What Do You Recommend I Should Buy??

[honkeytot]

ok not too sure where i should post this but here should work.

currently i have..

XFX 680i LT SLI
OCZ 2gb 800mhz ram
XFX 2x 9800gt SLi

and i notice no difference with SLi. someone told me i need a new mobo and a 64 bit OS which i can't buy atm. so..

should i get 2 more gb of ram or a gtx 260?? which would help me more?

thanks.

 

[jedimasterben]

Do the games you play support SLI?

Did you enable SLI in the nVidia control panel?

Did you attach the SLI bridge?

 

[honkeytot]

1. im pretty sure. nba 2k10, Fuel, Crysis, Fallout 3. all the same with and without Sli enabled.

2. Yes

3. Yes

if it matters i play at 1440x900.

also i keep reading 9800 gt sli edge out GTX 260...

 

[Derbixrace]

what is your cpu, maybe cpu is the bottleneck?

 

[honkeytot]

q6600 @ stock

 

[Derbixrace]

well it shouldnt be big bottleneck, tried to overclock it??

 

[honkeytot]

to 700Mhz core clock with EVGA Prescision and i didnt notice but a few FPS increase.

 

[Derbixrace]

it may help to overclock the processor because all games dont utilize all cores and then clock speed comes in and 2.4ghz isnt very fast, especially when you have 2 gpu's. here is a guide how to overclock your processor: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-240001_11_0.html

 

[honkeytot]

i don't think i can OC my CPU with my mobo/BIOS. i don't have an M.B. Tweaker option. its just not there. here's my bios..

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/honkeytot/?action=view&current=untitled-4.jpg

 

[Derbixrace]

thats not bios, you come to bios when you start up your pc you need to push a button, i have delete for example.

 

[honkeytot]

no i meant that was the version of my BIOS. sorry. i think they locked my BIOS somehow for some reason.

and to give you an idea of how bad it is i get 15-25 frames in a gunfight in Crysis with SLI! seems crazy to me.

 

[Derbixrace]

sry for not giving an answer for some time, i went to bed haha 😀 well you could try to flash to newest bios maybe?

 

[honkeytot]

what would that do? i read around and someone said they prevent mobos from being overclocked when its not safe. and i also found out there 2 versions of my video card..some green version or something but it won't SLI with my org card.