Kewl Munky
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Well for a while I was kind of stuck on the idea of getting a gx2, and eventually a second one. On newegg I can get a regular EVGA one for only $284! So getting two of them would be like $558, which is cheaper than one was not too long ago.
The issue with that though is that I heard each GX2 is like 5 pounds. That being said, if I do get two of them that's 10 ****ing pounds on my motherboard, and most people are cautious of putting the ifx14 on their motherboard, and that thing is only a little over 2 pounds. Also, does anyone know if the evga gx2 requires both a 6 and 8 pin, or can you use either or?
I decided to look at the 9800GTX(+) cards. I can get an EVGA 9800GTX+ one for $200 on newegg. I was looking at benchmarks, and quad sli beats them out on most things, like crysis on very high, though on medium and high tri sli beat quad. The thing is, unless I can get an adapter, I only have 2 PCI-E connectors. Also, I don't know how big of a power supply I would need for them.
Next, I was looking at the GTX 260's. For a single GPU they sound amazing, and on newegg I can get a regular EVGA one for $279, or a SC for $289 with a $10 main in rebate (which would ultimately get me a better card for the same price). Now I'm not sure about how these fair against the GX2. I read someone's benchmarks on them, and I believe they had two, where on crysis they did several tests. But one that really peaked my interest was that on crysis very high, no AA, 16x AF, on 1680x150 resolution they had an average of 31FPS. I believe that 3 of these would beat out 2 GX2's (quad SLI), but by how much?
What I'm wondering is which graphics solution would be the best for my money, and if it is indeed the gx2's, is it extremely risky to have two of them hanging off of my motherboard? Getting two GX2's would be $586, three 9800GTX's would be $600, and getting three GTX 260's would be $839.
Personally, I don't think the three GTX 260's would beat out two GX2's enough to be worth the extra 200 and some dollars, and since I've seen two GX2's beat out three GTX's more often than not, it sounds like I'd be paying more for less.
I usually play games with pretty high level graphics. I usually play crysis, unreal tournament 3, timeshift (graphcis rehauled), and portal (not graphics demanding, but I play it). I currently have a single EVGA 8800GTS 512mb.
Thanks for reading for anyone who actually did. I hope I can get some help deciding.
The issue with that though is that I heard each GX2 is like 5 pounds. That being said, if I do get two of them that's 10 ****ing pounds on my motherboard, and most people are cautious of putting the ifx14 on their motherboard, and that thing is only a little over 2 pounds. Also, does anyone know if the evga gx2 requires both a 6 and 8 pin, or can you use either or?
I decided to look at the 9800GTX(+) cards. I can get an EVGA 9800GTX+ one for $200 on newegg. I was looking at benchmarks, and quad sli beats them out on most things, like crysis on very high, though on medium and high tri sli beat quad. The thing is, unless I can get an adapter, I only have 2 PCI-E connectors. Also, I don't know how big of a power supply I would need for them.
Next, I was looking at the GTX 260's. For a single GPU they sound amazing, and on newegg I can get a regular EVGA one for $279, or a SC for $289 with a $10 main in rebate (which would ultimately get me a better card for the same price). Now I'm not sure about how these fair against the GX2. I read someone's benchmarks on them, and I believe they had two, where on crysis they did several tests. But one that really peaked my interest was that on crysis very high, no AA, 16x AF, on 1680x150 resolution they had an average of 31FPS. I believe that 3 of these would beat out 2 GX2's (quad SLI), but by how much?
What I'm wondering is which graphics solution would be the best for my money, and if it is indeed the gx2's, is it extremely risky to have two of them hanging off of my motherboard? Getting two GX2's would be $586, three 9800GTX's would be $600, and getting three GTX 260's would be $839.
Personally, I don't think the three GTX 260's would beat out two GX2's enough to be worth the extra 200 and some dollars, and since I've seen two GX2's beat out three GTX's more often than not, it sounds like I'd be paying more for less.
I usually play games with pretty high level graphics. I usually play crysis, unreal tournament 3, timeshift (graphcis rehauled), and portal (not graphics demanding, but I play it). I currently have a single EVGA 8800GTS 512mb.
Thanks for reading for anyone who actually did. I hope I can get some help deciding.
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