Oh wow... I didnt know. I even tried Googling "quad sli" looking for some reviews. Surprisingly it's faster than 3 way ultra's. I would have liked to see some 9800GTX 3 way comparison. Oh well. All in all it seems like a good high end buy. Plays Crysis well that's for sure. I am lucky to get 30FPS with my set up @ 1680x1050, very high settings with AA & AF off.
I've had similar happen to me when I know the review I am searching for but can't seem to find it with google. Frustrating when I know it's in my favorites on another machine but at the moment it doesn't seem to exist.
^^ it's very dissapointing to see Ultra's in 3 way being faster than 9800GTX in 3 way. I wonder if this has much if not everything to do with memory and bit interface.
^^ very impressed with how well Crysis does with SLI scaling. I bet it would be equal parts of three or three times faster than a single card if that last pci-e slot was full 16x. Maybe the next nvidia based board will have support for full 16x lanes on each utilized pci-e slot.
Those 3 reviews of the GX2 Quad SLI are mixed... and they all seem to conclude that getting the second GX2 is a waste of money unless you want to play Crysis at 1080p res...
The one review that compares Quad SLI to 2 8800GTX cards in SLI showed that the GTX cards are actually just about as good, and actually superior in most games!!
I'd REALLY like to see Toms do a review comparing both Quad SLI and tri-SLI with both the 8800Ultra and the 9800GTX...
I suspect the extra memory per card in the ultra (768 to 512) makes a big difference... remember, you can always overclock a card, but you cannot give it extra memory or bandwidth
I do feel as though Nvidia took a slight step back by reverting to 512mb memory and 256bit bus. Why didnt they opt for the same as Ultra/GTX or go larger like 2900XT did? If only the new 9800GTX was 1GB with 512bit bus.
Hughy hunter,
I have a great idea. Now listen close so you don't miss anything.. We should write a letter to Nvidia to help build a board with 6 PCIE slots all at X16 so we can have a six card SLI. Sound like a plan??? And since it is a well known fact that over the generations of cards that have come out there have been a doubling of speed if not tripling of speed and functionality with each new generation that passes.. So if I buy 4 GT'S in one generation and Buy one GTX or Ultra in the next generation.. You mean they are equal and all that money wasted on SLI and a giant DRIVER disaster is worth it? SLI and the NVIDIA marketing scam is catching up to Nvidia. I'm tired of trying to be taken advantage of. We feel violated! ; ) I have a couple things for Nvidia - a banana and some vasaline should do it. Next
I partially agree. If however you are sick of their product... than you should not buy their product. Nvidia simply floods the market for two reasons 1. to confuse the consumer so 2. the consumer buy's more Nvidia products.
