If you are going to go high end when prices do drop you may want to go with an ATI Crossfire setup then. I ran through three cards on one board trying to find out what was going to work. All three would have worked easily enough. But I just had to go from two 128mb to a 256mb AGP card there. The next one I get will be an ATI model 512mb card. Surprisingly a friend's new build saw a 512mb AGP there since he refused to go PCI-Express.
How to enable x16, only running at x8
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Good idea but I got my 7800GT months ago. I could try to sell it and get a 7900GT and then get another one of those since the prices are close, but I need a job firstfade2green514 said:that ok if you want benchmarks now...
but i have a SLI mobo too, and personally im gonna wait til prices drop and newer cards come out.
the best way to do it is to buy two cards at once.
i learned that because the companies are selling the 7900gt around the 7800gt prices... so i'd feel bad if i spent just as much on a 7800gt when i could simply buy a 7900gt.
im thinkin ill wait for the next series to come out and get a 512mb card or two even.
also, the Physx cards will eventually use pci-e so its nice that i have the extra slot free if need be
That always helps! You need resources to even buy hardwares that have been out for a period of time. But then you could also save a few bucks by going with a second 7800GT. When you are ready and have money for upgrading you may also be looking at other new hardwares as well including a board that will run at 16x. A board now with a newer chipset will have fallen in price by that time where again you would be 1/2 way to a new build altogether.