7600 GT X 2 or 8 Series Nvidia x 1

[gurusan]

or wait for the 2900PRO, which is cheaper than a GTS, has more video memory, performs better in benchmarks AND costs less?

Since when does the 2900 Pro perform better in benchmarks than the 8800GTS

 

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

It performs better than the 320MB, but not the 640MB version, to be specific.

Have you been following the news?

http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/2900pro-officially-very-good-performance-card-154979/

oh, and to further poke and make fun at Nvidia, it can easily achieve X2900XT speeds with a simple overclock

An X2900XT for a straight regular price of $280? No mail-in-rebates? I don't think you can quite go wrong there.

Newegg.com - HIS Hightech H290PR512DVN-R Radeon HD 2900PRO 512MB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

OH! And... the X2900PRO has a 512-bit bus as oppose to the 8800GTS's 320-bit bus.

 

[veg1992]

tahts the exact price of the cheapest 320mb on newegg...

 

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

^ In Canada it's cheaper

X2900PRO >>> $290 CND

Cheapest GTS >>> $310 CND

 

[gurusan]

It performs better than the 320MB, but not the 640MB version, to be specific.

Have you been following the news?

Yes i have, if you look I'm the 1st reply in that thread.

Anyway yeah thanks for correcting me.

 

[phucng_10]

Normally I would say instantly bad idea but since you have one 7600GT and they are cheap...SLI may not be a bad idea really. I could say sell it for like 70 bucks and take the 95 and add them together to get a better card but the 150-180 buck price range doesn't really have anything much better than those in SLI...a 7900GS or X1950PRO I think would rival it single.

7900GS would preform much better then the X1950PRO. That's if you overclock the 7900GS. Otherwise, the X1950PRO would beat it at stock clocks.

 

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

7900GS would preform much better then the X1950PRO. That's if you overclock the 7900GS. Otherwise, the X1950PRO would beat it at stock clocks.

^That's arguable. The X1950PRO is better at some games than the 7900GS, even with overclocking.

 

[maroon1]

Or get 7950GT, it can beat both X1950pro and 7900GS easily at stock speeds

BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC (OverClocked) 256MB GDDR3 SLI Ready PCI Express DL Dual DVI HDTV Video Card BFGR7950256GTOCE at TigerDirect.com

 

[SHaTTaFaKKaP]

If you looking for a 8600 GT I can sell it to you for cheap

 

[Sora]

7900GS would preform much better then the X1950PRO. That's if you overclock the 7900GS. Otherwise, the X1950PRO would beat it at stock clocks.

lol and I didn't know this?