9800GX2 Quad-SLI / XFX 780i

[baztop3]

hello all, dose anybody know if you can run 9800GX2 in Quad-SLI on the XFX 780i motherboard or is just the 790i boards?

thanks barry...

 

[baztop3]

plz anybody??

 

[ShadowFold]

It should work on any Sli board but I would just use one until drivers mature.

 

[baztop3]

It should work on any Sli board but I would just use one until drivers mature.

ok thanks for the reply, do you know if you can use 3 of the GX2's in Tri sli?

 

[ShadowFold]

No you cant. I dont even understand having 4 let alone 6 lol

 

[DrPepper]

No I don't think you can use tri sli because it is lacking the second sli bridge You wouldn't notice the performance differance anyway.

 

[DaedalusHelios]

No I don't think you can use tri sli because it is lacking the second sli bridge You wouldn't notice the performance differance anyway.

You would notice a difference in 1920x1200 and greater in Crysis. But everything else would be overkill.

 

[baztop3]

You would notice a difference in 1920x1200 and greater in Crysis. But everything else would be overkill.

yer but it would be fun to have

 

[DaedalusHelios]

Too bad drivers don't support it and it doesn't have the second tab hardware wise.

I am about to get my second 9800GX2 for my 780i gaming rig.

 

[DrPepper]

You would notice a difference in 1920x1200 and greater in Crysis. But everything else would be overkill.

2 is overkill but I doubt crysis could use 4 gpu's effectively without a patch

 

[DaedalusHelios]

It does pretty well At 1920x1200 at very high and above.

AA doesn't work though.

 

[DrPepper]

would that not kill it anyway with aa

 

[DaedalusHelios]

would that not kill it anyway with aa

Nope. Two 9800 GX2's get 43 frames with a 3Ghz Quad Intel at 1920x1200 at "very high" and 4GBs of ram in 64bit Crysis.
It will probably be able to do better with the next driver update.

Thats $1,200 USD of graphics cards though.

 

[DrPepper]

My mum and dad probably spend that on cigarettes soo if they quit for a week I can have to 9800's

 

[DaedalusHelios]

My mum and dad probably spend that on cigarettes soo if they quit for a week I can have to 9800's

In NC cigarettes aren't that expensive. Probably because the majority of them are made not to far from my house.

 

[DrPepper]

I live in the land of kilts and haggis though where the government tax it to hell

 

[DaedalusHelios]

The average pack of cigarettes here is $3.30USD. Thats with tax here.


What about over there?

 

[Network_guy]

$12 in canada

 

[DaedalusHelios]

You can get a off-brand carton for that over here. I don't smoke but some of my friends do.

 

[philbrown23]

here packs are $6.00 usd in vermont