8800gs SLI

Anyone know how well SLI-ing 8800gs 384mb (or the larger memory one) would perform?
As good as SLI-ing a pair of 9600gt?

Well, If you already have an 8800GS, SLI'n another GS would make more sense than SLI'n 9600GT (total cost is more).

Essentially it would.

A 8800gs tends to be slower when AA is used though and not so much in raw performance. You are probably better off SLI 2 9600gt instead.

But you're only comparing it to 8600gt, which is a pretty bad card.

Anyway, the performance gap between 8800gs and 9600gt or 8800gt increases as resolution, AA, and AF increases, which is when it matters. There is no real difference between 50 and 65fps, but a big difference between 20 and 35fps, as one is playable, the other isn't.

You should try comparing my results with dozens of reviews of 9600gt out there on the web.

37fps @ high quality in Crysis isn't exactly slower than 9600gt.

8800gs and 9600gt is in equal footing with raw performance at stock settings and 9600gt edges out with AA because of extra 128mb ram and bandwidth. When 8800gs is overclocked however it performs more like a 8800gt raw performance which 9600gt can't even get close to. These 2 cards are different. One does better at pushing raw performance and the other does better with AA.

No that's how exactly how it performs. Some games 9600gt wins but some games 8800gs wins. PConline is a Chinese website who get their hardware first because all the toys you have now are from China.

The first benchmark is actually a review.

marvelous, don't worry there always seems to be sooo many newbs, and I have nothing to do with them...

the difference between the 8800gs isn't that much from a 9600gt...for cris sakes there are sooo many reviews out there, just go to any good site, and check it...

besides check on newegg.com the lowest price for a good 8800gs is $110 after MIR, the lowest price for a good 9600gt is $144 after MIr...

the $34 rarely would justify the performance difference, since it is quite small...

and that card would only be good for either slower games, or lower resolutions, as soon as you hit higher resolutions, then both cards would be quite gay to use anyways...

I would think that if you already had one GS, it would be best to get another (atleast in terms of cost/performance gains). As you can see in Marvelous's review, the GS is a damn fine card. Especially if you OC it a little bit.

But, if you are looking to buy two new cards (i.e. you don't own one GS already), then my feeling is two 8800 GT's or two 9600 GT's would be better, only due to the 512 ram on them. Not a huge difference, only an extra 128 mb, but that can be helpful at higher resolutions. And just FYI, the series 9 cards are just series 8 cards, rebadged.

Reason why 9600gt will fail harder than 8800gs as time goes by.

Don't get me wrong 9600gt performs strong as of now and does good with filters because it has same memory bandwidth and vram as 8800gt and more pixel fillrate. When you look at the raw performance however it doesn't even come close to 8800gt.

9600gt is a card where you get the performance now with all the filters on but in the long run 8800gs is better suited with 96SP especially if you are running a smaller monitor. If you have 20-22" monitor though you should be picking up 9600gt but it would be better to pick the 8800gt or 3870 instead.

If you look at history in the video card industry the card with better shader performance out performs it in the end. It doesn't matter how much more pixel fillrate you have or memory bandwidth. Just look at all the Geforce 7 series with massive pixel fillrate and memory bandwidth. It has failed miserably with modern games while ATI still can play games on high settings because ATI was smart enough to stick 3fragmented pipes into their rop.

However I wouldn't SLI a 8800gs though because of the memory limitations. 9600gt would be better. 2 64SP would be ample enough for a quite long time anyways.

ok thanks

two 8800gs > one 9600 gt
no question