[kxsjemilou]

Last 2 months I've been looking for parts to build a new pc.
The most difficult was the memory and GPU.

Yesterday I got my hands on 2 high end card.
A "Nvidia Quadro FX 5500 1GB" for €920,- and "XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra 512MB" for €155,-. The quadro cost about €3000,- in european shops and the 6800 €700-800

I'm going to buy this too:
Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe Wifi
CPU: E6300
DDR2: not sure OCZ/G.Skill 800MHz 2GB but quite expensive :S
SATA: 320GB 16MB Maxtor

I think I will keep the 6800 and sell the quadro (for €2000,- is that possible???). The quadro is good for cad/dcc ect. but is it also good for games? I couldn't find much info about these 2 cards. I like to know some more about it. If the quadro is good for games, I like to play with it first before i'm selling it :P
So should I keep the 6800 or sell it and buy something else?

Anyone want to buy the quadro?? I can buy better RAMs with the money

[doublejack]

The 6800 will absolutely destroy the quadro 5500 in games. That quadro is strictly a cad/cam type of card.

Also, I see you are new and welcome to the forums! However, there is no trading allowed outside of the classifieds area.

[SeanBest]

I'd sell them both and get a 7950GT or two 7900GS's. The Quadro's are for Cad and whatever else, not big for gaming and the 6800 is a little old now, and if you spent that kind of money on them I'd go 2x 7900GS, 7950GT, or maybe a X1950XTX.

[kxsjemilou]

Then I will sell them both and get a 7900 or 7950. BTW will the asus p5b deluxe wifi support sli or crossfire? I have read that it doesn't support sli/crossfire officially, but it could run GX2. Will it support sli with new bios or something?

[SeanBest]

I don't think it does, and I'm not sure about crossfire, but a single 7900GT, 7900GTX, or 7950GT would be more than good.

[MadMan007]

I don't see SLI+Intel chipsets officially supporting happening any time soon if at all. The best you can get is hacked 3rd-party drivers and they don't work very well performance-wise iirc.

Crossfire is officially supported on Intel 975 chipsets, but the P5B's are all 965. 965s 'might' get crossfire officially http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/10814, but there's no telling whether they will equal 975 performance. So if you're dead set on a multi-card setup get for a 975, if you don't the only 100% certain multi-GPU setup will be the one card two-GPU 7950GX2

[kxsjemilou]

Yes I think one 7900gt will be enough for now, I'll buy the gx2 when I need more power :P
GPU's are also overclockable, right? What will happen if I overclock the xfx6800 ultra 512mb? Will the performance be the same as a 7900gt?

[EvilT]

if u can wait a month or two, and c what the g80 and r600 has to offer

[SeanBest]

No, an overcloked 6800 will not be a 7900GT due to upgrader whatever thye call it, shaders, and crap. Plus an older 6800 with 512mb seems pointless. Go 7900GS, 7900GT, or 7950GT.

[penguin463]

If you want two good high end cards, then i would definately suggest 7900gtx's =P

[MadMan007]

Catalyst 6.9 drivers officially support 2 x1900-series in crossfire on 965 motherboards with 2 PCI-e 16x slots:
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/10825
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...es.html#264540

If you're dead set on getting two high-end video cards imo the best bet is a 975-based board and an e6600. They cost more of course but if you're considering two high-end vid cards then you aren't looking for low price anyway.

[kxsjemilou]

The 965 doesn't support 2 gpu and kentsfield (officially), but I still prefer the 965 boards. I'll get a 7900 gpu when the 8000 series is released. They will be a lot cheaper, right? Just like what happen with intel cpu's.
Till then I'll keep the 6800 :P. I don't think I need 2 gpu's, I like to play a lot of new games ect. but I don't have to play them on max video settings.
I hope they'll release the 8000's as soon as possible

[EvilT]

Originally Posted by penguin463

If you want two good high end cards, then i would definately suggest 7900gtx's =P

x1900xtx is better and cheaper

[Neural Net]

Quadros aren't useless for gaming. In fact they're pretty good, I've used both top of the line 3000, and 4000 series cards. They have the same hardware as the gaming cards for the most part, just different drivers. It's just that the gaming cards are so much cheaper.

Sell both the cards. You can buy a top of the line gaming card and still have cash left over. The quadro alone should fetch at least €1500-1800.

[MadMan007]

Originally Posted by kxsjemilou

The 965 doesn't support 2 gpu and kentsfield (officially), but I still prefer the 965 boards. I'll get a 7900 gpu when the 8000 series is released. They will be a lot cheaper, right? Just like what happen with intel cpu's.
Till then I'll keep the 6800 :P. I don't think I need 2 gpu's, I like to play a lot of new games ect. but I don't have to play them on max video settings.
I hope they'll release the 8000's as soon as possible

Um, yea they do read the links I've posted

Your plan sounds good though, if the 6800 does what you need it to atm then that's what matters.

[kxsjemilou]

Thx for the info and help guys
I know what to do now. I'll let you know if I need more help