SLI

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I intend to get a ASUS Sli motherboard with 2x GF6600GT cards, can anyone
say for certain how well these 2 cards will perform? i.e. will they be
better than a single 6800 Ultra???

TIA

 

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del@here.com wrote:
> I intend to get a ASUS Sli motherboard with 2x GF6600GT cards, can anyone
> say for certain how well these 2 cards will perform? i.e. will they be
> better than a single 6800 Ultra???
>
> TIA

Yes, I'm running the SLI (msi 6600gts) with the ASUS motherboard right
now, and it's great. It's faster than 1 6800GT, by a fair margin. My
highest 3dmark05 score is 7300 so far. Using an athlon 64 (3000) chip,
overclocked to 2400 mhz. Make sure you update the bios on the asus
board. I bought better cooling for the cards since they are so close
together, the 1 card doesn't get alot of air. I would recommend cutting
a hole in the side of your case and installing a fan that directly blows
onto your video cards. They generate ALOT of heat.

 

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del@here.com wrote:
> I intend to get a ASUS Sli motherboard with 2x GF6600GT cards, can
> anyone say for certain how well these 2 cards will perform? i.e. will
> they be better than a single 6800 Ultra???

Depends on the game. If the game hasn't been optimised for SLI by NVidia,
then the 6800U will win, otherwise, it's a fairly dead heat with the winner
depending on how much eye candy is turned on. Anandtech has a nice writeup:
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2284&p=1

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Yeah I just read that 2 gf6600 gt's consume over 130W of power!!!! that's a
huge amount, seeing as my pc is on for most of the day, I think I will wait
for ATI to make some SLI cards.

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del@here.com wrote:
> I intend to get a ASUS Sli motherboard with 2x GF6600GT cards, can
> anyone say for certain how well these 2 cards will perform? i.e. will
> they be better than a single 6800 Ultra???

> TIA

Yes, I'm running the SLI (msi 6600gts) with the ASUS motherboard right now,
and it's great. It's faster than 1 6800GT, by a fair margin. My highest
3dmark05 score is 7300 so far. Using an athlon 64 (3000) chip, overclocked
to 2400 mhz. Make sure you update the bios on the asus board. I bought
better cooling for the cards since they are so close together, the 1 card
doesn't get alot of air. I would recommend cutting a hole in the side of
your case and installing a fan that directly blows onto your video cards.
They generate ALOT of heat.