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what x800xt should i get?

wow. $700 vaporwear. Honestly I would either

Buy the first one that exists

-- or --

Buy 2 6800 GTs for $100 more and SLI them.
 
Originally posted by: Blackjack2000
wow. $700 vaporwear. Honestly I would either

Buy the first one that exists

-- or --

Buy 2 6800 GTs for $100 more and SLI them.
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vaporwear?Buy the first one that exists?
 
don't forget though, that the SLI mobo will cost upwards of 150 bucks. so think twice before you go that option
 
its over
the x800xt is the one i am getting some guy told me ATI will come out with a SLI type connector so in like a year or whenever i have enough money and i want to not right now i buy another one and SLI them togather man i am Happy ATI is SWEEEET
 
Originally posted by: w00t
its over
the x800xt is the one i am getting some guy told me ATI will come out with a SLI type connector so in like a year or whenever i have enough money and i want to not right now i buy another one and SLI them togather man i am Happy ATI is SWEEEET
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I don't think the current production of that card has any connector to bridge two cards together. And you can't just add that at home. ATI would have to have a board with two slots on and rely on no bridge thing.

Unless that connector I saw on the Nvidias is simply for keeping them from hitting each other??? heh

 
Yeah, I'd be a littel nervous buying a $700 card that may or may not do what I want it to (SLI)
 
that danish professional overclocker got a x800xt do slightly more 3dmark than two sli ultras. however the ultras were stock clock and only god knows what that freak would/will do with an sli setup.
 
i guy on the forums said that there would be a connector but i dont think i need sli to tell your the truth i will be playing source and hl2 some doom3 he said buy one now and than in like a year buy another one and sli them i am still thinking about it
 
while im going to get an sli board i dont buy that upgradebility thing at all. im pretty sure if i bought a 6800 ultra now in one year id get a nice new single card that outperforms 2 6800 alone. sure ill pay alil more than for a second 6800 but its also gonna be easier to sell one one-year-old 6800 ultra than two two-year-old ultras in 2006. i think sli is a nice option if i want more than what the best card offers today rather than for upgradability.
 
Be careful. ATI may not mean "SLI" when they say dual-GPU. They might mean dual-core GPU on one card (like AMD's dual-core Opterons coming out soon). I would spend a bit less on the video card (Asus makes cards expensive as shit), and upgrade a bit more often. I just ordered an X800XT last night for 481 (Visiontek brand). Maybe in two years I'll upgrade to SLI or dual-core GPU, but for now any X800XT should be more than enough. I like Asus, but I can't give them that kind of money.
 
Originally posted by: Thermalrock
while im going to get an sli board i dont buy that upgradebility thing at all. im pretty sure if i bought a 6800 ultra now in one year id get a nice new single card that outperforms 2 6800 alone. sure ill pay alil more than for a second 6800 but its also gonna be easier to sell one one-year-old 6800 ultra than two two-year-old ultras in 2006. i think sli is a nice option if i want more than what the best card offers today rather than for upgradability.
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you make a very good point i am with you on this one
 
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