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CmoAMD

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Ok, now theres ANOTHER new card, graphics companies are releasing them faster than the public can buy. Those little rich kids that get the newest things each time they are released must even be going broke.

Anyhow, the 7950 is 2 cards in one, 2 x 512MB = 1GB memory. Can you SLI two of these 7950's??
 
Heya

As far as I know, you use a single card that behaves as an SLI card. However, you cannot, as far as I know use two of them in SLI configuration, although I am aware there are quad-sli motherboards.

JAN :D
 
CmoAMD said:
Ok, now theres ANOTHER new card, graphics companies are releasing them faster than the public can buy. Those little rich kids that get the newest things each time they are released must even be going broke.

Anyhow, the 7950 is 2 cards in one, 2 x 512MB = 1GB memory. Can you SLI two of these 7950's??
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Oh man I know what you mean I just brought a new computer, I was buying the 7900GTX but the day before the sale finalised the 7950 became avaliable.
I got the 7950:D
 
jancz3rt said:
As far as I know, you use a single card that behaves as an SLI card. However, you cannot, as far as I know use two of them in SLI configuration, although I am aware there are quad-sli motherboards.

JAN :D
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The 7950GX2's only act as one card by the motherboard. You are able to use two of these in a SLI motherboard, so that would make it quad-sli. It's the same way alienware makes there quad-sli computers, since they only have 2 pci-e slots they just use dual video cards, so they can market it as quad.
 
i bought my 2 7800GTs at a time that the only better card was a 7800GTX... the week aterwards the 7900 came out and then a month later the 7950... Its always like that though. a few years back i bought an ATI x800 pro and a few days later cam the x850... its impossible to always have the best when it comes to computers
 
I find it better to actually get the card right below the top of the line, because the price/performance ratio is usually much higher than with the best card out, since it dosnt have as much competition. I bet when the next nvidia card comes out, the 7950 will drop to around $450 after a few weeks.
 
$450 is still a HUGE amount when compared to the 300-350 max that I am willing to pay for a card... $450 is impractical for most gamers...
 
Habanerosky said:
$450 is still a HUGE amount when compared to the 300-350 max that I am willing to pay for a card... $450 is impractical for most gamers...
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But its almost exactly the same things as getting two video cards, and using them in SLI. How much did your two 7800GT's cost?
 
well im plenty hapy with my 6600nx for 120 canadian but in a month i will be getting a 7800gtx but my card play all my games max at the moment
 
AMD gs player said:
well im plenty hapy with my 6600nx for 120 canadian but in a month i will be getting a 7800gtx but my card play all my games max at the moment
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Why would you get a 7800GTX? A 7900GT/X would be much better.

And you cant play games such as FEAR, Quake 4, Oblivion, or other new games on max at a decent resolution. (And no DX7 mode)
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
The 7950GX2's only act as one card by the motherboard. You are able to use two of these in a SLI motherboard, so that would make it quad-sli. It's the same way alienware makes there quad-sli computers, since they only have 2 pci-e slots they just use dual video cards, so they can market it as quad.
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So if you have Gigabytes Quad-SLI mobo (4 pci-e slots) and use the 7950s it would actually be octo-sli? Thats like beating an ant with a baseball bat.
 
Ignorantguy said:
So if you have Gigabytes Quad-SLI mobo (4 pci-e slots) and use the 7950s it would actually be octo-sli? Thats like beating an ant with a baseball bat.
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theres no drivers for that, plus it won't fit, as each 7950GX2 takes up 2 slots, and the gigabyte quad sli mobo's pci-express slots are all decked one ontop of each other.
 
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