt's, sell or keep the 7950GT...Get yourself a 8800 GT and enjoy. Two cards are never better then one in most cases....Unless we're talking about dual 8800 GT's against a GTX ^_^..in which case I'd take up in a second.

The 8600 is a nice card to have in your laptop  

Word, player.

True, but the damned thing just won't fit in this Inspiron... what am I doing wrong?!?

Hahaha...cut em so they'll fit   (I remembered an old thread where a poster's card either 6800/7800GTX PCIe (can't remember) were cut     buy his friend so it'll fit in AGP slot       )

better have a 15 cell battery ready if you aren't always plugged in, those cards eat more power than the screen (not at idle)

Point in fact,2 8800GTs in SLI beat out 2 8800GTXs in SLI,with a mild overclock to the GTs.So forget about the 8600s,they're crap for gaming.Buy 1 8800GT now and another in a month or so when money permits.But then again if you can afford to buy 2 7950GTs at the same time,you should be able to get 2 8800GTs for around the same price.Goodluck.

Dahak

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