Upgrading my PC's GFX.

[Smith]

Smith knows more about it than I do, and I've trusted him in the past to great benefit, so listen to whatever he has to say and I'll back it up.

I've just become a little bitter through the years X_X.

 

[Kenny83]

Uh.. wow, thanks. I was really just looking for a "Yes" or "No", but that helps too. Thanks.

 

[Smith]

Uh.. wow, thanks. I was really just looking for a "Yes" or "No", but that helps too. Thanks.

Well then your poll reflects my decision.

 

[Pemalite]

You're missing logic. Clock speed means nothing when it can't do nearly as much per clock as the 8800 can.

You also didn't mention the inefficiency's that SLI has, you will never get 2x the performance just by adding in another card.
As I recall, the 8600GT is only slightly faster than the 7600GT? (not sure on that one).

 

[Smith]

You also didn't mention the inefficiency's that SLI has, you will never get 2x the performance just by adding in another card.
As I recall, the 8600GT is only slightly faster than the 7600GT? (not sure on that one).

Drivers are not mature, you're not assured to always get a beneficial performance change, vsync issues (I don't know if that's resolved), etc.

tyvm.

10 chars.

 

[Sicron]

You are better off getting the 8800GTS and overclocking it instead of getting 2 8600GTS, they just don't pack as much power as the 8800GTS.

Check this comparison. The 8600 in SLI just wins a bit from the 8800 (so much, you would hardly notice a difference) But the 8800 has much more Shader possibilities (an essential in DX10). And if you overclock the 8800, it will get much more powerfull. If you overclock the 8600 SLI, you would gain more power, but not more in shading power. Plus, I think there is a higher chance that you overheat your cards in SLI if they are close too eachother.

My advice is get the 8800GTS 640mb. And you could always save more money to get the 8800GTS in SLI later, which would be much better than the 8600 in SLI.

Downside on the 8800 is that the 8600 is newer, meaning that it has a different video processor the 8800 series has not. If you are planning on watching a lot of HD movies later, you might want to reconsider the 8600. If you plan to do a lot of gaming later, get the 8800.

You also didn't mention the inefficiency's that SLI has, you will never get 2x the performance just by adding in another card.
As I recall, the 8600GT is only slightly faster than the 7600GT? (not sure on that one).

The 8600GT is twice as powerful as the 7600GT, the 8600GT is almost as powerful as the 7800GT. By that I really mean slightly weaker.

 

[Kenny83]

By those comparisons, seems that the texture fill rate for the 8600's are way past what the 8800 can do. Does the texture fill rate matter?

 

[Smith]

By those comparisons, seems that the texture fill rate for the 8600's are way past what the 8800 can do. Does the texture fill rate matter?

... those numbers are all theoretical and (I haven't checked) may be inaccurate. Just understand that an 8800GTS will dominate two 8600GTSs.

 

[Mr.Lukyas]

Is it just me, or 4 million and 2 ppl wated in it (I voted for the second option lol)

 

[Kenny83]

K, thanks. I'll do some shopping then.

 

[Phobius]

Go for the 8800GTX one of those will do you fine haha.

 

[frsrblch]

Go for the 8800GTX one of those will do you fine haha.

Better yet, get two of the Ultras. That should last you until they release the quad GPU solution for the 8000 series.

 

[Spunky]

Is it just me, or 4 million and 2 ppl wated in it

No, it's just you. I'm 4,000,003% positive it's just you.

 

[Hishi]

Go for the single 8800GTS... I heard SLI has certain issues with some things.

I couldn't imagine having my comp with 2 gpus... the sound would piss me off. If you get two 8600GTS' then get passively cooled ones.

 

[Kenny83]

Yeah, I'm ordering an 8800GTS on monday.