SLI or nice Single card

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ok.. here is my dilemma..

i was running 2 x nVidia 9800GTX+ cards in SLI on a quad core system 2.8 ghz system (not new i-architecture)

one appears to have died a horrible death.. or is about to after i smash it for not working

i do not want to spend an arm and a leg since im thinking about upgrading computer system as a whole in about 9 months

sooo in order to get same or better performance what do i do with a budget of say $150?

can i still replicate the same performance on that little of a budget?

I have seen an EVGA GTX 550Ti 1GB of memory for $119 after a $20 a rebate.. do i go with that? will that be better than my sli i have currently?

or do i go with two low end cards and run sli?

I should note that besides my business on my computer the games i play are basically just mmos.. SWTOR and WoW

Message edited by angry12345 on 02-06-2012 at 04:21:08 AM

Reply to angry12345

You can use the single remaining 9800 as a PhysX card. A 550Ti fits ya budget but if at all possible, I'd try and move up to a 560 Ti.....the 6870 is another choice.

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Reply to JackNaylorPE

If you want to do a complete upgrade in 9 months I would either buy a card that you will add to your next build, although in that time all the new cards will be out.

If you were happy with the performance before your one card died I would just replace it with a different one. It shouldn't cost you all that much, I'd say in the $25 to $75 range.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr [...] Categories
If you act fast you should be able to get this for a good price.
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Message edited by andrewcarr on 02-06-2012 at 03:39:15 AM

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andrewcarr wrote :

If you want to do a complete upgrade in 9 months I would either buy a card that you will add to your next build, although in that time all the new cards will be out.

If you were happy with the performance before your one card died I would just replace it with a different one. It shouldn't cost you all that much, I'd say in the $25 to $75 range.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr [...] Categories
If you act fast you should be able to get this for a good price.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-Nvidia [...] 500wt_1202

is 2x 9800gtx+ in sli going to be better than 1 geforce 550ti?

Reply to angry12345

9800gtx+ in sli
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] 3615%5D=on
550 Ti
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] 5061%5D=on

The old cards look better.

Message edited by andrewcarr on 02-06-2012 at 04:11:42 AM

Reply to andrewcarr

One 550ti is pretty much the exact same speed as two 9800Gtx+'s in Sli.
192 cores vs a combined 256 cores. much higher clock speed on the 550ti, as well as it being a single card because two GPU's don't necessarily mean double performance.

If you pay $40 more, you can get the Non Ti version of the GTX 560, which has 336 cores and vastly outperforms both cards.

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Reply to Azathoth

Azathoth wrote :

yea.. im thinking i might have to force myself to the 560..

the performance charts are hard because its not same games they are comparing

just bout an ipad 2 and iphone 4s and a car for the wife so a bit tapped on cash or i would do my new system now and do a 590.. ugh

thx for help.. love opinions

Reply to angry12345

Agreed, going sli for $150 makes no sense. go for one card now. sli 2 good cards when you can

Reply to Chadbry

ok folks..i think its my graphics card, but asking here to make sure.;

so playing SWTOR today and notice that my computer in SLI is having a few problems drawing things. I get out of SWTOR then my screen goes light blue..

i reboot, and nothing.. no Asus, no beep, no nothing...

i remove one of the sli cards, reboot again.. get a message from ASUS that the system did not post, but it boots normally other than that.

i reinstall second card.. bam.. nothing, no beep no nothing

i remove again and it boots up with the old not posting problem.. any ideas?

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