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bpm   11-25-2007 at 12:37:50 AM

Hi, I recently got 2 8600GT's(512mb), and I can't decide to keep them or if I would be better off selling them and getting another 7950GT to go with the one I have. And as a side note, would a single 8800gt be better than both of these cards in SLI?

8600GT http://www.evga.com/products/morei [...] &family=19
7950GT http://www.xfxforce.com/web/produc [...] nId=677234

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rodney_ws   11-25-2007 at 01:15:16 AM
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Single 8800 GT > 7950 GT SLI > 8600 GT SLI

Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure about the accuracy of what I just said.

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trialsking   11-25-2007 at 01:28:14 AM
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Yes a single 8800 GT is better than both of those cards in SLI.

On this VGA chart for Oblivion, the 2 cards in SLI are almost the same:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/grap [...] &chart=356

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bpm   11-25-2007 at 02:14:22 AM
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Trialsking: Thanks for the chart, but that only lists an 8600GT 256mb SLI setup, while my two 8600GT's are 512mb. The 512mb's would be a bit better than the 256mb's, correct?

Also, would the 8600GT 512mb SLI setup be able to run games without any problems, or do I need a better GPU?

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Kamrooz   11-25-2007 at 02:35:33 AM
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the memory will make no differences, 8600 GT's are sorry cards for gaming, the 84/8600 and 24/2600 from ati are only really useful as HTPC and media rigs. Although the 8600 GTS and 2600XT aren't THAT bad..BUT...compared to the 8800GT and 3850/3870..They are garbage. Sell the 8600 gt's, sell or keep the 7950GT...Get yourself a 8800 GT and enjoy. Two cards are never better then one in most cases....Unless we're talking about dual 8800 GT's against a GTX ^_^..in which case I'd take up in a second.

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ShortRef   11-25-2007 at 11:47:49 AM
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The 8600 is a nice card to have in your laptop :)

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quantumsheep   11-25-2007 at 12:51:02 PM
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ShortRef wrote :

The 8600 is a nice card to have in your laptop :)




Word, player.

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rodney_ws   11-25-2007 at 05:44:35 PM
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quantumsheep wrote :

Word, player.


True, but the damned thing just won't fit in this Inspiron... what am I doing wrong?!?

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aBg_rOnGak   11-25-2007 at 06:00:29 PM
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rodney_ws wrote :

True, but the damned thing just won't fit in this Inspiron... what am I doing wrong?!?




Hahaha...cut em so they'll fit :kaola: (I remembered an old thread where a poster's card either 6800/7800GTX PCIe (can't remember) were cut :o :non: buy his friend so it'll fit in AGP slot :lol: :lol: :lol: )

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starcraftfanatic   11-25-2007 at 06:30:41 PM
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ShortRef wrote :

The 8600 is a nice card to have in your laptop :)


better have a 15 cell battery ready if you aren't always plugged in, those cards eat more power than the screen (not at idle)

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Dahak   11-25-2007 at 06:52:42 PM
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Point in fact,2 8800GTs in SLI beat out 2 8800GTXs in SLI,with a mild overclock to the GTs.So forget about the 8600s,they're crap for gaming.Buy 1 8800GT now and another in a month or so when money permits.But then again if you can afford to buy 2 7950GTs at the same time,you should be able to get 2 8800GTs for around the same price.Goodluck.

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