itorrentguy

My beloved 9800 AIW PRO (genuine ATI RADEON) is getting old fast. It will still be in one of my machines for a long time but I simply cannot ignore the new games and it just wont follow. I love my 1600 x 1200 res. and wont be denied!

So it's time to build a new machine (this time for myself for a change) and for starters I need real user experience of both the NVIDIA (SLI) and/or ATI (CrossFire) technologies.

If you got it, you either loved it or threw it out the window, so let's hear about it.

Thanks.

P.S.
You might also have found it gave you an amazing 5 FPS more overall and thought: xxx hundred dollars for 5 FPS, is it really worth it?

Treason

GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB

300$.

All you need to play games decently

itorrentguy

Yeah, you are right Treason, that is what I SHOULD do and the logical decision too. The GTS was (or is) one of my choices. it's got all you need with DirectX 10 support, DDR3 memory, good clocks speeds and is so much cheaper than the GTX without loosing too much performance. The GTX is also known to require a lot of power form the supply and costs as much as a car to use (-;.

The GTS is a very good card and a very good buy I have to agree, thanks Treason.

BUT, can it go up against a system that uses two cards and have them manage each a part of your screen or use one as a buffer entirely while the other one displays (like pre loading basically) and other possibilities, in theory, that would make the set up pretty much the fastest thing there is now. It's not just gaming (still it is a big part of it but...) photo, film editing and 3D animation could all probably gain from such performances.

I still have to wonder... cause my last time around, I asked myself a thousand questions, shopped around and tested many but still ended up buying the most $$$ one and never had a regret since.

More than ever , I'm eager to learn of users experiences and input about SLI or Crossfire technology.

You are out there, I know it, bring it on.

giannakis1984

if you plan to buy a 8800 check the power supply of your computer...

these cards are really good but very demanding in power

pure_jax

Try Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK they have some excellent offers on Nvidia cards. I always used ATI however at present Nvidia a running things likewise with Intel CPU's

Treason

ok how about the Geforce 8800 GTS 320 MB OC by BFG?

The benchmarks show it can pretty much play about anything on par with its 640MB brother, until you start maxing out the specs ALL the way and I mean like literally all the way. 1600x1600 Oblivion? No problem

+ Its SLI compatible.
320$

In gamer's lingo, that pretty much means "GG"