NVIDIA's Double Graphics Whopper: SLI Comes to Market

[demon9k]

They ain't out till Jan or so says scan.co.uk.

[smokedog]

I heard SLI wouldn't work with all games.

[demon9k]

All the new ones though and a 6800 Ultra will basically hammer anything old that doesn't support it anyway, so I don't see the problem.

[Sarkster]

?800 for an almost inperceptable increase in frames (sure, the count will be more, but you wont see much difference) O_o you must be a) single, b) ****ing hatstand or c) a fruitbasket combo of the both

[demon9k]

Yeah but who wants to play Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 at 1600*1200 4*AA and 8*AF with no frame drops at all. MEEEEE

[smokedog]

SLI is just a waste of time and money. The next gen card will work out cheaper and faster than the SLI option.

[Super Stu]

Bleeding edge PCs have always been a waste of money.

[demon9k]

bah humbug!

So its the "Wait for the next card" post. I know why don't I just wait until 2010 when there will be a faster card out? Or maybe 2011 so that its cheaper? You actually have to buy a card at one point and buying the best one means you don't have to fork out one for a while.

[mid]

So its the "Wait for the next card" post.

Here, though, you're being unfair. Its quite remarkably unlikely there will be anything to give SLI'd 6800 GTs a serious workout until the next card comes out the door.

So just buy one for now, and by the time there are games that actually feel slow on it, a second for SLI should be a lot more affordable.

[VR46]

?800 for an almost inperceptable increase in frames (sure, the count will be more, but you wont see much difference) O_o you must be a) single, b) ****ing hatstand or c) a fruitbasket combo of the both

They reckon that a second card will improve performance by 90% - alledgedly.

[smokedog]

bah humbug!

So its the "Wait for the next card" post. I know why don't I just wait until 2010 when there will be a faster card out? Or maybe 2011 so that its cheaper?

Having SLI is overkill imo. An X800 XT PE or 6800 Ultra is more than capable of handing any current or upcoming game for a while.

The smart move would be to spend ?300-?400 on top of the range card and put aside the extra ?400 for the next gen card.

[demon9k]

Here, though, you're being unfair. Its quite remarkably unlikely there will be anything to give SLI'd 6800 GTs a serious workout until the next card comes out the door.

So just buy one for now, and by the time there are games that actually feel slow on it, a second for SLI should be a lot more affordable.

See now thats not a bad idea however having a spare slot for another graphics card might just push me to buy another one pretty quickly after

Having SLI is overkill imo. An X800 XT PE or 6800 Ultra is more that capable of handing any current or upcoming game for a while.

See I have this horrible disease where I have to buy the best thing I can possibly afford, technology wise. SLI might not be sensible, but it certainly is better from all the benchmarks I have been looking at. At times over 70% increase in frame rates at 1600*1200, and thats with the GT.

Oh and sorry about the tone in my last post, it was a bit sour. Probably cos I know your right