6600 GT or 6800?
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depends on how much performance you need/want and how much money you have to burn
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the cheapest PCI-E 6800 GT I found is a BFG for $470 each, so it would cost you $940 for 2 of 'em ($140 over budget). the BFG's are stock overclocked though.
the regular 6800's are crippled by 4 pipes, although you could softmod them to a GT or Ultra core (but they still wouldn't have GDDR3)
2 6600 GT's in SLI roughly gets the same performance of 1 6800 GT
the regular 6800's are crippled by 4 pipes, although you could softmod them to a GT or Ultra core (but they still wouldn't have GDDR3)
2 6600 GT's in SLI roughly gets the same performance of 1 6800 GT
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yes that's why I said "roughly"
most of the time, a dual 6600 GT would be somewhat behind a 6800 GT, but occasionally although not in many cases the dual GPU's will win
so with the dual BFG 6800 GT's (which are stock overclocked) at $940 that leaves $860 to $1060 for the rest of the parts
most of the time, a dual 6600 GT would be somewhat behind a 6800 GT, but occasionally although not in many cases the dual GPU's will win
so with the dual BFG 6800 GT's (which are stock overclocked) at $940 that leaves $860 to $1060 for the rest of the parts
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Asus A8N Nforce4 SLI motherboard $187
you'll need an SLI board to go with the cards
G.Skill 2x512MB PC4400 DDRRAM $237.75
this is the best RAM for overclocking, or even at stock speeds it's still really fast.
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester $285
this is the CPU that has tested to go best with the G.Skill RAM, with the Winchester core, and the ability to reduce the multiplier, to increase the HTT (Athlon 64's equivalent to FSB) and get better transfer speeds between RAM and CPU.
Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU $81
blue, titanium or black. these PSU's are about the most reliable, and best looking you can get. you can take out the cables you don't need, and all of them are sleeved.
LG 16x dual layer DVD burner $64
LG 52x24x52x16 CDR/RW + DVD $37
Seagate 300GB SATA $224
huge drive, reliable, quiet, and fast access time
Dell Sony 21" Trinitron or a black one $99 or $149
this is a really good monitor, I actually have the exact same one myself running at 2048x1536 (although my TNT2 doesn't like it much hehe)
case: anything you like. if you get a black case, you might want to get the black monitor
total = $1869.75 or $1919.75 without case
- that includes the dual 6800 GT's
you'll need an SLI board to go with the cards
G.Skill 2x512MB PC4400 DDRRAM $237.75
this is the best RAM for overclocking, or even at stock speeds it's still really fast.
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester $285
this is the CPU that has tested to go best with the G.Skill RAM, with the Winchester core, and the ability to reduce the multiplier, to increase the HTT (Athlon 64's equivalent to FSB) and get better transfer speeds between RAM and CPU.
Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU $81
blue, titanium or black. these PSU's are about the most reliable, and best looking you can get. you can take out the cables you don't need, and all of them are sleeved.
LG 16x dual layer DVD burner $64
LG 52x24x52x16 CDR/RW + DVD $37
Seagate 300GB SATA $224
huge drive, reliable, quiet, and fast access time
Dell Sony 21" Trinitron or a black one $99 or $149
this is a really good monitor, I actually have the exact same one myself running at 2048x1536 (although my TNT2 doesn't like it much hehe)
case: anything you like. if you get a black case, you might want to get the black monitor
total = $1869.75 or $1919.75 without case
- that includes the dual 6800 GT's
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