2 x 7900GT SLI (OCed to GTX+) vs. 8800GTS 320MB?

lektrix

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I want to upgrade my video display in anticipation of Crysis and all the next-gen games...

Currently I'm running a 7900GT OCed to 675/1850 (GTX speeds) and I'm thinking of adding a second one for SLI. Or I can just sell the 7900GT and get a 8800GTS 320MB DX10-ready card instead.

Which option would be better?

Price would be the same, as I would be paying ~$140 either way (buy a second 7900GT or sell my 7900GT and buy a 8800GTS).

Performance would probably be better with the SLI cards cards, but I'm not so sure.

Then again, if I ran SLI, I'd have to figure out a way to fit two 7900GTs w/ two Zalman VF900CUs on my DFI NF4 SLI-DR (which I think is impossible).

Comments, suggestions?

 

LeiZaK

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8800 GTS would be better overall, methinks. You would get better performance in some scenarios with the SLi setup, but not the majority of the time.