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12-01-2009, 01:09 PM
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#1 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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| thinking of SLI'ing a Asus EN9400GT. Thoughts?
This video card is on sale right now, and was wondering if I should get 2 of these or 1 video card which is about the same price for both? Does SLI really increase the processing by a lot?
2 of these go for about 110 bucks total.
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12-01-2009, 01:39 PM
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#2 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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i'd just go for a single higher powered GPU
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12-01-2009, 01:46 PM
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#3 | | Say! Say! Say!
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Get a single one. SLI is pointless for the most part unless you're SLI'ing the best cards on the market for the best performance.
Extra heat, extra noise, extra power..
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12-01-2009, 03:25 PM
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#5 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Get the 9800GT. It'll be better.
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12-01-2009, 11:02 PM
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#6 | | nuggets mod
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In general, it's better to run a single GPU over 2 SLId GPUs that are half the price.
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12-02-2009, 01:06 AM
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#7 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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get the 9800 GT.
its preferable over SLI 9400gt, uses less power.
but in any case 9800gt is a fairly outdated card now, should try for a GTX 260 or HD 4870. Both cards will run about 150 (or less) when they're on sale.
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12-02-2009, 02:24 AM
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#8 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by EDawg get the 9800 GT.
its preferable over SLI 9400gt, uses less power.
but in any case 9800gt is a fairly outdated card now, should try for a GTX 260 or HD 4870. Both cards will run about 150 (or less) when they're on sale. | geeze that 9800gt seems expensive... weren't better cards like the 4850 going for $100 a year ago...
sli 9400s would likely be shittier performance than a 9600gt, and well 9800 is pretty much on the low-end of midrange cards these days.
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12-02-2009, 02:28 AM
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#9 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Go with a single GPU.
Multi-GPU is not worth the extra hassle. All of a sudden Micro-stutter becomes a problem, and lots of games have problems with multi-gpu rendering, which causes worse performance than running a single.
(I speak from experience with my current 4870x2, and my old cards were 2x 8800GT)
My next card will be a single.
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12-02-2009, 02:45 AM
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#10 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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why are u shopping at anitec?
if $100~120 is your budget, strech it bit more
ncix just had blackfriday sale on 4890 for $150
and had it for $130 on richmond opening day sale
wait for boxing day and i'm sure the same powercolour 4890 will be on sale again
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12-02-2009, 09:45 AM
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#11 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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i pop in between both anitec and ncix. both close to where i live. sometimes anitec has stuff a couple bucks cheaper than ncix. anyways, i stuck it out with geting a 9800gt.
i blew out my 8800gts just recently, tried to overclock with aftermarket cooler, i'm all thumbs...learned my lesson. so had to buy a new one.
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12-03-2009, 10:29 PM
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#12 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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NCIX does price match so I'm sure you could get it for the same price or less
plus they have better selection
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