Dual Card Graphics ......

HawgsHead · Jun 2, 2005, 03:07 PM

Hey Z.Have you herd when the 7800 GTX is going to be out?.......24 pipelines.....GEEZ!!!I cant wait!!!!

LuCifer · Jun 2, 2005, 03:07 PM

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I do see the benefits of running dual video cards, but ATM i don't really see a whole lot of benefit for shelling out $1000 (or more) on two video cards for only a 25% performance gain.

I Agree. I'll just get one 6800Ultra thats about it but Not two...

BWX · Jun 2, 2005, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by IvanV

(there might be one left on the SLI boards, but I'm pretty sure all are unreachable on the CrossFire board after two cards are installed).

Won't other manufacturers come out with boards that fix that problem? Does anyone even know?

riles9262 · Jun 2, 2005, 03:57 PM

I still have a celeron from the p3 generation. sli is a really far off possibility for me.

Leekay07 · Jun 2, 2005, 06:03 PM

Dont know if anyone cares but I have been all routs this last 10 month. I can honesty say that one Ultra or one X850 XTPE is far far better.

Less stress, No profiles and most of all GOOD for it.

Steelski · Jun 2, 2005, 06:46 PM

I would personally like to have the option.

We all know that ATI would be topping the futuremarks list if it was not for SLI.

even if it does not benefit many people as it is expencive it would be nice for an ATI fan not to be reciving flak from a crack head saying.
"well i have the choice of sli, what do you have?"

It evens out the performance race this way.

Nvidia was not doing so well even in this gen of cards untill they got SLI. Now they wear the crown and ATI had to sit back and weight for their solution.

**temeteus82** · Jun 2, 2005, 07:00 PM

"im broke, dont have a choice"
had to put my vote on that :P

kelticknight · Jun 2, 2005, 11:31 PM

i agree with other members here,not worth the money,single high end card is more than enough.graphicards are over priced as is.the will be better single cards out in future

**temeteus82** · Jun 3, 2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kelticknight

i agree with other members here,not worth the money,single high end card is more than enough.graphicards are over priced as is.the will be better single cards out in future

Yes. the price is too high, an GF 6600GT 128Mb AGP cost's 170 euros the PCI-E version is around 10 to 20 euros cheaper *lol*, here in Finnland :P

tornadog · Jun 3, 2005, 11:55 PM

definitely not worth it, games should drive technology and not the other way round, else most of these shining new technology will end up being white elephants.

Falstaff · Jun 5, 2005, 04:34 PM

I dont have and will never contemplate that level of performance at this time. I think it will be a passing thing.

swimtech · Jun 5, 2005, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Asmoday

Another broke vote...

Yup, yup, yup...

I wouldn't be able to justify it (for myself) even if I wasn't - broke - that is...

I can understand though, why someone would want the very best and the last ounce of performance from a game engine with all the graphic glory turned up and running smooth as silk - I used to feel that way about esoteric audio gear - but is there any advantage other than gaming? Does it cut video render times, graphic manipulation, etc... Those things require lotsa processor juice too, right?

The best solution (with many engineering advantages, but big changes in engineering design) would have to be a dual core GPU.

The Crossfire solution is innovative for now, and at least offers a choice.

aaronbond · Jun 8, 2005, 08:41 PM

when HDTV's are affordable and we're all playing games in widescreen 1080p and want 32AF or 64AF and need HUMONGOUS framebuffers for textures. Yeah, then we might NEED what a single card can't handle. Although 4 PCI-E 32x lanes with 4 SLI2 cards with dual core X2's next year sound pretty good to me.

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Leekay07 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180 Rep Power: 0	Dont know if anyone cares but I have been all routs this last 10 month. I can honesty say that one Ultra or one X850 XTPE is far far better. Less stress, No profiles and most of all GOOD for it. __________________ [COLOR=black]Cooler Master Stacker Case, 600Watt OCZ Powerstream PSU,Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi Ed. Bios 1042, Intel E6700 Core 2 Duo, X1950XTX + Crossfire, Plextor 755 DVD/RW (sata)[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]320GB Seagate Drive, 2x 150GB WD Raptors, Liteon DVD/RW, Mitsumi Floppy with card reader, Creative X-Fi Soundcard Xtreme Gamer, Asus Silent Square CPU Cooler, Realtek 3 port USB card, 2x1GB Geil 1Ghz 4-4-4-5[/COLOR]

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kelticknight DriverHeaven Knight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: EIRE{great for black stuff ,bulmers cider and Munster rubgy Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	i agree with other members here,not worth the money,single high end card is more than enough.graphicards are over priced as is.the will be better single cards out in future __________________

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Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	I dont have and will never contemplate that level of performance at this time. I think it will be a passing thing. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jun 2, 2005, 06:46 PM	#36
Steelski DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	I would personally like to have the option. We all know that ATI would be topping the futuremarks list if it was not for SLI. even if it does not benefit many people as it is expencive it would be nice for an ATI fan not to be reciving flak from a crack head saying. "well i have the choice of sli, what do you have?" It evens out the performance race this way. Nvidia was not doing so well even in this gen of cards untill they got SLI. Now they wear the crown and ATI had to sit back and weight for their solution.

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tornadog DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	definitely not worth it, games should drive technology and not the other way round, else most of these shining new technology will end up being white elephants.

Jun 8, 2005, 08:41 PM	#43
aaronbond DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	when HDTV's are affordable and we're all playing games in widescreen 1080p and want 32AF or 64AF and need HUMONGOUS framebuffers for textures. Yeah, then we might NEED what a single card can't handle. Although 4 PCI-E 32x lanes with 4 SLI2 cards with dual core X2's next year sound pretty good to me.