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Poll: Do you have SLI or Crossfire
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deadseasquirrel
Golden Member
That's one of the most interesting things that have come out of multi-gpu configs so far-- the price-performance equation has often been thrown on its ear.
Obviously right now isn't the best time to buy a high-end gpu solution with new cards around the corner, but if we rewind a month or two, we see $500 single-card solutions being offered by nV and ATI. Then, you have the <$600 7800GT SLI solution that performs better than all the high-end cards, and is either just a little bit more expensive (compared to the x1800xt at that time, as well as the 256GTX) or cheaper (512GTX).
Price is the obvious obstacle for multi-gpu (just as it is with any high-end single card solution). There are other obvious ones too that get mentioned a lot-- extra heat, noise, and power usage, as well as the need for the proper mobo. There are some other obstacles that I don't think enough buyers consider-- what monitor they use (i.e. being res-limited on an LCD) and what games they play.
With games these days, you're gonna get a whole lot more performance from spending your money on an A64 3000+ with cheapie ram and SLI 7800GT (~$800), than you will from an A64 4000+ with super-fast ram and a single 7800GT (~$800). (Granted a faster processor will help in many other apps, but I'm speaking mainly about gaming here.)
imported_Noob
Senior member
OMFG what a god damn useless thread. We all know what your intentions are Rollo. Don't just say this is just for statistical reasons.
HardWarrior
Diamond Member
Employing this logic would mean never buying anything. Ultimately, if you're going to forward the idea of being able to simply play games, at the resolutions and eye-candy levels that are important to you, you're going to have to plant your feet and pull out your wallet. There's nothing "obvious" about constantly second-guessing every aspect of the industry.
No I don't have to get off this issue. Rollo raises it every single time... he claims to have paid for his SLI videocards and maintains that no one else is entitled to an opinion because they haven't purchased an SLI setup.
I claim he hasn't paid for one either.
He needs to put up or shut up.
Not like there's a warranty on the left over engineering samples anyway, so there's not much reason to keep receipts for them.
His "logic" overlooks my EVGA 6600GT SLI and Leadtek 6800NU SLI anyway, unless he thinks I was gifted those as well. :roll:
I think by anybody's definition I count as having "paid for SLI" before.
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