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I just bought a single EVGA 9800 GX2 for my gaming rig!

But once the drivers mature, I am getting a second one for Quad SLI. When the Q9450 is out I will get that aswell.

The reason for this thread is that I only have a 750watt PSU. Will that be enough power for Quad SLI 9800 GX2?

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I dont even think nvidia will make drivers for quad sli will they? If they do then they will be about as scalable as the dual card ones lol I would say a 1kw would be enough, a high quality one like a PC Power and cooling or SilverStone is highly reccomended tho..
 
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I checked the EVGA official site for you but it seems that the highest range 9xxx series they have the specs for there is the 9600....

For SLI'ing the 9600 they state the minimum PSU specs as being Minimum 450 Watt with a minimum of 28 Amps on the +12V rail.
So you'd certainly have to look for something better than that I guess.

Btw, I really like your rig, especially the improvements you are planning! :rockout:
 
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I dont even think nvidia will make drivers for quad sli will they? If they do then they will be about as scalable as the dual card ones lol I would say a 1kw would be enough, a high quality one like a PC Power and cooling or SilverStone is highly reccomended tho..

If you read the latest reviews of the 9800 GX2 it scales really well actually. Its alot better than the 1950 X2 was and 7950GX2. But AA in Crysis at 2560x1600 is stil buggy so it must be disabled. I don't have a display that handles that resolution.

It is tearing apart the 3870 X2, but the price is pretty up there.

They are going to release mature drivers for Quad SLI.

At the 3870 X2 launch you couldn't even use two cards.

Its going to happen but I don't want to wait a month. I hope its sooner is what I am saying.
 

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I have to imagine quad SLI is going to be way too much for your CPU (like the tri SLI is now)

I would NEVER consider a CM PS for those cards either, shadowfolds post lists a couple of much better PSs.
 
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I have to imagine quad SLI is going to be way too much for your CPU (like the tri SLI is now)

I would NEVER consider a CM PS for those cards either, shadowfolds post lists a couple of much better PSs.


To much for an OC'ed Q9450? It should reach 4Ghz on air I have heard.

Skulltrail is out of my budget. :(
 

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Well yea but Nvidia's SLi has never scaled well. I doubt 4 of them will scale well if 2 can barely get 30%.
 

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To much for an OC'ed Q9450? It should reach 4Ghz on air I have heard.

Skulltrail is out of my budget. :(
I had friends using Skulltrail and they didnt like it. I am certainly no GPU expert just if the Tri SLI is no picnic than seems like quad will suck more.

It still would be INSANE to see...(and worse case if quad dosent work you should be able to sell the second card)

My big dream (lol, smaller than yours) was to use 4 3850s on the MSI mobo(till I found out the mobo was not so good) in one of my SFF cases.
 
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In your system specs it says you have a 22 foot samsung display.... how much did that cost? Probably more than my whole computer. :laugh:

$216 tax included. black friday is awesome :D
 
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$216 tax included. black friday is awesome :D haha more than your computer? funny.


You meant 22 inch not foot though...... :eek: 22 foot isn't made by samsung. LOL

You would need a projector. :laugh:
 
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If you wanted two of those cards, I'd suggest a PSU with a single 12V rail, like the Corsair TX750W. Cheapest at Buy.com right now. Hopefully 60A would be sufficient. If not, go higher like the Silverstone Decathlon series which I think has the single 12V.
 

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You meant 22 inch not foot though...... :eek: 22 foot isn't made by samsung. LOL

You would need a projector. :laugh:

oh hahaha didnt notice the error. man 22 foot... imagine playing cod4 on that. or yet.. imagine the graphics power that you would need to even play crysis :eek:
 
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Starting Crysis while trying to display on a 22' screen with two 3870X2s would cause the computer to simply vanish without even a sound. It would just be gone.
 
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Because somebody would steal it. lol

I guess I could shoot for a 1kw somewhere in the Buy/sell/trade forums here.
 

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One of these should do.



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Unless you are just going for benchmarks, 2 GX2's are not needed for the resolution you use.
 
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Crysis 1920x1440 at very high settings. With the OC'ed Q9450 when it comes out and mature drivers for Quad SLI...... it would equal high frames and thats my target.

3dmark06 doesn't show it off like Crysis does and that gameplay is what I have been waiting for. lol

I will also upgrade the cooling on each 9800 GX2 when a cooler comes out for a good OC.

I probably wouldn't need to upgrade for a while after that. :laugh:
 

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Ahh, your monitor does the higher resolutions! In that case get something quality that's over 1000 watts.
 
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