 Looking At Building New Comp, Down To Video Card |
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 Aug 10 2007, 05:16 PM
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Premium Member  Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 12-September 05 Member No.: 11,787  |
I've got everything ready to build my new computer, except the video card, and mobo. I was looking at going dual video card, and I was wondering what you guys thing is better: Dual ATI 2900XT 512mb with Crossfire, or Dual Nvidia 8800GTX in SLI? I'm mostly going to be playing source engine games.
The rest of the comp specs are: QUOTE Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4
Vista Home Premium Samsung 500gb SATA HDD Gigabyte Aurora Case Silverstone Zeus 650w PS 2 Lite-On LiteScribe DVD+/-RW SATA |
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Aug 11 2007, 05:58 AM
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Ephesians 6:10-17  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,918 Joined: 22-June 05 From: The World of Gentoo Member No.: 8,528 |
Well, from what i hear, i think the main difference you'll notice from SLI and Crossfire is speed and quality. I hear SLI doesn't have as much quality as Crossfire but has better performance. And it's vice-versa with the Crossfire: Crossfire has better quality, but with slightly less performance. I believe the performance for the Crossfire isn't bad, but not better than SLI. Of course my sources could be wrong, but for now it's your choice: Better quality with good performance or better performance with good quality?
Note: By "quality" i mean how well the image looks. |
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Aug 11 2007, 06:27 AM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,565 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218  |
Also you have to make sure your motherboard is compatible with everything, especially the processor and the computer case; for the video card you could go either if you plan on using a dual video card. If you haven't done this already I would suggest checking out www.newegg.com that way you can do three things make sure your hardware is compatible with each other, read the reviews about the hardware your purchasing, and getting good price for them.
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Aug 11 2007, 04:39 PM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 13-January 07 From: New Delhi Member No.: 37,091 |
I would recommend you Dual Nvidia 8800GTX in SLI
But make sure that your motherboard supports the SLI feature... Moreover you would be requiring two GFX cards to unleash the full power of SLI tech. |
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Aug 11 2007, 06:00 PM
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Core2Q-QX6800 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,093 Joined: 3-August 04 From: Nigeria Member No.: 569 |
Well, I think the nVIDIAs are better than the ATIs in terms of performance andoverclocking capabilities. I would recommend you go for nVIDIA.
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Aug 15 2007, 06:34 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 12-September 05 Member No.: 11,787 |
Thanks for the input guys, hopefully going to be making the purchase this month.
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Aug 24 2007, 11:59 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: 16-August 07 From: Charlotte, North Carolina Member No.: 48,235 |
It depends on what your looking for.
If your trying for a Gaming Rig, you might want to invest on a 512mb Graphics card or higher. Now a days, games are being directly imported off the new consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3) Thats why I wasn't able to play Transformers for PC on my computer. It was a very sad day indeed. =[ |
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