Nvidia 8800gt in sli or single 8800 gtx?

Question

I was visiting nvidias website and found about the brand new card. I am not very tech savvy so does anyone know if the 8800 gt is worth the money or should I just go with a gtx or even better an ultra overclocked??? .

my rig
core 2 duo e6600
2 gb ddr2 ram
500 gb hd
nvidia 8600 gts
750 watt psu

Answer 1

Will first things first, you need to figure out if your motherboard supports SLI, because if it doesn't, then there isn't even a question. Now as a general rule, I always advice getting one good expensive card instead of two less expensive ones in SLI, so I am going to explain why I am recommending the opposite here.

The 8800GT is way underpriced considering its performance, it exceeds that of the GTS and in some case comes close to the GTX. In addition, more and more games are supporting SLI better than they used to. So, if you wait a few weeks for the price of the GT to calm down, you will be able to get two for about $550, which is just a tad bit more than a single GTX, and the performance will be far superior.

Answer 2

No in this case the 8800 GTX is better than SLi, because in SLi it's not pure double performance. The second card adds anywhere from a 50% to a 80% gain in performance, due to latency issues. Also, two GTs are more expensive than one GTX, depending on where you buy them.

If I were you I would wait for Christmas when the 9800s come out; they will be approximately twice as powerful, and will cost about the same. They will be better for Vista, because they will use DirectX10.1 whereas the 8800s only use DX10.

But, you should get a GTX if you're going to get it now, that way you can always add another GTX later.

Ultras are a waste of money; 10% gain in performance for a 20% price raise.

Make sure you can fit it in your PC, and if you do choose the GTs, make sure that your motherboard has two PCIx16 slots, and support for SLi. There's nothing worse than buying two cards when you can't use them both.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

The GTX is better than the GT. SLI is also better than single. I wouldnt overclock it, your PC will run hotter and louder. Its is a great stock card without overclocking.


Hope I could Help

Answer 4

8800GT 2xSLI is merely approximately constantly swifter than a single 8800GTX, and merely approximately constantly greater advantageous fee for funds once you're attempting to spend that style of money. Do make certain you % 512MB 8800GT taking part in cards inspite of the indisputable fact that simply by fact the memory on the taking part in cards isn't added jointly in SLI mode-- you effectively have a twin-processor card with in common terms slightly greater memory than the quantity on each and every of your 2 taking part in cards in my opinion. that's nicely worth thinking the Radeon 3970X2 as this is a aggressive product to 8800GT 2xSLI, and could go away slightly greater area on your pc for different taking part in cards and stay away from the barriers of nVidia's SLI setup (AMD/ATI's Crossfire is largely invisible on the 3970X2 and it behaves merely approximately completely like a classic single card).

Answer 5

8800GT is best bang for the buck in the 8800 series. It should be awesome in SLI mode:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/245760-33-8800gt-performance-scaling-review