TRI-SLI possible with 8800 gt???

[Nica Guy]

hey guys im just trying to find the best bang fr the buck and i noticed 8800 gt is only 110 free shipping at newegg... so i was wondering if it is possible to tri sli them?

 

[L1qu1d]

no, the only way you can tri sli would be to get the 9800 GT which is bascially a 55 nm, tri sli enabled 8800 GT, one of Nvidia's renamed cards

 

[Nica Guy]

will it be the same as the 8800 gt?
how much performance would that give?

 

[br3nd064]

no, it isn't possible. They do perform decently in sli, though (especially for the price).

 

[Nica Guy]

so is it possible or not?
is this card good with aa and af enabled when in sli or tri sli?

 

[L1qu1d]

the 9800 GT will perform the same or better than the 8800 GT, consume less power, but at the same time ask for more from your pocket

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/gigabyte_9800gt/9.htm

 

[dirtmountain]

NO, a 8800GT can not be run in tri SLI. A 9800GT can be run in tri SLI. Here's some benchies about 2- SLI 8800GT and yes it performs very well.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=13

 

[L1qu1d]

The 8800 GT is slightly (mean slightly, 0-5 fps) slower than the 9800 GT.

The 8800 GT supports sli, BUT not tri sli.

The 9800 GT supports sli and tri-sli.

2 8800 GTs in sli come close to matching 1 9800 GX2.

 

[dirtmountain]

$110 after rebate. You can not get 2 rebates for the same product from Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130397

 

[Nica Guy]

wow those are some serius benchmarks for $220, thats much more than a 4850 at almost the same price, why isnt the 8800 gt the best bang for the buck? it is jst $110...

 

[njalterio]

A 4850 is around $160 after rebate.
2 8800 GTs are $220 after rebate.

They are around the same price/performance value. Remember, if you are doing 8800 GT SLI you need an Nvidia motherboard, which tend to suck.

 

[spathotan]

SLi performance comes at a hefty price. Youll have to deal with horrible Nvidia chipsets.

 

[Nica Guy]

well, i picked this one and has pretty good reviews what do u think?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188024

 

[Nica Guy]

and according to benchmarks 2 8800 gt are way more than 1 4850. And they are $220 before rebate...

 

[Von_Matrices]

Neither the 9800 GT nor the 8800 GT can do tri-SLI. The cheapest card that can is the 9800 GTX.

 

[Nica Guy]

no ur wrong the 9800 gt can

 

[swifty_morgan]

Not all 9800gt can do tri-sli. If you look at the cards you'll see than only ONE of the ASUS cards can do it.

 

[Nica Guy]

so whats the diference of a regular 9800 gt against a 8800 gt?

 

[V3NOM]

triple sli vs normal sli does not scale very well in most games... i wouldn't bother. it's certainly physically impossible to sli-bridge three cards, but you could run them without a bridge like that university running four 9800GX2's on a CF board (obviously without bridges). this didn't matter to them as the cards did not communicate with each other, they individually communicated with the cou. if your cpu was fast enough and you made your own drivers or modded existing drivers...? you never know...

 

[Nica Guy]

oh thats nice to know... so i think ill stick with 2 8800 gt ...
thatll give me enough performance to run anything maxed right?
crysis at very high directx10?
all this at 1680 x 1050...

 

[swifty_morgan]

oh thats nice to know... so i think ill stick with 2 8800 gt ...
thatll give me enough performance to run anything maxed right?
crysis at very high directx10?
all this at 1680 x 1050...

You might think so but it's not going to happen. You'll find you need to turn back settings until you find a level at which to play the game. You might get away with most settings on high though...... no AA

Try it at 12x10.

 

[Mousemonkey]

triple sli vs normal sli does not scale very well in most games... i wouldn't bother. it's certainly physically impossible to sli-bridge three cards, but you could run them without a bridge like that university running four 9800GX2's on a CF board (obviously without bridges). this didn't matter to them as the cards did not communicate with each other, they individually communicated with the cou. if your cpu was fast enough and you made your own drivers or modded existing drivers...? you never know...

No it is NOT impossible. http://hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_3Way_SLI_Performance_Preview/ look closely at the bridge being used.

 

[tomdrum]

The resolution is a bit annoying, coz otherwise im sur eit would easily do crysis at very high. Actually i think you could. I have a 8800GT OC (700MHZ) Which can just about hanle very high (20+ FPS) on a widescreen 1440x900. I think adding in another OC in sli would handle it nicely. Maybe even some AA i dont know. Shame as i dont have an sli board

 

[baddad]

The 9800 gt does not support triple SLi the 88xx GTX and the 98xx GTX as well as the 280 do.

 

[L1qu1d]

The 9800 gt does not support triple SLi the 88xx GTX and the 98xx GTX as well as the 280 do.

Don't talk out of ur @ss please read about the card, the 9800 GT is basically a revision of the 8800 GT wit 55 nm processor and tri-sli Support.

Read reviews ppl

And yes I think triple sli is going to benefit i the future, since games are becoming more and more optmized for multi core gaming.

My quad scales in almost every game. Tri-sli and quad are becoming more mainstream by each coming day, just like regular sli wasn't used at all before, now you can find it in most systems and even laptops.