SLi Question ...

Paddy · February 16th, 2007, 9:39 PM

Guys,

Simple question (I hope) I'm speccing up my new machine (still) and I'm down to the final decisions ...

2x LEADTEK GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3, Tv-Out, DVI, Retail, PCI-Express

or

2 x XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty 256MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV, 650/1600Mhz

or

1 x XFX GeForce 7950GT 610M 256MB XXX GDDR3, PCI-Express, HDCP, 2xDVI, Heatpipe

Danke images/smilies/smile.gif

jeffy777 · February 16th, 2007, 9:58 PM

Move up a level in preparation for DX10:
BFG Tech BFGR88320GTSOCE GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 OC HDCP Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143086

According to Tom's Hardware, it performs about as well as the 640 MB version and it's about $100 cheaper:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/12/the_amd_squeeze/

If you buy the cards you posted, you'll be regretting it once DX10 takes off.

Paddy · February 16th, 2007, 10:16 PM

Holy shaft monkeys there is some price difference !!!

Okay, I hope this to be the last thread before I buy ...

I have €1300 waiting to spend.

So far, the system specs are : (current specs in brackets)

Core2Duo 6600 - I reckon that should be more than quick enough for my needs (P4 3.2Ghz)

2GB RAM with enough room to upgrade when more funds become available (1GB)

250GB HD is enough, have a 300GB External so no need for much more yet ... (160 + 40 + 300 External)

XP Professional - Dont want to go near Vista for another year or so (XP Home)

Then the GFX cards were down to the above choices and that was just barely ringing in at €1300

I'm going to then sell my own machine and buy a new 22' LCD and speaker system after that ... Can anyone tell me can I run my IDE drives on a "ABIT AW9D-MAX, I975X, Socket-775,SATAII, Silent Otes,2xGbLAN,DDR2,ATX, 2xPCI-Ex16" as well as the SATA drives ? Also, should that board be capable of running an SLI configuration ?

Dark_Templer_102 · February 16th, 2007, 11:01 PM

Sounds like a kicken system! Your Photoshops/photos will be even faster, greater, and greater after this right?

Paddy · February 16th, 2007, 11:03 PM

Lol, doubt it ...

TBH, this whole PC system building is doing my head in, the money involved is astronomical and I'm pretty sure Komplett's prices change every week !

I'd nearly buy a Mac.

Nearly.

BerserkerCatSplat · February 16th, 2007, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cosworth

I'd nearly buy a Mac.

Nearly.

But you're not a quitter, are you! images/smilies/tongue.gif

Paddy · February 17th, 2007, 12:17 AM

lol, not yet dude !

Have my own Mac Pro in college so no need for one at home, yet ! images/smilies/smile.gif

jeffy777 · February 17th, 2007, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cosworth

I'm going to then sell my own machine and buy a new 22' LCD and speaker system after that ... Can anyone tell me can I run my IDE drives on a "ABIT AW9D-MAX, I975X, Socket-775,SATAII, Silent Otes,2xGbLAN,DDR2,ATX, 2xPCI-Ex16" as well as the SATA drives ? Also, should that board be capable of running an SLI configuration ?

That motherboard has one IDE port. You can run up to two IDE hard drives (or IDE optical drives) in addition to SATA drives.
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2829&p=2

Are you a gamer? If not, you really don't need to spend so much on the video card, nor would you need SLI.

Paddy · February 17th, 2007, 12:41 AM

Occasional enough, but when I do play, I like to play hard images/smilies/smile.gif

ESPNSTI · February 17th, 2007, 1:51 AM

I'd recommend just buying 1 card (I bought an eVGA 8800 GTS), since it'll probably be powerful enough for quite a while.
Then after a few years, when there are games that will be able to put it under some strain, you should be able to pick up the same card relatively cheap to go SLI.

jeffy777 · February 17th, 2007, 5:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cosworth

Holy shaft monkeys there is some price difference !!

Well, the 7950GT cards at newegg aren't that much cheaper than the 8800GTS I posted above:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143086

Of course, there are more expensive models of the GTS, but that one is the cheapest and just as powerful as the more costly models.

As far as SLI goes, I agree with ESPNSTI's logic images/smilies/wink.gif

cvrefugee · February 17th, 2007, 7:45 AM

A 7950GT will kill a pair 7600GT cards in SLi.

BlitzR · February 17th, 2007, 8:59 AM

The 8800GTS is a very big card, and is said to run a little warm 45C to 50C idle and 60C to 70c with load. So good to have a big well ventilated case.

jeffy777 · February 17th, 2007, 9:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlitzR

The 8800GTS is a very big card, and is said to run a little warm 45C to 50C idle and 60C to 70c with load. So good to have a big well ventilated case.

Those temps really aren't high. Pretty much all the cards I've ever had have ran in those ranges, and even higher.

My 7900GS is currently idling at 50C and that's in a big well ventilated case images/smilies/wink.gif

Even old school 6600GT cards idle at about 40-50C for most people.

Viper007Bond · February 17th, 2007, 11:22 AM

From what my friends have experienced with SLI, if you can manage to stick to one card and still get the same price/performance, do it.

SLI is alright, but has (had?) it's issues.

eddysdaman · February 17th, 2007, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlitzR

The 8800GTS is a very big card, and is said to run a little warm 45C to 50C idle and 60C to 70c with load. So good to have a big well ventilated case.

Just to make it clear. I have the 8800 GTX (768mb Version) and that idles at 83C which is normal, So I imagine the GTS is the same. I have a Big Black case with 3 8" intake fans and my room STILL jumps a good 10C when its on. Its a beast but god I love it.

Quiky · February 17th, 2007, 2:10 PM

My 8800 GTS idles at 50C, and at full load hits around 65-70C. BUT, the exhaust port is at the bracket of the card, so hot air is expelled from the case.

It is a monster card, I don't regret buying it.

Paddy · February 17th, 2007, 3:18 PM

Is there any cheaper DX10 cards out there ?

How would an AMD X2 5600+ compare against the 6600 ?

ESPNSTI · February 17th, 2007, 4:01 PM

My 8800 GTS idles at 41C and 50-55C under load (with the fan manually set to 85%).
I have a very well ventilated case though. (7 fans in total).

Paddy · February 17th, 2007, 5:01 PM

Ok so, here we go ...

From www.komplett.ie

Case: Gigabyte Poseidon GZ-XA1CA-STB Black Aluminium Front (Without PSU)

PSU: OCZ Technology Powersupply ATX/EPS 600W, 120mm Fan, SATA, 4/8pin CPU, 20/24pin

MoBo: ABIT AW9D, I975X, Socket-775, SATAII, Silent Otes, GbLAN, DDR2,ATX, 2xPCI-Ex16

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 4MB,

RAM: OCZ DDR2 PC6400 2048MB KIT, Titanium XTC, w/two 1024MB, CL4-4-4-15, EPP

Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 8800GTS 500M 640MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 320-bit

Hard drive: Samsung SpinPoint P120 250GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM

Optical Devices: NEC DVD +/- RW Dual Layer

OS: XP Pro

A total of €1574, €274 over budget ... Time to save the last few pennies !

February 16th, 2007, 9:39 PM	#1
Paddy Previously known as Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 23 Posts: 1,992 LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	SLi Question ... Guys, Simple question (I hope) I'm speccing up my new machine (still) and I'm down to the final decisions ... 2x LEADTEK GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3, Tv-Out, DVI, Retail, PCI-Express or 2 x XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty 256MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV, 650/1600Mhz or 1 x XFX GeForce 7950GT 610M 256MB XXX GDDR3, PCI-Express, HDCP, 2xDVI, Heatpipe Danke __________________ w: www.pmcgphotos.com e: paddy@pmcgphotos.com

February 16th, 2007, 9:58 PM	#2
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: 3:02 AM Location: US Age: 28 Posts: 6,295 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 91	Move up a level in preparation for DX10: BFG Tech BFGR88320GTSOCE GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 OC HDCP Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143086 According to Tom's Hardware, it performs about as well as the 640 MB version and it's about $100 cheaper: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/12/the_amd_squeeze/ If you buy the cards you posted, you'll be regretting it once DX10 takes off. __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

February 16th, 2007, 10:16 PM	#3
Paddy Previously known as Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 23 Posts: 1,992 LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	Holy shaft monkeys there is some price difference !!! Okay, I hope this to be the last thread before I buy ... I have €1300 waiting to spend. So far, the system specs are : (current specs in brackets) Core2Duo 6600 - I reckon that should be more than quick enough for my needs (P4 3.2Ghz) 2GB RAM with enough room to upgrade when more funds become available (1GB) 250GB HD is enough, have a 300GB External so no need for much more yet ... (160 + 40 + 300 External) XP Professional - Dont want to go near Vista for another year or so (XP Home) Then the GFX cards were down to the above choices and that was just barely ringing in at €1300 I'm going to then sell my own machine and buy a new 22' LCD and speaker system after that ... Can anyone tell me can I run my IDE drives on a "ABIT AW9D-MAX, I975X, Socket-775,SATAII, Silent Otes,2xGbLAN,DDR2,ATX, 2xPCI-Ex16" as well as the SATA drives ? Also, should that board be capable of running an SLI configuration ? __________________ w: www.pmcgphotos.com e: paddy@pmcgphotos.com Last edited by Paddy; February 16th, 2007 at 10:24 PM.

February 16th, 2007, 11:01 PM	#4
Dark_Templer_102 Joined: Jul 17th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Alpharetta, Georgia. U.S.A Posts: 1,677 Car: Subaru Legacy GT Rep Power: 0	Sounds like a kicken system! Your Photoshops/photos will be even faster, greater, and greater after this right? __________________

February 16th, 2007, 11:03 PM	#5
Paddy Previously known as Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 23 Posts: 1,992 LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	Lol, doubt it ... TBH, this whole PC system building is doing my head in, the money involved is astronomical and I'm pretty sure Komplett's prices change every week ! I'd nearly buy a Mac. Nearly. __________________ w: www.pmcgphotos.com e: paddy@pmcgphotos.com

February 17th, 2007, 12:17 AM	#7
Paddy Previously known as Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 23 Posts: 1,992 LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	lol, not yet dude ! Have my own Mac Pro in college so no need for one at home, yet ! __________________ w: www.pmcgphotos.com e: paddy@pmcgphotos.com

February 17th, 2007, 12:41 AM	#9
Paddy Previously known as Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 23 Posts: 1,992 LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	Occasional enough, but when I do play, I like to play hard __________________ w: www.pmcgphotos.com e: paddy@pmcgphotos.com

February 17th, 2007, 1:51 AM	#10
ESPNSTI Can't Find Waldo Joined: Dec 9th, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Decorah, IA Age: 37 Posts: 4,333 Car: 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI (USDM) LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	I'd recommend just buying 1 card (I bought an eVGA 8800 GTS), since it'll probably be powerful enough for quite a while. Then after a few years, when there are games that will be able to put it under some strain, you should be able to pick up the same card relatively cheap to go SLI. __________________ Top Gear Episode Guide (Excel) \| Top Gear Episode Guide (HTML) \| Top Gear Classic Episode Guide (HTML) Other Top Gear Guides \| Fifth Gear Guides \| Clarkson's TV/Video List \| Tiff Needell's TV/Video List

February 17th, 2007, 7:45 AM	#12
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Corona, CA Age: 29 Posts: 3,761 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 86	A 7950GT will kill a pair 7600GT cards in SLi.

February 17th, 2007, 8:59 AM	#13
BlitzR Joined: May 1st, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 1,598 Rep Power: 30	The 8800GTS is a very big card, and is said to run a little warm 45C to 50C idle and 60C to 70c with load. So good to have a big well ventilated case.

February 17th, 2007, 11:22 AM	#15
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 2:36 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,272 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	From what my friends have experienced with SLI, if you can manage to stick to one card and still get the same price/performance, do it. SLI is alright, but has (had?) it's issues. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 17th, 2007, 2:10 PM	#17
Quiky Devouring your soul.. after belly rubs. Joined: Aug 21st, 1995 Last Online: November 20th, 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,219 Car: Dacia Sandero Turbo Quattroporte Mayo GTZR1 LFS Status: Rep Power: 587	My 8800 GTS idles at 50C, and at full load hits around 65-70C. BUT, the exhaust port is at the bracket of the card, so hot air is expelled from the case. It is a monster card, I don't regret buying it.

February 17th, 2007, 3:18 PM	#18
Paddy Previously known as Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 23 Posts: 1,992 LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	Is there any cheaper DX10 cards out there ? How would an AMD X2 5600+ compare against the 6600 ? __________________ w: www.pmcgphotos.com e: paddy@pmcgphotos.com

February 17th, 2007, 4:01 PM	#19
ESPNSTI Can't Find Waldo Joined: Dec 9th, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Decorah, IA Age: 37 Posts: 4,333 Car: 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI (USDM) LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	My 8800 GTS idles at 41C and 50-55C under load (with the fan manually set to 85%). I have a very well ventilated case though. (7 fans in total). __________________ Top Gear Episode Guide (Excel) \| Top Gear Episode Guide (HTML) \| Top Gear Classic Episode Guide (HTML) Other Top Gear Guides \| Fifth Gear Guides \| Clarkson's TV/Video List \| Tiff Needell's TV/Video List

February 17th, 2007, 5:01 PM	#20
Paddy Previously known as Cosworth Joined: Mar 24th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Waterford, Rep of Ireland Age: 23 Posts: 1,992 LFS Status: Rep Power: 42	Ok so, here we go ... From www.komplett.ie Case: Gigabyte Poseidon GZ-XA1CA-STB Black Aluminium Front (Without PSU) PSU: OCZ Technology Powersupply ATX/EPS 600W, 120mm Fan, SATA, 4/8pin CPU, 20/24pin MoBo: ABIT AW9D, I975X, Socket-775, SATAII, Silent Otes, GbLAN, DDR2,ATX, 2xPCI-Ex16 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 4MB, RAM: OCZ DDR2 PC6400 2048MB KIT, Titanium XTC, w/two 1024MB, CL4-4-4-15, EPP Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 8800GTS 500M 640MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 320-bit Hard drive: Samsung SpinPoint P120 250GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM Optical Devices: NEC DVD +/- RW Dual Layer OS: XP Pro A total of €1574, €274 over budget ... Time to save the last few pennies ! __________________ w: www.pmcgphotos.com e: paddy@pmcgphotos.com

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