i read on this website, that an sli system needs a 21" monitor for real performance. well i dont have the budget to afford one, but i have a tv 21" thats set in the crap for quite long. would i be able to use this as a monitor to my pc and play games at high resolutions and get the performance like a pc monitor.:thumbsup:
TV FOR SLI
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If you dont plan on running 1600 x 1200 SLI doesn't have much appeal.
Sure there is a lot of talk about SLI performance and upgradeability but the performance gain of SLI is relativly small (if any at all) compared to single card solutions at resolutions below 1600 x 1200. As stated before a TV will not give you these high resolutions so the simple answer is that SLI will not help you.
To put it simply SLI is is not practical for the majority of people, IMO even the idea of using SLI as an upgrade path is questionable at best.
Sure there is a lot of talk about SLI performance and upgradeability but the performance gain of SLI is relativly small (if any at all) compared to single card solutions at resolutions below 1600 x 1200. As stated before a TV will not give you these high resolutions so the simple answer is that SLI will not help you.
To put it simply SLI is is not practical for the majority of people, IMO even the idea of using SLI as an upgrade path is questionable at best.
wtf, now what do i do?
anyways i m planning this rig
AMD 64 3200+/3500+(939 SOCKET)
1024 MB RAM PC3200(KINGSTON)
160 GB SATA HDD(SEAGATE)
XFX GEFORCE 6600GT 256 MB
ASUS A8N SLI
please add what you feel about my configuration and advice changes as neccesary.
anyways i m planning this rig
AMD 64 3200+/3500+(939 SOCKET)
1024 MB RAM PC3200(KINGSTON)
160 GB SATA HDD(SEAGATE)
XFX GEFORCE 6600GT 256 MB
ASUS A8N SLI
please add what you feel about my configuration and advice changes as neccesary.
Ok, well the system looks fine, other than an SLI board and a 6600gt. And you do realize SLI uses 2 video cards right? Cause I only see 1 listed, and as has been shown many times, 2 6600GT's in SLI is still not as good as a single 6800GT. And you don't need to have a 21" monitor to take advantage of SLI, so whoever told you that does not know what they are talking about. In any case, 2 6600GT's in SLI is pretty much a waste, at least get 2 6800's or a 6800GT.
thanks stevty. i know the techonology behind sli and the link that said about sli on 21" monitors is >
you gdont seem to be a fan of anandtechs reviewing section(shocking!) anyways, how much you get the 6800 for, i am intrested in it, if its in my range. the think you got, is it a pci-x or an agp.
you gdont seem to be a fan of anandtechs reviewing section(shocking!) anyways, how much you get the 6800 for, i am intrested in it, if its in my range. the think you got, is it a pci-x or an agp.
sorry about the incomplete post the link is here>http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2284&p=1
I have an AGP 6800GT, I'm using an intel system so no SLI possibilities for me. Anyway, there is no reason why you would have to have a 21" monitor to for SLI to be useful. If you have a monitor that can use resoulitons of 1280x1024, or 1600x1200, and crank up the AA and AF, then SLI will be usefull. And a single 6800GT is better at those settings than SLI'd 6600GT's, so running 6600GT's in SLI is almost pointless. 6800's SLI'd are more than a single 6800GT and again, arent all that much better SLI'd than a 6800GT. So I don't see much use in going SLI unless you want to spend the cash on a pair of 6800GT's or 6800Ultras and running at high res with AA and AF cranked all the way up, or maybe useful to run mulitple monitors, I wouldn't mind SLI'ing a pair of 6800GT's and running 3 monitors.
If you look at this page of the review, you can see the SLI'd 6600GT's fall behind when AA and AF are turned on..
If you look at this page of the review, you can see the SLI'd 6600GT's fall behind when AA and AF are turned on..
Just for reference, the comment about a 21 inch monitor is probably in reguards to a LCD, since most LCDs smaller than 20+ inch do not support a native resolution of 1200 x 1600. SLI on anything smaller than a 20+ inch LCD is ...kinda pointless.
A CRT monitor could be smaller, but even then how much smaller would you want to go (while running at those resolutions) ?
A CRT monitor could be smaller, but even then how much smaller would you want to go (while running at those resolutions) ?
Maybe they ment that if u have a monitor big enough to handle high resolutions (like a 21") then SLI starts giving u a nice boost compared to one card, and then becomes useful, but as for not being good at those sizes, they're just plain wrong!
Gamingphreek
Lifer
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Its PCI-E or PCX not PCI-X which is a server standard (64bit 66mhz/100mhz/133mhz)
Additionally the reason there is very little benefit on smaller monitors, lower resolution assumed, is because you are CPU limited. It isn't stressing the video card because the video card is rendering the scene faster than the CPU can do the calculations and processing. With a larger monitor, assuming higher resolution, it is much more stressful on a component to run at a higher resolution, therefore the CPU is fine keeping up now it is all up to the video card (ie GPU dependant).
As for recommendation, i would HIGHLY recommend against 2x 6600GT's. It would be different if you were getting one now and then in a year getting another one but getting 2 now is sneseless as 1x 6800GT still wins plus it is cheaper, and you still have a slot open for a second 6800GT for future upgradability.
Also you might want to invest in a quality PSU if you haven't already.
-Kevin
Additionally the reason there is very little benefit on smaller monitors, lower resolution assumed, is because you are CPU limited. It isn't stressing the video card because the video card is rendering the scene faster than the CPU can do the calculations and processing. With a larger monitor, assuming higher resolution, it is much more stressful on a component to run at a higher resolution, therefore the CPU is fine keeping up now it is all up to the video card (ie GPU dependant).
As for recommendation, i would HIGHLY recommend against 2x 6600GT's. It would be different if you were getting one now and then in a year getting another one but getting 2 now is sneseless as 1x 6800GT still wins plus it is cheaper, and you still have a slot open for a second 6800GT for future upgradability.
Also you might want to invest in a quality PSU if you haven't already.
-Kevin
thanks for all the information guys. you are really rocking my configuration plans but its for the good. hey, please convey to me the prices of a 6800gt .
and pcix is a better option than agp right.
and pcix is a better option than agp right.
Gamingphreek
Lifer
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PCI-X is what fast RAIDs are made out of.
The K8WE has 2x x16 PCI-e and two seperate PCI-X busses. My god. So awesome.
for the one who asked.
6800gt
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-122-195&depa=0
The K8WE has 2x x16 PCI-e and two seperate PCI-X busses. My god. So awesome.
for the one who asked.
6800gt
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-122-195&depa=0
Sorry for injecting some reality into you upgrade
. Since you are in India I cant really help with any prices.
PCI-E and AGP perform about the same so performace wise it doesnt matter, but since PCI-E is replacing AGP as a video interface PCI-E would be the perfered choice.
yes justly thanks for the advice, what i want to know is gddr3 costs humungusly more than a ddr card, will it be worth paying for a card that has gddr3?
Yes, as long as it has a 256-bit memory bus too
Cheapest on newegg with gddr3 and 256-bit
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-150-068&depa=0
Cheapest on newegg with gddr3 and 256-bit
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-150-068&depa=0
Cheapest PCIe card that has 256-bit memory bus w/ gddr3
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-121-529&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=14-121-529&depa=0
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