Please help

[adz243]

Hi everyone, merry christmas!

I am hoping to upgrade my system to offer better gaming than my current system. I currently have a ATI 1600 series graphics card and it really slow in new games (can only run on low resolutions with low detail!)

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/ecs/NF650iSLIT-A/g1.htm

I want to get a SLI system and I am looking to keep the cost down. I have spotted this motherboard and I am wondering if it will offer good enough graphics performance because the pci x16 slots used for SLI enabled will run on 8x+8x instead of two x16 slots. Will this be a serious bottleneck for my new system? Will two 8800gt's be sufficient to play games like crysis on high - very high settings?

Thanks in advance

 

[muckshifter]

IMHO, ECS = Exceptionally Crappy System.



welcome to the forums

 

[adz243]

LOL so it would be utter s*** then.

Can you reccomend any good SLI boards?

 

[muckshifter]

Nope, I leave that to others to search, I just pick holes in what is found.


I see no reason, I'm not a 3D movie artist, to go SLi ... I'll wait for quad-sli, then I may be able to do 4 things graphically at the same time, providing there is some software that know what to do with all them cards.

 

[almichev]

I'd check www.novatech.co.uk if I were you, if you don't buy then you'll get an idea of what's out there. They have bundles and barebones packages, or complete systems with sli.

 

[V_R]

Hi everyone, merry christmas!

I am hoping to upgrade my system to offer better gaming than my current system. I currently have a ATI 1600 series graphics card and it really slow in new games (can only run on low resolutions with low detail!)

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/ecs/NF650iSLIT-A/g1.htm

I want to get a SLI system and I am looking to keep the cost down. I have spotted this motherboard and I am wondering if it will offer good enough graphics performance because the pci x16 slots used for SLI enabled will run on 8x+8x instead of two x16 slots. Will this be a serious bottleneck for my new system? Will two 8800gt's be sufficient to play games like crysis on high - very high settings?

Thanks in advance

TBH, SLI is a waste of time imo.

One GT will be fine for all games at the mo, even Crysis. You should be able to run it on high without any probs. (Depending on the rest of your system.)

Whats the rest of your spec?

 

[PotGuy]

VR is right.

SLi is pointless unless you have a monitor larger than 26".

 

[V_R]

VR is right.

SLi is pointless unless you have a monitor larger than 26".

Fixed.

 

[Alf]

Take if from someone with 2x8800GT, Dont go SLI

one 8800GT is powerful enough, but i was caught up in marketing zazz that i bought 2 thinking it would benifit me. It hasent.

this tech has been out for 3 years now, you'd think they'd made it useful by now.

 

[PotGuy]

Fixed.

Ditto

 

[adz243]

Thanks for the replys everyone.

I have a intel duo processor at 2.13 ghz
2gb of ram
x1600 series ati radeon graphics card
300w power supply
asus basswood motherboard (ASUS P5BW-LA)
and a 20 inch LG LCD display

 

[Alf]

yea, a 8800GT will give you something like x2.7 more power over your x1600

 

[adz243]

Nice, cheers mate