childrenpowa Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Hi, i'm new to this forum so...yo! I'm having a Geforce 8800 GT like this= i want to do a SLI system with that, but i cant found a card like mine.... Is this normal? Can i use this kind of 8800 GT? http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/msi_geforce_...rce_8800_gt.jpg Is this a better a 8800 GT SLI or 9600 GT SLI? (i'm having only these, so dont tell me other cards.) Thanks, Child' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 It does not matter, as long as you get an 8800GT it will work. Any speed or manufacturer will work it will scale fine... (however it is recommended that you stay with a card that has the same amount of memory) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
childrenpowa Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 It does not matter, as long as you get an 8800GT it will work. Any speed or manufacturer will work it will scale fine... (however it is recommended that you stay with a card that has the same amount of memory) So i can SLI my 8800 GT and my 9600 GT? its 512 MB too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick2500 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 No not without modifying the bios on one card or the other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
childrenpowa Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 thanks and last question, you guys would pick 8800 or 9600? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error 404 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Go with the 8800GT. No competition there, and you wont need to mod the BIOS...Just find some card here/OCN/OCbay/fleabay/other-retail-store and stick it in the empty PCIe slot - You do have an nVidia chipset, correct? Edit: the only difference with those two is the cooler (and possibly a few minute details, but that's not important atm). As Andrewr said, you want to try and get the same memory amount for both (ugh...bad sentence) - ie: 512+512, 640+640, 320+320, etc. If you don't know the amount of memory in the card, just download and run GPU-Z . Edited March 30, 2009 by Error 404 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
childrenpowa Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Good question... Im having a P5Q motherboard with a q6600 quad core 2.4ghz, i am having xD? Ps i cant acces to computer now so...ipod touch 4the win Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 instead of SLI'ing the cards, you should sell the 8800gt you have and get a 260 as they are fairly inexpensive now a days. What resolution are you running? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
childrenpowa Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) 1600/1xxx on a 20 inch wide screen Edited March 30, 2009 by childrenpowa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
childrenpowa Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 instead of SLI'ing the cards, you should sell the 8800gt you have and get a 260 as they are fairly inexpensive now a days. What resolution are you running? And why? I see that 2 x 8800 gt is close to the GX2, and the gx2 is better than the 295x... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) And why? Because a non SLI platform offers a smoother and more consistent frame rate across multiple games. With that said 8800GT SLI isnt bad at all. That was my setup prior to the 4870 512mb then GTX 260 192 I did have. (If you can't find anyone selling an 8800gt I have one here that I'm using for nothing but folding atm. So to a good home I would certainly consider selling.) Edited March 30, 2009 by cchalogamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
childrenpowa Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Im going to PM you tommorow...too late going sleep Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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