2 8800 gts 640

[BigDaddyD]

I was just given some old parts to throw in a machine until I can build what I want. Included in the parts box were 2 8800 gts 640mb cards from evga. Is it worth even doing this or just getting one decent card when I can? Essentially all I will need is a case and should be up and running and then can swap out some parts as I can afford to. I am running a laptop now with a mobility radeon hd 2400 now.

 

[crisium]

2x 8800GTS 640MB in SLI isn't a bad setup by any means. When it scales well you are probably looking at GTX 260 performance.

Are you asking whether it is worth it to run these (free?) gpus? Well yeah.

 

[BigDaddyD]

2x 8800GTS 640MB in SLI isn't a bad setup by any means. When it scales well you are probably looking at GTX 260 performance.

Are you asking whether it is worth it to run these (free?) gpus? Well yeah.

Yep, that is basically what I am asking.

 

[mark_j]

My son's machine is runing one 8800GT 512 and he games at 1680x1050 resolution. Crysis runs smooth at "high" settings with no AA and COD:MW runs with max settings and 4x AA no problem.

Based on this experience, I would say 2 640mb cards would still be very effective. As long as you have a decent multi-core processor (Core 2 or better) and 2gb or more system RAM you will be able to play pretty much any game at reasonable settings.

 

[TemjinGold]

My son's machine is runing one 8800GT 512 and he games at 1680x1050 resolution. Crysis runs smooth at "high" settings with no AA and COD:MW runs with max settings and 4x AA no problem.

Based on this experience, I would say 2 640mb cards would still be very effective. As long as you have a decent multi-core processor (Core 2 or better) and 2gb or more system RAM you will be able to play pretty much any game at reasonable settings.

Just keep in mind your son's 512 meg card is actually a better card. Not disagreeing or anything, just saying.

 

[zagood]

I've been limping along on a 8800GTS 640 for a while now. I've got a pretty aggressive overclock but I'm able to run pretty much everything at decent (non-AA on intensive games) at 1680x1050. SLI should scale nicely, but at higher resolusions it'll start to choke.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I've been limping along on a 8800GTS 640 for a while now. I've got a pretty aggressive overclock but I'm able to run pretty much everything at decent (non-AA on intensive games) at 1680x1050. SLI should scale nicely, but at higher resolusions it'll start to choke.

I don't think so. The memory configuration on the G80 640mb is 320-bit GDDR3 at a decent clock. Bandwidth is very good and two G80 GPU's combined should still be very powerful.

 

[zagood]

whoa...I was wrong. I just checked some number on TH's charts, while they don't have the GTS in SLI, they have the GTX and Ultra. Asssuming that the GTS is just a little below those, I'm pretty impressed. Maybe I should have bought an SLI motherboard instead of the UD3.

 

[BigDaddyD]

So far, so good.