Xbitlabs shows the GeCube verson. I think the HIS verson is a missprint, cause the GeCube and sapphire both say 256bit memory interface and 512mb of memory. I dunno about the ROPS, but I think they are also decreased.

not entirely a good idea though. The difference is still not worth the extra amount (especialy if you buy it from some obscured place).

Just wait, Nvidia will have better stuff released in no time flat.

PC power and cooling are great units, but too expensive. Go look for a decent 600w Silverstone PSU, and you will be more then fine.

I agree, you will not even peak close to 1KW. You are fine with a 600w PSU (let it be, that the PSU must be efficient, and not some no name PSU).

Tomshardware is also full of BS. I seen were on their VGA charts show that a 7900gs xt would get about 13 fps average in Oblivion.

I take the site with a grain of salt. Until Anandtech and Techpowerup, or even SKYMTL or plenty others on xtremesystems tells me otherwise, i do not believe anything TH tells me.

Now that does change perspectives doesn't it? Well, then maybe SLI is bennificial for those with lower end to midrange cards, against the top of the line.

Also, keep in mind, SLI'ing 2 high end cards, requires quite the hefty CPU, or there will be bottlenecks. Overclock your cpu, and you should be fine.

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The performance difference is like at best, 35% different. Meaning, is it justifiable to gain that 35% while spending another 260 or so bucks more? Of course not.

SLI is a gimmick, one card will be sufficient to run Crysis at decent res/details. Not like you need anything more. Or you can wait for the HD 2900PRO to release, should be just as cheap, if not, cheaper and great performance.

It is all up to you though.

Hiryuu_

Pretty obvious that you've never used SLi or Crossfire, otherwise you wouldn't be saying you only get a 35% performance increase with either.

Usually you'll get a 60-100% performance increase, usually more significant on higher resolutions /w AA.

Even if you DON'T get a performance increase, one can simply use the second card to crank up AA (AF isn't too demanding) to 16x or so. :)

Oh, one more thing. Performance increases are almost always higher when you SLi two mid-range cards, however it is often a better choice to buy a single powerful card.. if it is about the same price as the two mid-range cards. If not, then it's your choice.

I have tested HD 2900xt 512's on Crossfire and 8800gts' 320mb on SLI, nothing more then about 37%, the rough estimate was 35.

[QUOTE="sepheronX"]

The performance difference is like at best, 35% different. Meaning, is it justifiable to gain that 35% while spending another 260 or so bucks more? Of course not.

SLI is a gimmick, one card will be sufficient to run Crysis at decent res/details. Not like you need anything more. Or you can wait for the HD 2900PRO to release, should be just as cheap, if not, cheaper and great performance.

It is all up to you though.

JSDempsey

SLi gives more than 35 % performance increase. I would say around 80-90%. But nonetheless it isn't necessary.

give me proof of this.

The performance difference is like at best, 35% different. Meaning, is it justifiable to gain that 35% while spending another 260 or so bucks more? Of course not.

SLI is a gimmick, one card will be sufficient to run Crysis at decent res/details. Not like you need anything more. Or you can wait for the HD 2900PRO to release, should be just as cheap, if not, cheaper and great performance.

It is all up to you though.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz Socket AM2
2MB, BOXED m/vifte Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe, nForce 570 SLI,
Socket-AM2, DDR2,2xGbLAN,ATX, PCI-Ex16 Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2
16MB 7200RPM Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5
Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's Gainward GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3,
PCI-Express, "BP8800GTS-320M-TV-DD" Corsair Powersupply 520W, 120mm Vifte,
4xSATA, ATX/EPS, 2xPCI-E, 20/24pin Chieftec Dragon Medium Tower Sort
w/USB/Firewire (Uten Strømforsyning)

Know its not top of the line, but it'll run Age of Conan.

trasherhead

I give it a 8.5/10. What things you could have changed? Well, for once, I never cared for chipset 570 from Nvidia, they were never that good at overclocking and ran very warm. Second, is the CPU. You could have gotten yourself for the price, a E6550 or E6750 which both would outperforme the X2 6000+ in most to all benchmarks + they overclock much better then the AMD equivelent processors.

As for everything else though, looks handy dandy. But you know, even with my suggestions on the top, this system should performe very good for you, for a good long time. I hope you enjoy the system ;).

Overall I give it 7 out of 10. Would have given it an 8, but the PSU worries me. sentinal

The PSU is fine, the Corsair PSU's are renditions of the FSP or Seasonic based powersupply's, which are renound company's. Also, I think Corsair are the best in terms of modular PSU's, and will easily power that system.

i don't think Cheap adn effective/reliable fit in the same catagory.

But anything, the Corsair 620w Modular PSU is amazing!