Hey guys. Having a little trouble here. I bought an SLI ready board in 2008, along with this graphics card:
BFG Tech BFGE98512GTXOCE GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Here's a link to it at neweg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143137)
My intention was to wait 6 months and buy the exact same card so I could SLI them. But I waited too long and now I can't find the card anywhere. But I can find a gtx+ version from other manufacturer's still for sell. Like this one:
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Here's the neweg link for the new one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339&cm_re=9800_gtx-_-14-130-339-_-Product
Anyway, the new one is gtx+, so I don't know if that will work. Also, its from a completely different manufacturer, so I don't know if that will work either. Any Ideas?
A friend told me for the same money ($130), I could just buy a single graphics card that would be faster than SLI-ing two 9800's. Any truth to that?
Here is my current setup:
Motherboard: MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel
CPU: Intel Celeron D 356 Cedar Mill 3.33GHz LGA 775 Single-Core Processor Model BX80552356 (I've got it overclocked to 4.6)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KVR800D2N5K2/4G (Windows only uses 3 gig)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
On Windows XP Home
I also thought that uprading the cpu to a core duo would help game perfermance better than a second graphics card. And I'm sure my 500w psu is not gonna cut it if I get the new card.
Anyway, I'm just trying to figure out how I can improve my computer's gaming capability the most for the least amount of money. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
BFG Tech BFGE98512GTXOCE GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Here's a link to it at neweg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143137)
My intention was to wait 6 months and buy the exact same card so I could SLI them. But I waited too long and now I can't find the card anywhere. But I can find a gtx+ version from other manufacturer's still for sell. Like this one:
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Here's the neweg link for the new one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339&cm_re=9800_gtx-_-14-130-339-_-Product
Anyway, the new one is gtx+, so I don't know if that will work. Also, its from a completely different manufacturer, so I don't know if that will work either. Any Ideas?
A friend told me for the same money ($130), I could just buy a single graphics card that would be faster than SLI-ing two 9800's. Any truth to that?
Here is my current setup:
Motherboard: MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel
CPU: Intel Celeron D 356 Cedar Mill 3.33GHz LGA 775 Single-Core Processor Model BX80552356 (I've got it overclocked to 4.6)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KVR800D2N5K2/4G (Windows only uses 3 gig)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
On Windows XP Home
I also thought that uprading the cpu to a core duo would help game perfermance better than a second graphics card. And I'm sure my 500w psu is not gonna cut it if I get the new card.
Anyway, I'm just trying to figure out how I can improve my computer's gaming capability the most for the least amount of money. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.