Best bang for your buck video cards for SLI..

mustrum said:

Bang for the buck and SLI don't go together. You either get a high end 8800 SLUI system to get the best of the best or you go for a single GPU setup. Midrange SLI ist foolish.

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99% of the time I'd agree with you (thats the same conclusion that I came to in my "SLI in a Nutshell" sticky), but I run FSX on two monitors, for which SLI helps a lot. A single 8800GTS gets surprisingly bogged down when trying to output to two monitors.

I plan on selling my sli 7900GT's in 2 to 4 months. Waiting to see what's to come around the corner and for what price. My approx price for that time will be no more tahn $280 for both cards then. If interested, pm me then. The 8800gtx is not worth an upgrade for me given I would'nt gain much peformance with my sli setup now. My cards hit 750+ core w/voltmod and watercooling.

LoneWolf121188 said:

I say wait a few weeks for the 8600GTs. I think those are supposed to be right around $150 each, and they have DX10 capability.

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Hey Lonewolf, where did you hear this from?? If this is the case, I may hold of on buying the Video cards till last.

Lets see if I can find that article...Ah, here's one: http://www.guru3d.com/news.php?cat=8&perpage=15#5084

Pricing of 8600GTS is around $200-250
8600GT is around $150-180
8500GT is around $90

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I think Guru3D also had a pretty spiffy table comparing all of the G8x variants with prices, but I can't seem to find it anywhere...

April 17 is supposedly the release date for these boards. Here's another article: http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37974

Thanks for the links LoneWolf.. I think I can hold off until sometime in April. These cards def seem to be the sweet spot .....

rUfUnKy said:

These cards def seem to be the sweet spot .....

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plus DX10 should you ever feel like playing crysis on a set of 8500's