mofiki Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 just a quick question i just ordered a pair of the Fatal1ty 8600's to throw on the FP-IN9 SLI i just want to know if anyone had any experiance with either of the parts and how well they can be oc'ed, as this is going to be my first attempt, we will see how it works out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 You should have gotten a single 8800GTS for that money! It would have performed on par with them and you still have the possibility to pop in another card sometime down the road. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 You should have gotten a single 8800GTS for that money! It would have performed on par with them and you still have the possibility to pop in another card sometime down the road. I don't get why you ordered 2 8600gt's when you could have gotten an 8800GTS for $280 and it could of probably out preform the 2 8600gt's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofiki Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 i wanted to give SLI a shot i know its not the best reason but i have no experiance with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 i wanted to give SLI a shoti know its not the best reason but i have no experiance with it. sorry, but you made a mistake by doing so. I've never experienced dual CPU's but i'm not going to go out & buy a dual Athlon MP rig just because i want to experience it. You should buy the best you can afford & in this case you didn't Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 2x8600GT's in SLI will be about a 10-20% boost over a single 8600GT, so you're really not giving yourself the performance you're looking for! If you can, send em back and get a 8800GTS 320MB and you're all set Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofiki Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 i could do that they havent showed up yet and im within the return window Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 i could do that they havent showed up yet and im within the return window If you can, it might be a good idea. If not, it's not like it's the end of the world. The 8800 will be a better performer, but I don't think it's like a night-and-day sort of thing. Plus, I've often wanted to give two cards a go myself, just to see how it's done. I can't really blame you there. As far as overclocking, you never really know until you try. The other thing to keep in mind though, is that when overclocking two cards together, you'll have to stick to the max speed of the slowest one. Like if one OC's 20% and the other 15%, you'll be suck with running 15% or the other one will start having issues. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofiki Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 anything will be a step up i was running a bfg 6800gtoc but it dident like my shuttle setup so after 3 rma's i went back to my fx5200. so i guess ill go with the 8800 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 Verran, the improvement is worth the following: All benches done on my old rig, since sold off Athlon X2 4400+ @ 2.7GHz 2x1GB G.Skill HZ's with UCCC chips @ 3-4-3-8 @ 270MHz (I suppose? Dunno if this might not have been the Speedlines already, that would have been Infineo CE-6 chips @ 3-3-2-8 @ 270MHz also) 1x EVGA 7800GT or 2x EVGA 7800GT's in SLI @ Arctic Silencers @ 490/1170MHz both of them 2x160GB @ RAID-0 All on a DFI Lanparty SLI-DR Expert board 3Dmark03 Single card: 3Dmark03 SLI: 3Dmark05 Single Card: 3Dmark05 SLI: 3Dmark06 Single Card: 3Dmark06 SLI: And now for comparison with my X1950Pro and Conroe setup, the system in my sig scores the following in 3Dmark06: http://service.futuremark.com/orb/resultan...amp;UID=9421227 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 Right, but what's that got to do with the question of 1 8800 GTS vs. 2 8600GTs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisFiT_ Posted June 22, 2007 Posted June 22, 2007 Yeah 8800 could probly outperform thoes but I have the XFX 8600 GT and it works great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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