2 8800GTS G92 vs. 9800GX2

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ChrisUlrich

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You think they are similar in performance? I have one 8800GTS and I want a second one for SLi. I have seen very little information on 8800GTS G92 in SLi.

The CPU is gonna be a Q9450 and the ram is gonna be OCZ PC16000. Motherboard is gonna be an EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

I am probably gonna have both cards overclocked to 705/1005 with fan speeds at 65%. You think I am gonna see a bottleneck anywhere on a system like this as well? Gonna try to get the Q9450 to 3.3 - 3.5ghz as well.

Reason why I ask is because I can do the stepup program and get a 9800GX2.
 
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taylormsj

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A 9800GX2 is two 8800GTS slapped together with lower clocks, i dont know how well they scale, but i would go for another 8800GTS instead, although i think one 8800GTS is fine !
 
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ChrisUlrich

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taylormsj said:
A 9800GX2 is two 8800GTS slapped together with lower clocks, i dont know how well they scale, but i would go for another 8800GTS instead, although i think one 8800GTS is fine !
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Whaaaaa... a 9800GX2 is really just two of my cards?! WoW! haha

So in theory, two of my cards overclocked to the clocks stated earlier WOULD out perform a 9800GX2 and annihilate a 8800Ultra?
 
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Justin

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it should since clock speeds would be higher...

lol. i never knew the GX2 was 2 8800gts' together. so, what's so special about it? lol
 
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everybest

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I don't really know much about this but Googling gets some tests results:

http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/307937-firing-squad-9800gx2-vs-8800gts-sli.html
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6392&Itemid=40
http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=344813
http://lly316.blogspot.com/2008/03/geforce-9800-gx2-vs-8800-gts-sli-vs.html
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=56124

If half the internet says it's one card, and the other half says its the other, they're probably close enough that price should be the determining factor?
 
Kornowski

Kornowski

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everybest said:
If half the internet says it's one card, and the other half says its the other, they're probably close enough that price should be the determining factor?
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The GX2 is two PCB's with a Core on each, so it's two cards in one, Make sense? :p
 
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taylormsj

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ChrisUlrich said:
Whaaaaa... a 9800GX2 is really just two of my cards?! WoW! haha

So in theory, two of my cards overclocked to the clocks stated earlier WOULD out perform a 9800GX2 and annihilate a 8800Ultra?
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Well an 8800 ultra is bareley faster than an 8800GTS 512 ...
 
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Timo

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Buying one new 8800GTS 512mb is cheaper then buying a new 9800GX2, and it's basically the same though you can expect either one being a little bit better or a bit worse they should perform about the same.

And really the 9800GX2 is a non-Nvidia-Chipset solution...
 
Intel_man

Intel_man

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Timo said:
Buying one new 8800GTS 512mb is cheaper then buying a new 9800GX2, and it's basically the same though you can expect either one being a little bit better or a bit worse they should perform about the same.

And really the 9800GX2 is a non-Nvidia-Chipset solution...
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DUDE you're getting it all wrong. He's comparing "2" 8800 GTS with "1" 9800 GX2. Smarten up, one 8800 GTS is no match against the GX2.
 
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