Two 6600gts or one 6800gs pci-e?

[gamingmage]

Hey i was just wondering which would be better to buy.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130265

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814141015

Please take into consideration price and bundles. And opinions alone happily appreciated.

to add info, i already have one evga 6600gt so that may alter some things.

 

[swker98]

well 2 6600gt's score 6000 on 3dmark 05 while a 6800gs scores 5800, both close so i would take eather, but sli is a little tricky and hard to confugure, also if you do go with the 6800gs you can sli up later, but then there is price the 6600gt is 120 while a 6800gs is 200

so take your pick

if you want sli you must have the EXACT MAKE MODEL OF CARD YOU HAVE NOW, that biosstar is a ripoff a normal 6600gt is only 120

 

[gamingmage]

well 2 6600gt's score 6000 on 3dmark 05 while a 6800gs scores 5800, both close so i would take eather, but sli is a little tricky and hard to confugure, also if you do go with the 6800gs you can sli up later, but then there is price the 6600gt is 120 while a 6800gs is 200

so take your pick

if you want sli you must have the EXACT MAKE MODEL OF CARD YOU HAVE NOW, that biosstar is a ripoff a normal 6600gt is only 120

It's not really a ripoff I mean look at the bundled mobo. And you don't need exact make model of the card just the same gpu thanks to NVIDIA's new drivers.

 

[swker98]

including the mobo its a good deal, but if it was just for the card than its a ripoff, i didnt know, i thought you needed eact cards, also make shore your psu is up to the task of 2 cards

 

[Jimbo420]

including the mobo its a good deal, but if it was just for the card than its a ripoff, i didnt know, i thought you needed eact cards, also make shore your psu is up to the task of 2 cards

With Nvidia you do. If you are talking about ATI's crossfire you don't.

 

[djleyo]

go for it

go for the 6800 gs man
its bad to keep old technology go for the new chips in the 6800 gs
or wait and see if nvidia comes out with a 7600 gs???it could be i saw the 7800 gs article but nvidia says its not producing the 7800gs for pci-e
so im saving my money

 

[gamingmage]

Yea my psu is 460 watt Soly Tech which I think is enough. Also any suggestions for cooling for the 6800gs?

 

[LipsOfVenom]

just stick to 1 card....SLi and Crossfire sound good in theory, but they don't work at the expected efficiency. if you could, a 6800GT would be good since the GS can't unlock 4 more pipes due to the NV42 architecture

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121192

althought this is $245....

 

[gamingmage]

just stick to 1 card....SLi and Crossfire sound good in theory, but they don't work at the expected efficiency. if you could, a 6800GT would be good since the GS can't unlock 4 more pipes due to the NV42 architecture

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121192

althought this is $245....

Are you sure? So if you unlock those pipes it will be 20 piplines?

 

[LipsOfVenom]

oh no, i'm just saying that unlike the ATI radeons where they ship stock with 12 and ppl unlock 4 to reach 16 pipes is not possible on the 6800GS. It is built on a different series which allows on 12 pipes max. THe 6800GT already has 16 pipes and it is not possible to unlock 4 to reach 20, since hte 7800's are also built on newer platforms.

 

[gamingmage]

Oh ok. Can you do this for the Radeon 9250? So you're saying I should get the gt? What about the two 6600gts or gs any other details why or why not them?

 

[LipsOfVenom]

the 9250 has only 4 pipelines and are in 64 or 128 bit so even if pipe unlocking were possible its basically useless. 2 6600GT's would be nice, but you will find that they well become outdated quite quickly. buying a 6800GS opens room for buying another 6800GS later for Sli...money permitting. As I see it, the 6800GT is about $50 more than the GS, which equals about 10 days of eating out during lunch.....so you could eat frugally for ar while and get a GT....but its all up to you. between the 2 6600GT's and the 6800GS i'd go for the GS since you can buy another model later.

 

[whiternoise]

...but nvidia says its not producing the 7800gs for pci-e
so im saving my money

Does that mean they're releasing a 7800 series for an AGP motherboard?

 

[gamingmage]

Does that mean they're releasing a 7800 series for an AGP motherboard?

Yea they are.

 

[spartanslayer]

They already have released the 7800 GS. I can't wait to see what the Nvidia 8800 will be like! (assuming they follow the current naming system). :hotbounce

 

[cyrax]

Without a doubt, the 6800 is the way to go. The two will pull far more current than the 6800.