8800 GTX SLI or up grade

Hi I have watching all the sites trying to figure out my next video card upgrade. I have a 8800 GTX and was wondering if it would be a good idea to get a second 8800 GTX off Ebay for $180+ or just go with one of the newer cards. My PC has a BFG 850w PS and a good SLI MB so it would be easy. Or is the 8800 GTX a old dead horse? These new ATI card look good. Thanks

I'd go with the SLI 8800GTX hands down. Here's benchies that include the 8800GT
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341
other benches that show how well the 8800/9800 series do in SLI
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/602/8
lots of others if you look around

Agreed, get the second 8800GTX. Your two cards together will be very close to the $560 HD 4870X2.

although i don't agree with aevm, it will be better than anything else under $400... if anything it'll be close in performance with a 4850 in CF cause a 4850 outperforms a gtx and i think an ultra

LOL, it depends on game and resolutions. We're probably both right but for different games. Click dirtmountain's second link. You'll see HD 4870x2 getting 134.6 fps in CoD4 at 1680x1050, and 9800GTX+ SLI getting 127.7 fps. The 8800 GTX SLI will get about the same results as the 9800GTX+ SLI (same number of stream processors, more RAM in the 8800GTX but somewhat lower clocks). Either way, on the typical LCD monitor with a 60Hz refresh rate you will get exactly 60 fps in that game with HD 4870X2 or with 8800GTX SLI.

Thanks for all the input. If 2 8800 GTX's have the performance of new top end cards I should just spend the $200 at ebay for another 8800 GTX. I'm planning a DDR3 Nehalem PC for 2009, so that may be the time to try the one or two of the new cards out. Thanks again

Guys can anyone post a link for me for comparing 8800GTX SLI and TRIPLE SLI vs GTX 280 ?

thanks

Here is the article u mean:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3334

Yeah my bad,u are right,9800GX2 has a slight lead over 2 8800GTs in SLI.
Thanks

Again does anyone has any link for comparing 8800GTX in SLI and 3-way SLI vs GTX 280?

let me guess - the 8800GTX has 128 sp's >.> haha im now an "old hand" not an "addict" what an insult

Heres and article that compares the GX2 quad to the 8800 Ultra tri sli. They came sorta close but the quad came out ontop, at the time the prices were 600$ a piece though:S

http://www.driverheaven.net/review [...] 1&pageid=6

to answer OP, adding 1 more GTX would yield results that are around the gx2 (slightly lower @ 1920x1200 and lower, Slightly higher @ higher resolutions) Since the they both have the same amount of sps, the 8800 Ultra does have a higher bandwidth and also more ram, but it doesn't help it much unless the resolution is upped (what I mean about that is, it won't show it's uniqueness till then, because its one of few cards that had an extra 200 megs ram)

What res do you play at?

8800ULTRA now $200 at tigerdirect! hmmm....

Buying an 8800 now is just plain wasting your money. They dont have the feature support. By this time next year they are barely going to run anything. Dont forget they perform so flipping horrible in dx10 its just silly. With the new single GPU solutions is just silly to bother with an 8800 card or sli.

What benchmarks are you basing that on?

I dont think 8800's will be "low end" next year, i cant imagine that games will be progressing much more until the new consoles are out, unless there are some amazing exclusives. The companies wont be bringing out too many more cards that will relegate an 8800 GT or above, especially in SLi

Give it a try , I got 2 7800GTX off ebay for 50.00. I only play DX9 games that are a few years old though.

I most definitely disagree with you saying the 8800s are a total waste of money, Common they are still one of the better cards out there.

yes but nice for crysis 1 comes nowhere near COD4 nice