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SLI - is everyone really buying dual video cards??

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sphfaros

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I see this new SLI all over the place, but is everyone really buying dual video cards for their systems? I mean I can't imagine buying two GeForce 6800s. I have one and it is plenty. I do quite a bit of gaming myself, but currenty two of those cards running PCI-e would be approaching $800. Quite a bit I'd say and is it necessary?
 
Originally posted by: sphfaros
I see this new SLI all over the place, but is everyone really buying dual video cards for their systems? I mean I can't imagine buying two GeForce 6800s. I have one and it is plenty. I do quite a bit of gaming myself, but currenty two of those cards running PCI-e would be approaching $800. Quite a bit I'd say and is it necessary?
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Plenty for what? I have two, and can tell you it's much better than one. Depends how you want to play your games- SLI gives you higher setting and smoother framerates.
 
Originally posted by: sphfaros
I see this new SLI all over the place, but is everyone really buying dual video cards for their systems?
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I went car shopping the other day and the sales guy said I could buy 2 Honda Civics and bridge them together in SLi and be as fast as a Mustang. And then I was out at this club that night and this chick came over. She wasn't very good-looking and neither was her friend, but I SLi'd them together... all was well.

You're on a forum mainly visited by computer technology enthusiasts. A random sampling of folks here in now way represents what average computer buyers/gamers are doing. No, not many are buying 2 video cards. Hell, most folks have < 9800pro.
 
:thumbsup: ROLF

Don't be alarmed by people having SLI. You won't need it to run games well, it just enables you to run smoothly at settings beyond that which single cards can provide.
 
SLi is only for the small elite group of us crazy pc enthusiasts. I love it, but u gotta have lots of green for 2 graphics cards on 1 screen:disgust:
 
First off, BlingBling, i have no problem posting what I did so back off. It was a simple question and I got the responses I was looking for. Just looking at a manufacturer like ASUS, the majority of the boards they have for 939 are SLI and I really wonder how many people were actually going to purchase those. Either way, question answered.
 
If your the type of person that wants the best at all times, SLI is for you.

If you just want to play your games smooth with eye candy and some AA/AF, single cards are for you.
 
Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
99.99% of users doesn't have SLI or even heard about it.
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yup...SLI is only meant for that 0.1% who make up the ultra-enthusiast market!! those who have it are not worried about dropping buckets of money for next gen performance
 
If I didn't just graduate college I would probably have it. I love messing around with computers so SLI is just one more thing to play with. Its new and exciting to many, it also gives you a few more FPS in games. I don't know if my next upgrade will include SLI or not but if I can jump on a hot deal or two you can bet it will be.

Having a Dell 2405 with 1920x1200 as its native res I can tell you more FPS are in order even in current games. My XT now and my old GT are great no doubt but if I I can get a few more FPS then I'll take it.
 
no games would take advantage of it now, and there would be a mimimal performance dif with sli. wait till the g70 comes, it will be better.
 
Actually it all depends on how much money you have and want to spend on a pc. Acutally i have seen the performance even tho it might not be as evident as increased fps in games, but a game does run smoother. For hard core gamers, that is what they want very predictable reliable performance.

Its all where you want to spend the money.
 
it might not be as evident as increased fps in games, but a game does run smoother.
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What do you think makes a game play "smoother"? That's right, higher framerates. To get an idea of how smooth a game will play, you don't look at the average fps, but at the minimums, since that is what will determine if the game will get choppy or not. Chances are if your absolute minimums are above 30 fps, your game will play great.
 
Originally posted by: nitromullet
it might not be as evident as increased fps in games, but a game does run smoother.
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What do you think makes a game play "smoother"? That's right, higher framerates. To get an idea of how smooth a game will play, you don't look at the average fps, but at the minimums, since that is what will determine if the game will get choppy or not. Chances are if your absolute minimums are above 30 fps, your game will play great.
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ya...with current SLI setups i doubt they drop below 30 which most hardcore gamers would always want to be above
 
Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
anything above 60 is not noticable anyway. you want to look which cards can play games above that and stay consistent.
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Current single cards do not play all levels of Doom3, Far Cry, and Riddick for example well enough at 16X12 4x8x. SLI is your only chance.
 
It is not true that anything above 60 is indifferentiable from 60.
Up to at least 150, maybe more, I can tell a difference.

And there are games that take advantage of SLI. Try a single card - any card you can find - and set the screen resolution to 1920x1200, absolute full game detail, full AA/AF settings and see if Far Cry runs really well at all times. 🙂
 
Current single cards do not play all levels of Doom3, Far Cry, and Riddick for example well enough at 16X12 4x8x. SLI is your only chance.
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He's right. At 1680x1050 4xAA/4xAF (I don't run 8xAF), Doom3 stutters when steam/smoke is present and Riddick only runs smoothly under SM2 but not SM2++.

Edit: Is it worth it to me to get two new video cards, a new motherboard, and a new cpu because of the aforementioned? Not at this point...
 
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