£200 gfx options - to SLI or Not to SLI

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Looking at going for a new gfx mobo and cpu very soon, soooo...

do I go for two of these in SLI:
XFX GeForce 6800 XT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT42E-UDE3) (GX-067-XF) for £159.90

or

just the one of these:

Leadtek GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-069-LT) for £179.95

 

[Mr Mister]

definately the 7800gt. It gives sli scope in the future and also not all games fully support the use of sli'd gfx.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

As above, go for the 7800 GT.

 

[subfaction]

thanks for the advice, had differing reports on SLI, seems its slower than 1 card in some cases, other cases much quicker.

As a side note, I asked the lead programmer here at work about SLI implimentation, I work for a game developer as an artist, and apparantly SLI is fairly easy to impliment code side, which should mean more games will support it in the future, and those that dont may get patched to do so.

 

[subfaction]

ok so it looks like a 7800 gt, what about the ati alternative x1800XL?

 

[fullfat]

7800gt out of those 2, maybe a x1800xt? if youre budget allows?

 

[ACESHIGH]

If you dont know Gibbo works for OcUK.

Hi there

The X1800XL is the better buy. 7800 GT performance, but superior visuals and AVIVO are all added bonuses.

Also the X1800 XL are superb overclockers and were talking big performance increases by overclocking making them quite a bit quicker than even overclocked 7800 GT's.

 

[subfaction]

i guess gibbo knows his stuff then... so a x1800xl it is!

thanks for the advice all!

 

[NutritioN]

It's funny, I was asked the same question recently; and this morning I went through these exact choices 5 mins ago! If you havn't got the SLi motherboard yet maybe consider the crossfire (ATI SLi) equivalent. Then in the future you could have x1800xl *2.

R