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dalton2510_80   05-23-2008 at 03:16:14 AM

alright so i have a XFX Geforce 8600 gt ultimate overclock, its core clock is 680MHz. I want to know if it would be better to go buy another XFX Geforce 8600 gt ultimate overclock and go SLI or would it be better to go buy a better card like a 8800 gt or 8800 gts when i play crysis with no antialising on and everything set to medium i have between 20-30 FPS whats going to be better New Graphics card or SLI

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Bronze Graphics badge jaguarskx   05-23-2008 at 05:26:23 AM
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Get a 8800GTS 512.

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Bronze Graphics badge jaguarskx   05-23-2008 at 05:27:27 AM
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Get a 8800GTS 512.

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itheral   05-23-2008 at 05:58:54 AM
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NEVER-EVER! SLi 2 low-mid range cards... EVER. nuff said

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dratsabizan   05-23-2008 at 07:04:07 AM
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But isn't a 9600gt a mid range card?

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BlackKnight7891   05-23-2008 at 07:34:01 AM
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based on my 8800gt sli system, sli still has some stabillity issues whether thier driver or hardware i dont really care. point being your likely to have less trouble with a better single card and if your planing to upgraded that card i would be jumping to a 9800gtx for crysis
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130349
$340 not a bad price for performance

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Maziar   05-23-2008 at 08:37:03 AM
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The FAQ is your friend :) :
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] sfire-faqs

Should i get 2 midrange cards instead of one high-end card ?
No, again i will answer this with example. 2 8600GT or single 8800gts ? this is one of the most common questions in forums. single 8800GTS (320 or 640) will beat 2 8600GT in games , because a single 8800GTS has more stream processors , more memory clock , more bandwidth. so again 1 single high-end card will beat 2 midrange cards.

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kad   05-23-2008 at 09:41:43 AM
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San Pedro wrote :

New card.


New card
8800 GTS (512)
:hello:

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mihirkula   05-23-2008 at 10:05:14 AM
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^..as he said. +1

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bushmastertd   05-23-2008 at 10:13:42 AM
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agreed, 8800GTS 512. Then if that dont float your boat, then you could SLI that one.

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