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New SLI benches arrive (copy/pst from [H])
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Nice indeed 
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Nice scores, but at what cost. That's a chunk of change right there, that's for sure. I'm happy with my 20 fps in DoomIII. 1000 dollars saved makes me that much happier.
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I think the real kicker will be the 6600GT, especially Gainwards monster. Hell look at those benches. For the price of an GT (maybe slightly more) you can get a monster VGA card, that will further increase with overclocking. I think thats gonna be the real sweet spot for people.
2x6600GTs
or 1 x 6800GT (for SLI at a later date)
2x6600GTs
or 1 x 6800GT (for SLI at a later date)
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When are the 6600's supposed to come out, do you know?
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I was under the impression that 6600's are out right now... ???
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I couldn't find them anywhere. I'd probably be looking at a pcix version, so I could run SLI later. I'd have to upgrade my board probably, but at least I'd have a card that would be capable of running in dual mode.
enduro said:
Like this one? http://www.gameve.com/gve/store/ProductDetails.aspx?sku=VC-SPARKLE-006 Our Price: $205.00 or this one http://www.gameve.com/gve/store/productdetails.aspx?sku=VC-AOPEN-006 Our Price: $208.00
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Yea thats them alright...all we are waiting on is a decent mobo to support them.JeffP said:
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JeffP said:
just about everyone will be for us OCers....in about 6 months or so.
(and that's the raw deal we will have to put up with, no matter what CPU you feel like going with.)
you could always go for a stock intel setup, but not me.
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Well Newegg just got in of all the latest V-cards... You can find 6600, 6600gt, and x700 pro's there all for around 200 bucks. Also as to what I can see you will be better off with getting a single 6800 gt vs 2x 6600gt's that is unless the 6600gt's drop in price a bit later around the time SLI actually releases! I never really looked into SLI, but what about dual monitor support?\
Also, does anyone know if there will be a x700xt 256 version, same with the 6600gt? Kind of like with the 9800pro...
Also, does anyone know if there will be a x700xt 256 version, same with the 6600gt? Kind of like with the 9800pro...
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NewEgg has them huh? They didn't this morning when I checked. That's pretty cool. You're right about the performance though. You could save money now, or just buy a 6800 GT, and then another for SLI later on. The peformance from that would be staggering.
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Wow, very nice scores (although not completely unexpected ). The 6600GT looks to be an even better option than previously, provided you get a SLI compatible motherboard.
). The 6600GT looks to be an even better option than previously, provided you get a SLI compatible motherboard.
Crazy, so much money to!! Thats cool that they are creating something for hard core gamers. What sucks is, most hard core gamers are poor, lmao.Sounds like fun though & something to look forward to. Now instead of worrying about one video card that you modded dieing, you now have to worry about two!
Oh yeah & I can already see what kind of threads this will create. "Well, one of my 6800 GT's died from modding so I'm at less then half the framerate I was at with two for awhile." "Time to RMA the one card because replacing it is to expensive."
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HardOCP was also pleasantly surprised about the OCability of the 6600GT. I think they got 560 mhz out of the core, and an additional 1200 mhz from the memory with the stock cooler. Bolt on a waterblock(s) and I bet you could get even more out of em. Heck, the memory wasnt even actively cooled on the reference card.
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Sounds like fun though & something to look forward to. Now instead of worrying about one video card that you modded dieing, you now have to worry about two!
Oh yeah & I can already see what kind of threads this will create. "Well, one of my 6800 GT's died from modding so I'm at less then half the framerate I was at with two for awhile." "Time to RMA the one card because replacing it is to expensive."
First thing I thought of when I heard of SLI stuff was money. The high end vid cards are already waaaay too expensive. Buying two is just sort of crazy =)
Getting one 6800gt now and another like 5-6 months later isnt bad though.
As far as modding Id think this would be even more of a push away from modding. I think it would keep that group of people who are on the boarder of wanting to mod just for more performance. I know the group of people who have to mod everything no matter what wont be swayed though
For me I know I wouldnt mod or even flash a card if I was going to do SLI, just cool them well and Im sure a good OC and SLI would be way more than enough than the majority of us here.
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