3 way SLI ULTRA 8800

[slashzapper]

Hey guys i thought you might want to take a look at this

AWESOME

What do you guys think , i think i am in

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/481/

 

[Dudeson]

how bout a link u dumba$$

 

[slashzapper]

Sorry i forgot about the link in my excitement corrected it Now

 

[Maziar]

http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=495
http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_3Way_SLI_Performance_Preview

 

[systemlord]

Big waist of money considering that the most you'll get out of SLI (two cards) with any game is at best is around 60% so how much more can tripple SLI give us, 25% more for tripple the price? Some people have more money then they have brains!

 

[Dudeson]

Also doesn't Ati's Crossfire work a bit better? I was reading this on another forum and apparently it still doesnt give playable frame rates with crysis at 1920xwatever it is lol

 

[zenmaster]

Big waist of money considering that the most you'll get out of SLI (two cards) with any game is at best is around 60% so how much more can tripple SLI give us, 25% more for tripple the price? Some people have more money then they have brains!

Actually, the tests definitely show very big improvements in high stress tests.
I think you mean that some people have lots more money than you and that annoys you :>

And yes, my Wife would castrate me if I spent about $1800+ on Video cards :>>
Too bad it does not work with the 8800GT.

 

[blackened144]

At 2560x1600 with high AA and AF this is definitely worth it. ATI might need to get that Octo-Crossfire on the roadmap soon if they ever expect to compete in the high-end. I wish I had that kind of disposable income.

 

[Shadow703793]

Tri SLI and Qual Crossfire= Over kill

 

[Heyyou27]

Too bad it still can't run Crysis for **** on Very High qualities.

 

[blackened144]

Over kill is apparently a relative term.

 

[spotless]

hrmm, i'd rather they make dual / quad GPU in a single card..

 

[blackened144]

Heyyou27, that looks like it could possibly be a driver issue in Crysis. I only say that because the it seems to scale pretty damn well in the other games, but the same gains dont seem that apparent with Crysis. Thats just my opinion though, we'll have to wait and see if a driver update could fix any of that. Too bad all the games dont scale as well as F.E.A.R, perfect 3x performance increase from the results in the original link at the highest res.

 

[physx7]

Sheesh,

Are there any PSU out there powerful enough to handel triple or quad SLI,Crossfire?


Edit: 300'th post!

 

[spoonboy]

Tri sli looks like a bit of a turkey. Cheapest card you can do it with is the gtx, and you'll need a power supply rated in the 'three gorges damn' bracket. Even if it worked flawlessly, that is a lot of money in anyones book.
Quad-crossfire will be alot cheaper, but then again, is it worth it either?

@blackened144, wasn't F.E.A.R the only game that worked (scaled) with the original quad-sli (gx250's)?

 

[systemlord]

Actually, the tests definitely show very big improvements in high stress tests.
I think you mean that some people have lots more money than you and that annoys you :>

And yes, my Wife would castrate me if I spent about $1800+ on Video cards :>>
Too bad it does not work with the 8800GT.

Actually I could go out and buy two more 8800GTX's but I like to be smart about spending money, I am not the kind of guy that just because I have enough money to buy two more 8800's mean that I will. I look at SLI as an abuse of the consumers, no one should have to buy $1800 worth of graphics cards to play a game. I could have purchased a $100,000 dollar sports car, but instead I just got a Honda S2000 which is pleny fast enough.

 

[S lim]

i dont get why they dont just start making quadcore gpus

 

[justinmcg67]

Bring on the 1.2Kw PSU's!!!

 

[thegatekeeper]

Bring on the 1.2Kw PSU's!!!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-067-TT&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

=D

 

[vaker5]

1500W of power!!! LOL I think quad 3870's for 1k would be better then triple 8800ultras for 1.8k.

 

[harmattan]

Actually, 3-way SLI doesn't seem that ridiculous if you already have 2 GTX/Ultra's. I'm actually considering it after seeing reviews of how well it scales with high IQ. I've been enjoying my GTXs for well over a year now (bought at a discount through EVGA Step-Up) and don't mind spending the extra dough. The only drawback I see (other than spending another $500 on a card) is I'll need a 1200W PSU - I can, however, re-use this in my next build.

Of course, you don't NEED to pay $1800 to play a game. As with anything, you do need to spend an inflated price if you want the fastest/best - it's the Mustang vs. Ferrari model. I think even nV understands not a lot of people are willing to spend this much for 25% more performance - 3-Way SLI, like Quad SLI, is more of an oooh-aaah product that will appeal to a small minority (contrarily, Quad SLI sucked compared to 3-Way SLI).

It's especially attractive to enthusiasts seeing that G100 probably won't be out until late spring or early summer (thanks to little competition from AMD in the high-end ).

 

[baddad]

I have a water cooled EVGA 8800 GTX SLI running on a Thermaltake 700 W PSU soon to be a triple SLI water cooled running on the same PSU, and if I don’t have enough power I can simply remove power from the third card and go back to 2 way SLI until I get a bigger PSU. I do plan on going to a 1000W PSU but I’m waiting for Thermaltakes new tower case’s to come out because the 1000W PSU is too big for the case I have now.

 

[deranged]

Nvidia and Ati should really work on making single cards utilize the pci-e 2.0 to it's fullest instead of scewing around with a thousand cards in one system. This is getting ridiculous... Hey when crysis 2 comes out what do we need to play that? How bout ten frickin cards, give me a break.

 

[systemlord]

Nvidia and Ati should really work on making single cards utilize the pci-e 2.0 to it's fullest instead of scewing around with a thousand cards in one system. This is getting ridiculous... Hey when crysis 2 comes out what do we need to play that? How bout ten frickin cards, give me a break.

The technology isn't here yet for any graphics card running at PCI-E 2.0.

 

[Trull]

Hey guys i thought you might want to take a look at this

AWESOME

What do you guys think , i think i am in

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/481/

Give me some money.