8800 GTX x2 SLI

[pluke the 2]

Good Afternoon,

A few brief questions.

My system specs:

Q9550 OC @ 4.2 (water)
EVGA 790i Ultra Sli
8800 GTX Sli (764mb ea)
4 gb dd3 ram
X3 Ultra 1000W PSU

Running a 24" 1080 hp monitor, forget which one. I can get the model if i look for it longer, but I know I amrunning 1920 x 1050 ATM.

1. Which one card will give me about the same performance as my two cards?

2. What will be a good upgrade for the cost and future gaming experience?

What would you guys do? Rebuild a brand new system and toss this one out the window?

hmmmm.. any replies will help, and I am bored at work..

 

[grieve]

I would leave it as is....

What exactly are you trying to achieve? Can this rig not play every game maxed?

 

[Raidur]

If you want to upgrade soon GTX 275, then SLI when ya feel like you want it. But IMO I would wait until GTX 3xx series. 8800GTX SLI still handles itself mighty well at 1920. I don't think GTX 275 will quite match up with 8800GTX SLI but once you get a 2nd you'll be flying circles around em.

If you want superior performance in 1 gpu you might have to wait until the next series...

As for the rest of your system it looks fine. C2Q @ 4.2 ghz still handles games plenty fine, and should for a while.

 

[Mousemonkey]

One epeen stroked and caressed, ooer. :lol:

 

[megamanx00]

If it's running fine right now then I'd wait for the DX11 cards. The only single card that would give you as much performance as the two of yours would be a 4850X2. As far as single GPUs even the might GTX285 is generally a little slower than two 8800GTX cards in SLi. The only real upgrade for you right now would be the GTX 295 or a 4870X2. With the GTX295 you can get one now and add another latter (since you have an SLI board).

 

[pluke the 2]

I would leave it as is....

What exactly are you trying to achieve? Can this rig not play every game maxed?

Well. "Trying to keep updated on gaming rigs" Basically having money that is burning a hole in my pockets...

and so far,

I play L4D, occasional wow, and play/ test many demo's like COD4, dawn of discovery, hon, overlord 2, all which run @ max settings

OS: Windows XP SP2

thanks for the replies.

Pluke -