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jediobi1

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is one or two in sli good for source based games with a E5200 and 4 gigs of ram?
 
is one or two in sli good for source based games with a E5200 and 4 gigs of ram?

Two would be great but one should work fine if your talking about games like half life 2 counter strike etc but I dont think the newer games the cards would be enough.
 
You should be able to handle Source games just fine with one 8500GT, especially if it's one of the DDR3 versions.

I wouldn't bother with SLI, though... not with those cards. It's just not worth the hassle for the performance you'd get... you'd be better off picking up a used 8600GT/GTS.
 
If you can get it for next to free (say under $20) then why not. Just slot it in and connect the sli bridge, not much hassle at all. You can always disable sli if you run into problems through the drivers.
 
If you can get it for next to free (say under $20) then why not. Just slot it in and connect the sli bridge, not much hassle at all. You can always disable sli if you run into problems through the drivers.

i am getting one free and i found another i will also get free
 
they are 128 bit ddr2 cards. a little less powerful than my 9400. the 8500s should get ~3000 on 3dmark06 with trial settings.
 
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