Video Card Question (sli 6800 Or Single 8600)

[Guest MegaloManiac]

ok I am updating my PC(pc not my mac). I am adding another 19" monitor an extra 2gb of ram. now i want to do something about the video card.

I currently have an XFX geforce 6800 XT. it has dual dvi out, but I dont feel its powerful on its own to what I want it to do. So I was going to either add another XT 6800 and strap them together or buy a single 8600GT

My question is would the SLI'd 6800s be a better performer than the single 8600GT(buying 2 8600GT is out of the question)

Also I am not worried about power consumption or noise(to an extent)

[wL<3bass]

single 8600gt, sli is the biggest joke I have honestly ever seen. It does pretty much nothing until you get in resolutions of 1920 x 1200 (24" lcd). My dad has dual 7950gt 512mb models and a e6600, made no difference in performance whatsoever, I might be selling my 7 month old evga 8800gts 640mb it absolute perfect condition if your interested.

[Guest MegaloManiac]

pm me a price( i bet i wont buy it since you are talking about a 640mb one cant be cheap at all).

my current resolution is 1440 x 900. but with the added monitor i have to count for that twice. shit if i could make the res higher i would.

Also I do render quite a bit of stuff, such as HD videos and whatnot. so the power will be used when needed. so what do you think, just use a single card for simplicity sake?

Edited April 14, 2008 by MegaloManiac

[Nickvb6]

I do not know on this one its been a wile scene i looked at video cards i say just get 8600GT or what i would go with is the GeForce 9800 or the newest GeForce 9900 :)

Edited April 14, 2008 by Nickvb6

[wL<3bass]

Nah single card b/c a single 8600gt will out perform dual 6800s by a long shot.

btw: the new card is a 9800gx2 not a 8900.

Edited April 14, 2008 by wL<3bass

[Nickvb6]

Yea i messed up but didnt they just come out with a GeForce 9900

Edited April 14, 2008 by Nickvb6

[Guest MegaloManiac]

Someone on DIYMA recommended i get the 8600gtS, said it will rape the 6800s by far.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130084

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814143108

I can op for that price.

Edited April 14, 2008 by MegaloManiac

[AI James]

it will rape the 6800 by far. But if your going that route may as well look at the 9600's ive seen them pretty cheap on pcclub.com

[Slinky]

x2 on what accordman said. the 8600 is better than two whatevers sli'd but id look into a 9600. its a pretty good bang for the buck card

[Guest MegaloManiac]

9600 costs more than i want to spend for this pc. im not trying to play crisis on high here lol

i think i will settle on this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130290