My_Inner_Fred Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 If i have a Geforce 9800 and Geforce 8800 whats the diffrence of using the 9800 as my main card and 8800 as my secondary card? will it affect performance? What if i use the 8800 as my main and 9800 as my secondary? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKillSteal Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) You can't use a 9800(of any kind) and an 8800(of any kind) together in SLI. I'm assuming the 9800 you're referring to is a GX2 in which case it's much better than any 8800(GT, GTS, GTX, ULTRA out there. Use it as your primary and don't even worry about throwing the 8800 into the mix. Edited June 9, 2008 by iKillSteal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Wait so i can only have a set of 9800 in sli? Im not allowed to put in a diffrent Sli enabled card like 8800 or 7600 toeghter? I has to be the same card? Sorry im kind of a noob at this stuff... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKillSteal Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Yup, has to be the same card with nVidia. So far only ATI can do a multi-card setup using different tier cards like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Why have SLI with cards like that! You'll eat most games/applications with just one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 Oh.. dammit... Thanks for the help. Pardon my bad language.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStoba Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 You can't use a 9800(of any kind) and an 8800(of any kind) together in SLI. I'm assuming the 9800 you're referring to is a GX2 in which case it's much better than any 8800(GT, GTS, GTX, ULTRA out there. Use it as your primary and don't even worry about throwing the 8800 into the mix. That's certainly debatable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKillSteal Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) That's certainly debatable Sure, if you factor in things like size, how much power it draws and how much heat it puts out but if you're talking raw performance, then there's simply no question. The 9800GX2 simply is better than any single 8-series card and better than a few in multi-gpu setups(gets fuzzy with the g92 GTS and then it's against the GX2 when GTX's and Ultras are in question). Edit: Missed the line you bolded in the quote. What I said still holds true. There is a sizable performance difference between the GX2 and any 8-series card. Enough of a difference that saying "it's much better" really isn't exaggerated at all and in most(as in most, with the rare exception, not just most as in roughly all) cases really isn't debatable. Excuse the poor English in the parentheses, can't find a better way of saying it... Edited June 9, 2008 by iKillSteal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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