TRI-SLI possible with 8800 gt???

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?

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

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

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/sho [...] =3341&p=13

$110 after rebate. You can not get 2 rebates for the same product from Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130397

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.

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

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188024

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

I posted this above............. but you selected the WRONG asus card...... it's the other one.......... and it's the only one that supports tri-sli........... look at the side view pictures. You should be able to see the connectors.

actually i believe it does run everything maxed, check this benchmarks
dagger posted... its a tiny bit inferior to the 9800 gx2 (8800gt sli)...

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] 870-gtx260

yes they are, the 8800 GT in sli beats 1 280 GTX. It has alot of power underthe hood, it consumes little wattage, and its not dual slot which means it doesn't take up alot of space. You could get dual slot so that its cooler, but I doubt the GTs heat that much.

You should Ask TGGA he has an 8800 GT sli Setup and he can back up the above facts and my own.

Its him you should talk to if you want it straight from the gorilla's mouth

anyhting current gen yes it also depend son your resolution don't expect much for Crysis 1 but Crysis 2 you should be more than fine.

AA and AF might pose a problem further down the road though.

Seach google 8800 GT sli, and you should get alot of results.

i game on a small resolution... 1680 x 1050

oh.... how long do u think they would last handling games at max details before they get obsolete and i have to change them, because i could also go for 9800gtx+ in sli... and they are tri sli comptatible...
how do those handle aa and af?

i can get for $360 after shipping...
they are overcloked to 725 core clock memory clock at 2320...
they should do austanding in sli and they are tri sli capable right?

also is a 850 Watts psu enough for 3 9800 gtx?

It should be enough. Although you might want to go higher just to be safe.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] =3341&p=22
Note that 9800gtx+ isn't very efficient, merely 25 watts lower than 9800gx2 at full load, despite the smaller 55nm process, because as clock increases, power efficiency decrease at an growing rate.

There aren't any 9800gtx+ tri sli benchmarks, but since it only slightly outperform 9800gtx, you can get an idea on performance by looking at 9800gtx tri sli benchmarks.
http://www.hardocp.com/article.htm [...] VzaWFzdA==

Games tend to be hard to sell. People are fickle, and will assume you swiped the cd key.

Also keep in mind mail in rebates are limited one per customer.

also, how well does aa and af work with 9800gx2?
wil i be able to run any game maxed at 1680 x 1050?
also how good does it work in quad sli?

They run alright, but better on an amd card. Yes, with a 9800gx2 you'll be able to max most games out. Right now, the driver support isn't very good, so it scales pretty bad in quad-sli.