Graphics Card SLI

Well the new 8800 512's are better overall. if you already have a 320 then get a 512 it will go down to 320 on both cards. SLI will give you about 20-30% Total increase. Not really worth it unless you already own one of those cards and want to buy another.But remember , if you have a 8800 320 mb and get a 8800 512 mb and SLI them. You instantly loose about 40% of the new 8800 512mb performance.

This is all assuming i read your question right.

Well i have an 8600 gt and that doesnt run my games as high as I would like so I am planning on buying a new graphics card and doing SLI and i was wondering if there was really a big performance difference between the two cards.Xyphereos

You can't SLI an 8800 and an 8600.

Thats not what im saying. I'm buying new cards and using the old card (8600) for another system. But thanks for you help so far.

[QUOTE="Xyphereos"]Well i have an 8600 gt and that doesnt run my games as high as I would like so I am planning on buying a new graphics card and doing SLI and i was wondering if there was really a big performance difference between the two cards.death1505921

You can't SLI an 8800 and an 8600.

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[QUOTE="Xyphereos"]Well i have an 8600 gt and that doesnt run my games as high as I would like so I am planning on buying a new graphics card and doing SLI and i was wondering if there was really a big performance difference between the two cards.Lilgunney612

You can't SLI an 8800 and an 8600.

Whenever I've looked at SLIing it's always been with same cores. I think the 640mb and the 320mb would SLI thoguh since they're the same cores.

And you'd probably see a decent increase if you had 2X 8800GTs compared to 2X 320mbs 8800GTS. For one the GT is a better core AND it's more VRAM.

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[QUOTE="Xyphereos"]Well i have an 8600 gt and that doesnt run my games as high as I would like so I am planning on buying a new graphics card and doing SLI and i was wondering if there was really a big performance difference between the two cards.death1505921

You can't SLI an 8800 and an 8600.

Whenever I've looked at SLIing it's always been with same cores. I think the 640mb and the 320mb would SLI thoguh since they're the same cores.

And you'd probably see a decent increase if you had 2X 8800GTs compared to 2X 320mbs 8800GTS. For one the GT is a better core AND it's more VRAM.

Well i have an 8600 gt and that doesnt run my games as high as I would like so I am planning on buying a new graphics card and doing SLI and i was wondering if there was really a big performance difference between the two cards.Xyphereos

Yes thier is a really big difference between a 8600 GT and a 8800 GT. The 8600 has 32 stream processors , the 8800 has 112. Thats Very important.

IMO , Dont SLI. you only get 20-30% performance increase , not worth the money unless you are talking two Ultra's.

Anyway , get a new 8800 GT or GTS 512mb. The new GTS has 128 Stream processors and is about 40 bucks more. here is my Personal Favorite. XFX has a great warranty (Double lifetime) and amazing support. The company is very solid. The one i linked is the 8800GT XXX 512MB the newer one. (AKA the Alpha Dog Edition.)

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[QUOTE="Xyphereos"]Well i have an 8600 gt and that doesnt run my games as high as I would like so I am planning on buying a new graphics card and doing SLI and i was wondering if there was really a big performance difference between the two cards.Lilgunney612

You can't SLI an 8800 and an 8600.

Whenever I've looked at SLIing it's always been with same cores. I think the 640mb and the 320mb would SLI thoguh since they're the same cores.

And you'd probably see a decent increase if you had 2X 8800GTs compared to 2X 320mbs 8800GTS. For one the GT is a better core AND it's more VRAM.

oooops , my bad. typo. Sorry.

I might just get the EVGA one because i have the drivers installed already for the 8 series cards.Xyphereos

Well thats up to you but Drivers arent really a big deal. Whatever you do though get the newer version. Like 512mb's for example.

I might just get the EVGA one because i have the drivers installed already for the 8 series cards.Xyphereos

Im getting the evga too, i heard its a good card.

[QUOTE="Xyphereos"]I might just get the EVGA one because i have the drivers installed already for the 8 series cards.serbsta69

Im getting the evga too, i heard its a good card.

Yeah, EVGA is an awsome company. The step up program is great too since the 9000 series is supposed to be coming out in a month.