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jdub28 \| 8:55 PM on 03.01.2008	15 comments

I posted this in our barren wasteland known as a forum a few hours ago but no one seems to check it so here it is...

Whats better?

2 GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2

OR

1 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3

I have 2 pci-e 16 slots on the mobo soooo?

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15 comments | showing # 1 to 15

Hamza CTZ Aziz

I don't know?

jdub28

I couldn't find any benchmarks for a dual setup against a single setup

bleep

Smash them with a hammer, whichever one has fewer chunklets fly off is the winner!

bleep

oh oh I know the answer its whichever one is more expensive thats the one you should get! YEAHHHHHHHH

Vegas

The 8800GT.

Also, delete system 32.

jdub28

they both end up about 200$

@vegas
I use a 64bit OS

1Trace1

I have a 8800GT and it works beautifully. I'd say go with the 8800GT then you can always sli that too later if you needed too.

PrinceofCannedPeaches

8800

8600 is a horribly crippled machine: it was designed for the mainstream market. 8800GT is, aside from the GTX, the most potent thing on nVidia's roster right now, and one will more than compensate for those 8600s.

godkow

I am also in the 8800 party. It owns.

tehdopefish

i already have one of those 8800 GT's, and imho you will be much happier running the single card over 2 mediocre cards in SLI.

Mizruko

Ive never been a fan of using SLI always prefer to go wth the best single card i can afford

negate

Well I'll give you the long explanation and let you decide. The 8800GT is more powerful then the 8600GT. SLI rarely gives a significant advantage except at really high resolutions. I'm running an 8800GT on my 19inch wide screen monitor at 1440x900 and it runs like a charm on stuff like TF2 and Bioshock. So I would recommend the 8800GT personally.

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Knowing Your Geforce Card (in order of importance):

Know the Acronym:

GTX > GTS > GT

Higher Numbers Are Better - the higher the number the better the care

More Memory is better

So....a 128 meg Geforce 8600 GTX is better than a 256 meg Geforce 8800 GT. Understand?

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Captain Jackass

They just came out with the 9600GT which is cheaper but has comparable performance. You may wanna look into that as an option. I'm just sayin.

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