2x 7800GTX or 1 7950GTX

**Archangel** · 07-23-2006, 01:01 PM

im going to buy some new grafics for my pc, since i have a NV motherboard, ati is kind of out of the question for me atm.
i can get a 7950GTX for 50eurie's more than 2x 7800GTX (256mb).
what would you sugges't me to get? or suggest a other card if you want.

however.. if i buy 1 7950GTX, i dont think i would be buying a 2nd one later, but i would just upgrade to a newer generation anyway.

what would be the best performance wise? 2x 7800GTX or 1 7950GTX?

cheers

Ku-sama · 07-23-2006, 01:49 PM

why compare that? arent 512mb 7900GTX's cheaper anyways?

[-0MEGA-] · 07-23-2006, 02:11 PM

Deffinetly get the 7950GX2, since it's the same thing as two 7900 series cards in one. Not to mention it has 1GB of memory, vs the 256MB with the 7800GTX.

bigsaucybob · 07-23-2006, 02:48 PM

Agreed, the 7950GX2 will perform better. And later down the road it would be easier to sell 1x 7950GX2 over 2x 7800GTX.

fade2green514 · 07-23-2006, 05:26 PM

i'd wait until DX10 comes out to get a new video card.

bigsaucybob · 07-23-2006, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fade2green514

i'd wait until DX10 comes out to get a new video card.

Do you have an exact date of when thats gonna happen?

Dialamo · 07-23-2006, 10:06 PM

If you can buy it now, go ahead, technology is moving too fast to wait for the new stuff. No point in waiting.

07-23-2006, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 7,869	2x 7800GTX or 1 7950GTX im going to buy some new grafics for my pc, since i have a NV motherboard, ati is kind of out of the question for me atm. i can get a 7950GTX for 50eurie's more than 2x 7800GTX (256mb). what would you sugges't me to get? or suggest a other card if you want. however.. if i buy 1 7950GTX, i dont think i would be buying a 2nd one later, but i would just upgrade to a newer generation anyway. what would be the best performance wise? 2x 7800GTX or 1 7950GTX? cheers __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ( @ 960MHz ) Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb Corsair HX620W PSU

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	Deffinetly get the 7950GX2, since it's the same thing as two 7900 series cards in one. Not to mention it has 1GB of memory, vs the 256MB with the 7800GTX. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

07-23-2006, 02:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
bigsaucybob Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: ny Age: 17 Posts: 3,913	Agreed, the 7950GX2 will perform better. And later down the road it would be easier to sell 1x 7950GX2 over 2x 7800GTX. __________________ Equipt NOW

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fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,371	i'd wait until DX10 comes out to get a new video card. __________________ Core 2 Duo e6300 (2.71ghz o/ced)(Q6600 soon!) Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU cooler DFI Infinity 975X motherboard 7800gt 256mb + NV silencer (HD 4850 soon!) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-800 4-4-4-12 (2.1v) 2x80gb WD 8mb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 1x250gb Seagate 7200.9 storage drive Windows Vista x64

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Dialamo Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 198	If you can buy it now, go ahead, technology is moving too fast to wait for the new stuff. No point in waiting. __________________ Computers For The Win!

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