9800 GT SLi? Worth it?

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#1 jstamm33
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I was thinking about getting another 9800 GT, but I would also have to upgrade my mobo, because it only has one pci-x16 slot. here is the exact link to my cardhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4209965&CatId=3585I heard that I can run my card in Sli with a xfx 9800 gt too. Would this be worth the upgrade? and what kind up jump would I get? Thanks ohh and I have a 600 watt psu i think

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Upgrading your motherboard will cost you $$$.. and then buying another 9800gt will cost you more $$$$.. A much more cost-effective way to increase your computer's gaming performance will be to buy a better single video card and sell your current 9800gt. You can buy an ATI 4890 or an Nvidia GTX 275 for $240-260, and sell your 9800gt for $100. Getting 1 of these cards would perform just as well if not better than 2 9800gt's in SLI.

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Well since you dont have a sli motherboard dont bother buying one and another 9800gt. Since your on a 19" your 9800gt should be doing just fine. If you want to upgrade for better performance boost. Overclock your cpu to 2.6+ghz or buy a new cpu clocked at 2.6+ ghz or better.
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Well since you dont have a sli motherboard dont bother buying one and another 9800gt. Since your on a 19" your 9800gt should be doing just fine. If you want to upgrade for better performance boost. Overclock your cpu to 2.6+ghz or buy a new cpu clocked at 2.6+ ghz or better. 04dcarraher
how do I overclock my CPU? And I am still using my stock cpu cooler (which sucks would that be ok?)
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[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]Well since you dont have a sli motherboard dont bother buying one and another 9800gt. Since your on a 19" your 9800gt should be doing just fine. If you want to upgrade for better performance boost. Overclock your cpu to 2.6+ghz or buy a new cpu clocked at 2.6+ ghz or better. jstamm33
how do I overclock my CPU? And I am still using my stock cpu cooler (which sucks would that be ok?)

You need to access your BIOS (there are some window based programs, but going through the BIOS is the best way), though it can be confusing if you don't know what you're looking at. You can consult your motherboard manual and it should list BIOS menus and give sort detail descriptions on what does what. To figure out how to OC (overclock) you should do a search on google.com for some guides and read up. Stock coolers generally allow you to do some basic to decent OC'ing. With my stock cooler, I've pushed my AMD 64 X2 5600+ from a stock speed of 2.8GHz to 3.162GHz. I haven't been able to find a good combination of settings to get past that speed....was hoping to hit 3.2GHz. Your CPU's ability to overclock take into account a few different things: 1. Your CPU. For example; Intel's Core 2 Duo processors tend to be much more overclocking friendly then what you'll find with AMD's dual-core or first Phenom series processors. 2. Your motherboard 3. Your RAM 4. Air flow/cooling ability you have inside your tower The better products you have that are OC friendly and the better cooling you have, you're more likely to get much better results. I don't see why you wouldn't be able to maybe get your AMD chip up to 2.3 or 2.4GHz on stock cooling. Then again, I haven't played with the first Phenom processors at all.