9600 2x SLI vs 9800GT

[SJP0tato]

Hey guys,

with the fall in price of the 9600 (384MB), I'm considering running two of them in SLI instead of a single 9800GT. I'll be upgrading from my old 7800GS, which is struggling heavily with games such as Gears of War and Crysis.

I haven't been able to find any solid benchmarks on how much SLI actually improves frame rates, but if anyone has any experience or suggestions it would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Get a GTX 260 for $215 AR rebate from newegg.

 

[mazeroth]

I'd be worried about the 384 MB of RAM. Probably be better to just stick to a single card with more RAM.

 

[Cookie Monster]

9600GSO is the card you are referring to right?

Id say a single HD4850, or 9800GTX+ will be better unless its not within your budget.

 

[Andrew1990]

Well my single 9600GSO 384mb was able to play gears at all high 1680x1050 no sweat. Got around 25-40fps on average which is good enough because of motion blur.

I was going to try to SLI with another but I have not found one game it cant handle. If you snatch up 2 of the EVGA ones for $50AR each, you would have a nice little setup.

 

[WT]

Same boat here. I have three SLI boards so I finally decided to make use of both slots on at least one of them. The SLI replaces a 7900GS on my spare gamer rig, and that setup is on a WS 19" LCD @ 1440x900, so the 384 VRAM limitation isn't that big of a deal.
Wasn't able to find any benchies either, but I'd guess that its near 9800 speeds ingame.