Poll: 8800 GTS 320 in SLI or a new 8800GTS 512?

Hi,

I have 2 eVGA 8800GTS 320 SC in SLI and want to know if I should sell them on eBay and buy the new G92 8800GTS 512.

Good Idea?

My monitor is 19" but I plan on upgrading sometime in 2008, and my pc is:

C2D e6750 (No OC)
4GB COrsair Ram at 4-4-4-12
ASUS Striker Extreme
PCP&C 750Watt Quad PSU
Xfi Xtreme Gamer
z5500
19" Viewsonic (no widescreen, so 1280X1024)
etc.

Hmm, what would be the increase or decrease in performace if I do upgrade?

Since SLI has issues, I have that on my mind.

I will run FRAPS with UT3 on high quality settings and let you know, we can compare it to a 8800GTS 512.

WIth SLI 8800GTS 320's in UT3, and at 1280X1024 with everything maxed, I get an avg of 56.8xx FPS.

Let me check the reviews for the new 8800gts 512 NOT in SLI...

Well, some games aren't friendly with SLI.

which is how it's always been and most likely how it always will be and is the exact reason i never recommend SLI unless you are going for absolute top performance and have money to burn... SLI has no place in the value segment imo...

OK I am selling them on eBay...might as well, probably the only 320 8800's below $200 starting price...except one, hehe.

I'd bet there will be some games - like crysis - where your two 8800 GTS cards will beat the snot out of a single 8800 GT.

Of course, it's ridiculous that there are no 320mb SLI - vs - GTX reviews out there, I couldn't find one to save my life.

Same result.

Id go a single card setup ANYDAY.

Pros
- Less Heat
- Less Noise
- Less Power Usage
- Better performace ESPECIALLY in games which scale poorly in SLI

Cons
- Cant brag about running x2 videa cards to ur mates

If ur 2x 8800gts's sell for enough to cover a 8800gt 512 then ur in the clear IMO.

Good Choice selling them!

I voted no. You'll still be playing at 1280x1024 until you purchase your new monitor, so the current set up is fine. When you buy your monitor look at what cards are available then.

The transactions may be near enough to being cash neutral at the moment and probably for the short term, going forward. If this is the case, yes, you can sell the two GTS320's and buy a GTS512, but what have you gained for the sake of the exercise?

There are potentially better cards looming in the wings (aren't there always). You will receive less for you GTS320 cards as time goes by, but by the same token, pricing for the GTS512 will likely fall from their introductory high as well, especially with the release of any other card that out performs it.

You have not indicated your preference for staying with SLI, and if a single card solution is ok for you, wait a little longer and see what pans out from both camps.

Decide when to buy your new monitor, then buy your new card at the same time, and then sell your GTS320's.

I am getting offers of $200 smackeroo's for each card (fro Europe and south america mostly)...woot!

The BFG 8800 GTS OC 512 is now just $398 from Canada Computers.

THank you all for voting and sorry that some don't agree, but long live free speech!

if it has 512 mb of ram

50-50 ..... So we were no help at all then, lol.

Do you have crysis? Try the built in GPU bench with your 320MB GTS with and without SLI enabled. What do you get if you try 16x10 all settings on high 0xaa/0xaf?

I am eagerly awaiting the crysis patch and hopeful SLI will scale better with it. Running the latest Win XP 169.21 beta, I have not noticed any problems in Crysis. SLI scaling varies though. 16x10 all high 0xaa/0xaf I get about a 16% boost with dual 8800GT over a single 8800GT. But with 16x10 all high and 4xaa/16xaf, I get a 46% increase with SLI.

OH MY GOD...I just took one of my two cards out and my FPS in UT3 (same settings, tested with FRAPS) went from avg 58 to avg 59...

2007-12-20 20:39:37 - UT3
Frames: 282886 - Time: 4838499ms - Avg: 58.466 - Min: 0 - Max: 64

2007-12-23 13:46:53 - UT3
Frames: 24600 - Time: 410202ms - Avg: 59.970 - Min: 0 - Max: 64

What the heck...I think I will be happy with the new card for sure!

Your thoughts?

I'm not at all surprised, SLI is WAY overhyped... aside from retarded benchmarks, it's a crap shoot if the software you're using really takes advantage of the setup.