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Thread : x2 8600GT XXX vs. x1 8800GT
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I am building a gaming PC for around $800.00 - $850.00. So its going to be mediocre. I am am NOVICE PC builder. This will be my first PC i am building. I know quite a bit about PC, ive read alot about them, I am spend money on HIGH END Video card(s), motherboard and hard drive. So i am looking to spend around $150.00 - $200.00 on a video card. So what is better. I know that an 8800GT is amazing but like i want to play COD4 on medium to high settings averaging around 125 FPS.
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Get the 8800gt. It would be 30-50% faster than the 8600gts sli system. Mention the resolution while saying fps. Upto 16x10 you would get enough fps for your like. |
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I am trying to ssave money here. is there any 8800GT out there for cheap? |
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Presently the cheapest is
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im not sure if it would work with my PC i am building (Power, MOBO)
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what is your psu? That vid card should work with any new motherboard. I wouldn't worry about 125 fps because your monitor can probably only do up to 85 anyways. |
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Well... we can't answer that question for you unless you tell us what you are building!
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my PSU? is that the motherobard?
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Get 8800GT, 8600GT is cheap and is bad for gaming on new games. |
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You need to get a better quality power supply, the corsair 550 is marginally more expensive and has a much better build quality.
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Have a browse on these forums and look at builds that are around your price point.
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True, if you want a more well known vendor:
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For detail explanation, 2 way SLI it just with actual performance around 1.5 times of single card and 1.5 times 8600GT is around 40% poorer 3D performance than a single 8800GT; however the power consumption of 2 way SLI 8600GT higher than a 8800GT. So go with 8800GT. |
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SLi can scale way over 50% in COD4, but even so a pair of 8600GT cards is no where near a single 8800GT. Look at 8600GTS vs 8800GT: http://firingsquad.com/hardware/am [...] page12.asp
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max it out
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