Worth going from dual 7800 to single 8800?

Hi guys, first thread here, so sorry if this has been answered already (I searched but couldn't find any articles answering this specifically).

Anyway my current graphics setup is two XFX 7800 GT cards (factory overclocked to 450/1.05, apparantly) in SLI, and I usually play games at 1280x1024 with AA enabled. I was wondering if there would be a significant performance gain if I replaced this with a SINGLE 8800 series card? I've seen favourable benchmark comparisons between the two (stock) cards, but not 7800 sli v 8800 single.

Thanks very much in advance!

Great, thanks a lot! Looks like worth getting. Since the benchmark rigs are stock cards, do you have any idea how much more fps my factory overclocked cards would be getting (no more than 5-10 fps?)

You'll also probably have a cooler system and more power efficient one, since you'll only have 1 GPU in the case!

if you can afford it get 8800GTS 512mb G92 or an after market cooler for 8800GT (they run HOT!)

Yes.Most deffinately do buy the 8800GT.A single 8800GT oc gets 112.9 fps in battlefield2142 @1024X768 no AA.Whereas 2 7800GTs in SLI only get 87.9 fps at the same settings.The 8800 is the way to go.I understand about the 7800GTs,I own 2 myself and when I first got them they kicked serious butt in every game.But alas,I did upgrade to 2 7950GT KOs,ran them for about three months and traded one of the 7950s plus a bit of cash for a 7950 GX2,with the intent of going quad SLI.But then NVIDIA finally did something right in the price gouging area and produced the 8800 with slightly more performance horsepower than the GTS 640,but with a price point well below that of the GTS.I intend to get a second 8800GT to run SLI.So the long and short.Get the 8800,you'll not be disapointed.Goodluck.

Dahak

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