If you already have 1, then yes get another one if you want to 2 GPU's.
It should actually be as fast, or faster than a 9800GX2.
That is what I plan on doing soon....SLI motherboard and another 8800GTS to go with the one I have.
yeah that might be a good idea. I was thinking this as well. The GTX 260/280 isnt fast enough to justify the enormous cost. Also I hear AMD/ATI isnt in the high end market anymore? Dont quote me but if they aren't then there's pretty much no competition for nvidia and no immediate need to advance as quickly as they used to.
I actually have 2 8800gts 512's in my system and i love them. They run really well with everything I've thrown at them but there are a few cases where SLI'ing them slows the system down. They really stand out with crysis though. I just got a quad core phenom and i can easily run crysis on the highest settings without AA and it runs a minimum of 30 fps. These cards are brilliant. Definitely get another especially since they currently are so cheap.
first of all stop hunting the yeti's they never did anything to you, so stop being such a crack-whore
second of all, dude just grab another g92 core, and u will be all right, that is if your motherboard supports SLI, so obviously check with that first. [and that you are indeed upgrading to a bigger lcd monitor, like 22" or greater....]
third the 8800gts 512 is more than enough for your machine, and you will not notice enormous gains at the level in which you are playing, its just too low of a res. [1280*1024...yawn...one G92 is more than enough]
fourth if you have more money than sense than by all means grab another 8800gts 512, your gains won't be all that great mainly b/c SLI was never meant for lower resolutions, so by all means feed the beast, they will take your money regardless of whether or not it means any real value on your part...
My mobo supports SLi.I have an ASUS P5N-D wich has 2 PCI-e 2.0 at x16
so far so good, now your next statement is going to be somewhere along the lines of, yes frozengpu i will get a bigger monitor so I can play at higher resolutions, b/c thats what all the cool kids are doing now a days.
but seriously 1680*1050 or higher is where SLI is worth it, not lower than that, possible at those odd res. like 1440*900 or 1368*768 or w/e but even those are just splitting hairs.
ever since it's inception there has been all these myths generated by people who do not own them or do not use them properly. anyone remember the % rule(s) that abound even now. it started off as 30%, then it moves between 50-70% improvement at 19x12+. complete and utter codswallop.
there are no general rules to performance in regards to resolution or gains. it is all games specific.
So You don't need a 1920x1080 mnitor to see a huge improvement from 1 GTS to 2 GTS's.
No you don't. You need GPU limited settings though. If you are low res and CPU bound, you won't see any improvement. But as we see in Crysis DX10 very high, GPU bound can happen at low res even on these higher end GPU's. Most games your card alone should handle very well. COD4, you should be doing fine in, so even if SLI scales, do you need the performance? At 12x10, I'd think Crysis would be a rare example of a huge advantage game.
I use SLI 8800GT at 1680x1050 and am pretty thrilled with the outcome. Crysis, I have compared much of the game between one and two cards and I'm getting way better performance at my native res than with a single 8800GT. Some levels not as much, other GPU crushing levels it's 80+ %. Gains in COD4 and outdoors in Oblivion are also huge, but you need to crank FSAA to make a single card struggle.
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MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Q6600, 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8000, SLI BFG 8800GT OC 512MB, SB X-Fi Fatality, Antec TruePower Trio 550W, Windows XP pro
i still would never recommend buying another graphics card to play one game...
I understand that the future is hard to foretell, but still...
first of all overkill comes to mind, second of all you never even posted your system specs, not to mention, what PSU you are using, how can anyone even give you a reliable answer if you do not post your specs?
i understand what pauldh is saying, but you are in the field of diminishing returns, get a better monitor then enjoy higher res. And it is not a myth, i used to use a 1280*1024 on many different gpu set ups, SLI on the high end 6 series, 7 series, and midrange for 8 series never seemed worth it in terms of value, until of course it is compared to higher resolutions....
Not to mention i was in your exact same place, when I got my 6800 ultra, and didn't see the difference until i played on a slightly bigger monitor, so the moral of the story is, don't bother with such high end GPU set-ups unless you have some actual use for all that gpu processing power...
Otherwise you are wasting your own hard earned dollars, and if you've never held a job, then you might not understand, but heck if you ahve I'm sure you get it, otherwise do w/e you wish.
Eventualy I will change my monitor.I know it's verry small.In fact it's a TV and a monitor but I use it as a monitor.It has a TV tunner included.
Here are my system specs:Like I said I have An ASUS P5N-D ,Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.6 GHZ) ,2GB ram 800 mhz,600 Watts PSU,and 1x8800 GTS 512.
Here is the techincal data for the PSU Technical Data
› PSU type:
› ATX 2.2 compatible
› Output:
› 600W
› AC input:
› 115-230 V Full Range
› Fan:
› 1x 120mm, bottom side
› Fan speed:
› ca. 1200~2200 rpm
› Fan control:
› temperature controlled
› Noise level:
› ca. 19,5 dB
› PFC:
› active
› Power cord:
› included
› Certificates & approvals:
› TÜV, CE, FCC, CUL, CB, CSA
› +3,3V +5V +12V +12V -12V -5V +5VSB
› 30,0A 35,0A 15,0A 16,0A 0,8A - 2,5A
With your mobo, I figured you probably had plenty of CPU power, or could OC and get it if needed.
I still wonder what games(s) is the single 8800GTS letting you down in at 12x10 res? Crysis DX10 very high with fsaa I could surely understand, but other than that?
I often upgrade if my system lets me down in a game I want to play. Oblivion and Crysis for example. I also upgrade when fresh bargains come up. But I will agree with Frozen that at 12x10 you really should not be struggling with one GTS G92, so adding a second will provide higher fps (if not cpu bound), but is that really a benefit? I crank fsaa/af as much as possible to take advantage of my second G92 at 16x10 res.
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MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Q6600, 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8000, SLI BFG 8800GT OC 512MB, SB X-Fi Fatality, Antec TruePower Trio 550W, Windows XP pro
