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whats beter 2x8800 GTS or 1x8800 GTX

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If you get a GTX let me know if you want to sell the GTS also if you want to sell that CPU let me know.I am wanting to upgrade me rig and also build a C2D rig.If i have the money than i may want it.I am watercooling soon so i may not have the money.
 
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Darknova said:
I read a very interesting article on this. At the lower resolutions the 2 GTS's keep up with the GTX, but at much higher resolutions the GTS's perform better than the GTX, which (over here atleast) is cheaper than a single GTX. Personally I would go with another GTS.
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i thought two 8800 gts 320 mb would be slower than a gtx because it has less memory (at high res). two 640 mb would be better than a gtx at high res, but he needs to know about sli'ed 320 mb gts.
 
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kwchang007 said:
i thought two 8800 gts 320 mb would be slower than a gtx because it has less memory (at high res). two 640 mb would be better than a gtx at high res, but he needs to know about sli'ed 320 mb gts.
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Hmm...that's a good point. I'm not sure which one it was about....
 
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so what would have the most impacted on my system one new GTS or a GTX
 
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I would say go with another gts atm you get super AA right? I didnt think 1680x1020 resolution was really that high, I figured 1900x1280 and over would really benefit from sli.

Or you could sell your gts get a gtx than when new cards come out easily sell your single gtx. I think 2 gts's will be harder to sell than one gtx down the road and atm were not sure if theses current cards will really perform all that great in sm4.0 dx10 games.

Kind of a mixed bag advice here lol but Im tired and thats what I think! Also welcome to tpu I havent seen you around much but you have 80+ posts :)
 
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Chewy said:
I would say go with another gts atm you get super AA right? I didnt think 1680x1020 resolution was really that high, I figured 1900x1280 and over would really benefit from sli.

Or you could sell your gts get a gtx than when new cards come out easily sell your single gtx. I think 2 gts's will be harder to sell than one gtx down the road and atm were not sure if theses current cards will really perform all that great in sm4.0 dx10 games.

Kind of a mixed bag advice here lol but Im tired and thats what I think! Also welcome to tpu I havent seen you around much but you have 80+ posts :)
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i don't think that native res really needs aa imo. i run css at 1440x900 (granted, not a very demanding game) at 2 or 4x ap (i forget which) and no aa. it still looks great. also, a gtx will be able to handle enough aa for it to look good.
 
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