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Old 07-05-2005, 11:54 AM   #1
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Gigabyte 6800 GT or Gigabyte GV-3dI 6600GT SLI

Ok ive been reading around alot and im torn between these two setups

Gigabyte Geforce 6800GT 256MB on a Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI NVIDIA nForce4 SLI

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Gigabyte GV-3D1 Dual GeForce 6600GT 256MB on a Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI NVIDIA nForce4 SLI

i cant make up my mind!!!
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Old 07-05-2005, 11:59 AM   #2
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When it comes right down to it though, with the experiences we witnessed in gaming with the Gigabyte 3D1 6600 GT SLI versus a GeForce 6800 GT single, we had a more consistent and better experience with the single GeForce 6800 GT. In the times in FarCry when the SFR SLI wasn’t working too well, the GeForce 6800 GT was faster. In Need for Speed Underground 2 and other games where SLI isn’t enabled, a single GeForce 6800 GT is faster.
Depends on what you do, but I'd say 6800GT.

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Im currently playing Joint Operations: Escalation, I want to move to Battlefield 2, but my current card keeps crappin out on me. So the setup will be mainly for the Battlefield graphics engine.
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Old 07-05-2005, 01:50 PM   #4
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Definitely a 6800GT. Only a few games can benefit from SLi for the moment, so a single card is always the best option. The on-card SLI is still a bit buggy as well and you need a SLI motherboard.
Finally, once you have that SLI mobo you can upgrade with another 6800GT quite easily.

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Please stick to your original thread.

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i understand after reading the post, i had to make a decision from either the dual 6600gt or 6800gt with future upgrade. Thanks for the input guys, ive ordered these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128269
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125185
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