SLI for 1920x1200 Gaming?

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Arwoi

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Currently planning a new PC build from scratch to replace a rather dated PC.

If I plan to be running games (FPS/RPGs/MMORPGs mainly) at 1920x1200 with good quality settings at a playable framerate will a single 8800GT, GTX or Ultra card suffice or should I be looking at a SLI setup?

Any advice greatly appreciated :)
 
Well, my 8800GTS 640Mb is fine for all games at 1920x1200, except for one (can you guess what it is?). I'd just get the GT as newer tech is on the way soon anyway.
 
Mt 8800GT runs all my games at 1920x1200 res with in-games maxed, 16xAF and some AA just fine. The only exception to this has been Crysis. I wouldn't worry about needing SLI.
 
Another vote for a single GT, or wait a month for the 9800 and then grab a GTX.
 
ive owned an 8800gtx, 2 x 8800gt (in SLI), 8800gts (g92) and now the 3870 x2. So far the new ATI card has been the best performer gaming on my 47 inch 1080p LCD display.
 
a single 3850 512 is capable of 1920x1080 in cod4 with everything on but aa in xp.
 
No need for ScamLI, it is just a marketing scam to get ya to spend more money. I have a 30" Display and just a single 8800GTX I play every game 2560x1600rez 2xAA/16xAF and everything smooth butter. I play WoW, Team Fortress 2, QuakeWars, COD4.

So for 1920x1200rez that low rez almost any VideoCard should be able to handle, but if you want the standard 6xAA/16xAF like low rez needs I say try and find a eVga SuperClocked 8800GTX, or at least a 8800GTS-512mb. Or depending which games you play go for the brand new 3870x2 that baby is faster than an 8800Ultra if games are CrossFire'd
 
phas3d said:
ive owned an 8800gtx, 2 x 8800gt (in SLI), 8800gts (g92) and now the 3870 x2. So far the new ATI card has been the best performer gaming on my 47 inch 1080p LCD display.
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How is that 3870x2 ?? Is the IQ ImageQuality any better than the 8800 series or the same ?? So the new ATI is faster than your 8800GT SLI, or 8800GTX ?? How do the games play it, do you need to set some type of profile for each game before it sees the 3870x2 ??
 
Zorachus said:
No need for ScamLI, it is just a marketing scam to get ya to spend more money. I have a 30" Display and just a single 8800GTX I play every game 2560x1600rez 2xAA/16xAF and everything smooth butter. I play WoW, Team Fortress 2, QuakeWars, COD4.

So for 1920x1200rez that low rez almost any VideoCard should be able to handle, but if you want the standard 6xAA/16xAF like low rez needs I say try and find a eVga SuperClocked 8800GTX, or at least a 8800GTS-512mb. Or depending which games you play go for the brand new 3870x2 that baby is faster than an 8800Ultra if games are CrossFire'd
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lol at 1920x1200 being low rez!

But what you say is true, I game with an 8800 GTX on 1920x1200 and pretty much can max everything out with great gameplay for all games except one.
 
My GTX SLI setup lets me game using 16Q AA/16 AF for most titles @ 1920x1200.
Is it needed? No but I still enjoy it. :p
 
Zorachus said:
No need for ScamLI, it is just a marketing scam to get ya to spend more money.
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You really are ignorant if you think thats true. SLI has plenty of benefits for higher resolutions, its not a scam at all, it does exactly what its intended to do.

You are definitely not playing COD4 at that resolution with a GTX and any AA either, theres even a video from CES even showing COD4 at that res with AA, and its borderline playable, with a "new upcoming nVidia product". All your other games you mentioned are dated engines with a few add-ons.

Kowan said:
My GTX SLI setup lets me game using 16Q AA/16 AF for most titles @ 1920x1200.
Is it needed? No but I still enjoy it. :p
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Exactly, SLI has its place, and for alot of people SLI is very worth it. What baffles me is that Zorachus doesnt use it at his resolution and looks down upon it.
 
Arwoi said:
Currently planning a new PC build from scratch to replace a rather dated PC.

If I plan to be running games (FPS/RPGs/MMORPGs mainly) at 1920x1200 with good quality settings at a playable framerate will a single 8800GT, GTX or Ultra card suffice or should I be looking at a SLI setup?

Any advice greatly appreciated :)
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We are right on the cusp of faster 'newer' tech from Nvidia,you really should wait.

I would normally never advise anyone in this way,but its very very close.

I have been gaming for near a year with a GTS 640,and now a GTS 512 and other then Crysis,I have had no performance issues at that res (my native res) and the one I run all
my PC games at.

GL ! :)
 
nissanztt90 said:
You really are ignorant if you think thats true. SLI has plenty of benefits for higher resolutions, its not a scam at all, it does exactly what its intended to do.

You are definitely not playing COD4 at that resolution with a GTX and any AA either, theres even a video from CES even showing COD4 at that res with AA, and its borderline playable, with a "new upcoming nVidia product". All your other games you mentioned are dated engines with a few add-ons.
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I have COD4 installed on my main gaming rig, which is signature system, and I have it setting to 2560x1600 2xAA/16xAF and have played the game at those settings and it is a bit choppy but still playable no problem. Other games like Team Fortress2 and QuakeWars at those settings is smooth butter
 
you dont need SLI for 1920x1200, 8800GT's, Gts and gtx will do it fine. I play all of my games at 1920x1200 CSAA 8x AF16x Tranpant SS.
 
I just built a SLI setup and I'm LOVING IT! Long story short you'll never get any improvement from SLI at 1280x1024, but at 1920x1200 (what I'm running) your going to see benefits, especially as more games come out that are more demanding. Crysis would be one of those, and as for TF2, I don't know why people keep touting it as a "graphically intensive game".
 
vengence said:
I just built a SLI setup and I'm LOVING IT! Long story short you'll never get any improvement from SLI at 1280x1024, but at 1920x1200 (what I'm running) your going to see benefits, especially as more games come out that are more demanding. Crysis would be one of those, and as for TF2, I don't know why people keep touting it as a "graphically intensive game".
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I can play all games right now smooth butter with 1-8800GTX 2560x1600rez, and byt the time all these new game engines come out with better graphics, a new next generation VideoCard will be out that is almost faster than 2 in older cards SLI
 
nissanztt90 said:
You are definitely not playing COD4 at that resolution with a GTX and any AA either, theres even a video from CES even showing COD4 at that res with AA, and its borderline playable, with a "new upcoming nVidia product".
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I think you're thinking of ATI showing it on their X2 (which is now released). NVIDIA didn't show anything at CES.
 
Zorachus said:
I have COD4 installed on my main gaming rig, which is signature system, and I have it setting to 2560x1600 2xAA/16xAF and have played the game at those settings and it is a bit choppy but still playable no problem. Other games like Team Fortress2 and QuakeWars at those settings is smooth butter
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Zorachus said:
I can play all games right now smooth butter with 1-8800GTX 2560x1600rez, and byt the time all these new game engines come out with better graphics, a new next generation VideoCard will be out that is almost faster than 2 in older cards SLI
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so let me get this straight, because you do things your way, anyone else who does things another way is wrong. i'll bet you're either really young or really lonely.
 
How is that 3870x2 ?? Is the IQ ImageQuality any better than the 8800 series or the same ?? So the new ATI is faster than your 8800GT SLI, or 8800GTX ?? How do the games play it, do you need to set some type of profile for each game before it sees the 3870x2 ??
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I picked up the Diamond 3870 x2 from Fry's exchanging my XFX 8800GTS (g92) because frankly, the 3870 x2 at Fry's was only a little bit more.

The 3870 x2 gets well over 18k in 3d mark 06 whereas my 8800gt cards in sli didnt break 18k.

Image quality of the 3870 x2 is great. no difference that I can tell but im running an LCD tv which was temperamental with my 8800gt cards. Not sure why either.

I'm still testing out games with the x2.
 
I have no problems running all settings maxed, 16X AF and doing 2X-4X AA on any game but Crysis. For some people, 2X-4X AA isn't enough. To me, I want AA, but I'm happy with 2X-4X.

Basically if you want higher than 2X-4X AA at that resolution then you should go SLI.
 
MrMike said:
Basically if you want higher than 2X-4X AA at that resolution then you should go SLI.
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I have never wanted more than 4xAA what is the point at 2560x1600rez, I can maybe see at lower rez like 1920x1200 needing 6xAA to make it look smooth, or 1600x1200 for sure needs 8xAA
 
at 2560x1600 I am surprized that you can run with acceptable frames per second on a single GTX with AA enabled at all.. but I think it depends on the game a lot and I think acceptable FPS is very subjective... I don't like my FPS dipping below 30 at all, ever.. it bugs me when they dip.. Plus I like the AF 16x and AA at 4x min (37" screen at 1920x1080) so SLi helps there for sure.. when I run with a single GTX I can surely notice the performance diff in certain games.. oblivion runs way smoother in SLI mode.. crysis is another one of them. These days I mostly play lotro I can for sure notice the diff with that one also.. with the great price on 8800GTs now, and if you are going to be running at 1920x1200 I think SLI worth it.. but then again I have been an SLI officianado for years now.. so perhaps my opinion is too biased. oh well. You can always try with one 8800GT and then get another if you're having gaming performance issues.
 
I have a 30" Display, and my system is in signature, and run these game settings, all native rez

- WoW; full options 4x Multisample plays smooth as butter, and looks stunning 2560x1600rez with 4xAA so sharp

- Team Fortress 2; full options 2xAA/16xAF plays around 55-70fps

- QuakeWars; full options 2xAA/16xAF and is choppy but playable

- COD4; full options, 2xAA plays choppy in some areas, smooth in others


Those are the main games I play with my 1-8800GTX
 
Specs in sig connected to a XHD3000. I can run CoD4 on high settings at 2560x1600 without a problem. At that resolution, you don't need AA. Some slow downs here and there, mainly during big fights but nothing below 30-35FPS. I hover around 60 usually.

TF2 I have to run at 1920x1200(i think?). For some reason it slows down a lot at 2560x1600 and I even have to turn down some of the settings. Not really optimized for SLi.
 
that makes sense.. WoW and TF2 (and HL2 ep1 and 2) run very well on one card for me also.. CoD4 also did for the most part, but with SLI it was buttery smooth all the time.. I have yet to try QW.. so it does dep on what you play for sure.. Crysis for sure is the biggest pig atm.. Oblivion with qarl's pack 3 and other mods still challenges my system in some areas.. I have AA + HDR on and it looks soooo nice though. wow. I can play lotro on ultra high with 16x AF but no AA and the fps would dip down to 30 more than I like.. enabling SLI I can then run with it AA @ 4x and hardly any dips in frames below 45 fps.. it usually sits at 60 though. anyways.. it's a fun toy, but not useful for everyone.
 
The new MMORPG WarHammer Online due out this Summer, will shock a lot of hardcore WoWies when they see how tough that game is on systems. I have played the WhO beta and it looks cool, much more detail than WoW, but man that brings a high end system to it's knees if played maxed out high rez, good luck running that baby anywhere close to WoW settings forget about it, you will need 2-9800GTX in SLI to play 2560x1600 and full options
 
yeah, that and Age of Conan will be some real resource hogs. :)
 
I would go with 2 Palit 8800GT Super 1GB cards and be happy:) You can find them for around $265 online. I am soo happy with the performance I got out of mine I am getting a second one next week! I can play Crysis on high and 8x AA with decent fps.


Palit 8800GT Super 1GB 740/970
E6600 @ 3.6 1.47v
Asus P5N-e SLI @ 400
GSkill 2x1Gb DDR800
WD 74GB Raptor
Audigy ZS
Antec 900 v.2
LG L226WTY-BF
3DMark06 13800
 
Tbolo said:
I would go with 2 Palit 8800GT Super 1GB cards and be happy:) You can find them for around $265 online. I am soo happy with the performance I got out of mine I am getting a second one next week! I can play Crysis on high and 8x AA with decent f


Palit 8800GT Super 1GB 740/970
E6600 @ 3.6 1.47v
Asus P5N-e SLI @ 400
GSkill 2x1Gb DDR800
WD 74GB Raptor
Audigy ZS
Antec 900 v.2
LG L226WTY-BF
3DMark06 13800
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At what resolution???? My son had a single 8800 GT and could play at 1280x1024 on most settings high in XP with excellent playability, no AA and 16xAF.
I can play at 1920x1200 as high as she goes in Vista 64 with triple SLI, but I could not with plain SLI; and thats using 8800 GTXs.
The 1 GB card has shown no benefit in [H] reviews vs a 512 MB 8800 GT.
 
citizen__erased said:
Well, my 8800GTS 640Mb is fine for all games at 1920x1200, except for one (can you guess what it is?). I'd just get the GT as newer tech is on the way soon anyway.
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Agree. I play at 1920x1200 with everything maxed without any problems except for one, everyone can guess what game that is.
 
MrMike said:
That gave me the image of someone playing Crysis on one of those tiny LCDs that go in a couple 5.25" bays.
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I have played doom, heretic, quake, and quake II at that res on my ppc. :)
 
I own the westinghouse 37 so all my games are played at that rez. The 2 main games I play are CS:S and WoW, my gpu is outdated; 6800GT and performance is definitely playable.
 
N3mi5is said:
For some reason I'm a little skeptical about this. What resolution.
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1680x1050 and it is very playable. given there are times where you get a quick lag but for the most part it is runs nicely. wouldn't believe it myself if I haven't seen it first hand. I also run Cuban's Custom Crysis Configs and for some reason it makes the game run better...don't ask me how. And btw, I have seen improvements over the my old 512 GT mainly performance in crysis and about 500 more points on 3Dmark06. My old GT couldn't run Crysis @ 8x AA and be playable but the Palit handles it good. So buy into what you want but I have had in the last 3 weeks an 8800GTS 512MB, 8800GT 512MB and a Palit 8800GT 1GB and the Palit out performed everything at the same clocks, so much so I am buying another.
Oh and another thing, Crysis isn't optimized for SLI and in some cases run worse than a single card setup.
 
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