Better Performance.????

[caz67]

Hi Guys,

Just upgrading my system, and im torn between getting 2x 9800GX2 in Quad SLI or 3 x 9800GTX in Triple SLI.

Im not talking about dollar value here, just which would offer the best gaming and video editing perfromance.

Getting XFX 790i Ultra & QX 9770, to run the system.

Any info will be greatly appreciated.

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: caz67
Hi Guys,

Just upgrading my system, and im torn between getting 2x 9800GX2 in Quad SLI or 3 x 9800GTX in Triple SLI.

Im not talking about dollar value here, just which would offer the best gaming and video editing perfromance.

Getting XFX 790i Ultra & QX 9770, to run the system.

Any info will be greatly appreciated.

GeForce 9800 GX2 in Quad SLI Tested

 

[tuteja1986]

COOLER MASTER Stacker 830
1000W Corsair PSU
4GB of DDR 3 2000Mhz
3x 9800GTX SLI water cooled
QX9770 @ 4.5Ghz to 5Ghz phase cooling
Asus Striker 2 or 790i ultra
4x 150GB Western Digital Raptor in raid 0
Gigabyte i-ram
Pioneer Blu-ray DVDRW
ASUS Xonar D2X Sound Card
Dell 3007FPW or GatewayXHD3000


as for databack up :! get a file server or upgrade your current system , add raid 6 cards :!

6x 1TB Western Digital HDD


Money ain't the problem

 

[Extelleron]

3X 9800GTX will likely provide better ultimate performance, although it is hard to say at this point.

I would assume scaling from 3->4 GPUs is not so good, and the 9800GTX is faster than the 9800GX2 at stock... 600/1500/2000 for the GX2 vs. 675/1688/2200 for the GTX. If you would throw overclocking into the equation... GX2's don't seem to go much beyond 700MHz, meanwhile the GTX is rumored to easily hit 800MHz+ speeds.

Regardless, I don't think anyone will be disappointed with either 9800GX2 Quad SLI or 9800GTX Tri-SLI.