sli 8800gtx or sli 8800gt?

[Socks]

Right,

im stuck in a bit of a predicament hre...

Got 2 x 8800gtx 768mb OC with waterblocks on...

and coming soon, I have 2 x 8800gt 256mb on air...

Ill have an e8500 too...

So im asking you guys, which is the better rig to use for myself? and will i seiously notice the difference when playing games on a 22" monitor or on my 32" tv on a res of 1366 x 768?

As i may sell the gtx's or the gt's...what would you do?

 

[Socks]

no one?

 

[cl0ck_ed]

the gtx's are great cards and would woop those lowly 256mg gt's

 

[Socks]

but by how much? thats what im asking, fps difference in crysis for example? no benchmarks out there which i can find unless someone cares to point me in the right direction....

 

[Rastalovich]

I thought that the sli experience had improved with the release of the 8800gt ?

Don't know that for a fact tho.

Would definitely try them b4 settling on the gtx setup.

 

[cl0ck_ed]

found this showing gtx sli vs gtx285:

8800GTX SLI 624/1462/1057 1680x1050 4xAA

Min FPS: 28.90, Max FPS: 58.44, Average FPS: 48.16

with Vsync and Triplebuffering (d3d9_triplebuffering=1)

Min FPS: 33.36, Max FPS: 58.89, Average FPS: 48.37

GTX285 666/1512/1242 1680x1050 4xAA

Min FPS: 32.86, Max FPS: 61.13, Average FPS: 47.91

with Vsync and Triplebuffering (d3d9_triplebuffering=1)

Min FPS: 32.24, Max FPS: 59.82, Average FPS: 47.85

 

[sammytomjohn]

i would say the gtx havin an extra 512mb on board memory over the 256mb on the 8800gt would kill the 8800gt's at higher res's!!

plus the waterblocks are a good bonus too!!

 

[FarFarAway]

At a higher resolution I'd also say the GTX's would be the better out of the two

 

[stevej696]

+1 with kempez

They are better in my opinion, bit faster than the 8800gt and with more ram should help boost frame rates at that resolution. I run 1366x768 res with a 512mb ddr2 radeon 3450 and get good frame rates than using a 256mb ddr2 card thats similar, so on that basis i think you will be better off with the gtx's (personally that's what i would run)

 

[Talonaer]

sod me tose benchmarks are pretty surprising. I would have thought the GTX285 would have been miles ahead. /very happy with his SLI 8800 GTS (G92)512mb's

 

[Rastalovich]

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-q3-2008/Call-of-Duty-4-v1.6,741.html

Have a comparitive look through this table, keep an open mind in terms of 3 or 4 fps here and there not meaning anything, 10+ possibly, over 20 fps difference for sure.

Change the game type to whatever u favor playing.

 

[Socks]

cheers for the info guys, ill just try the lot when it arrives, give it some proper runs and see how it fares..

 

[pattinsonrobert]

Hi Socks.

According to me,2 8800GT beat a single 8800GTX in most benchmarks but in resolutions lower than 1920x1200 , in that resolution more memory is better , so i would keep the 8800GTX

also , remember there are some games that don't support SLI, or they will do bad with SLI due to driver problems.

2 8800GT will be hotter than single 8800GTX too

so keep your 8800GTX.

 

[meticadpa]

SLI 8800GT.

8800GTXs were good for their time, but run too hot and take too much power.

An 8800GT will usually beat it, despite having a smaller memory bus and less stream procesors, due to raw clock speed.

They also run a lot cooler and quieter.

I ran 8800GT SLI for a while, they could max out Crysis at 1680 x 1050 with no AA and get an average of 34FPS.