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    8700gt sli v 8800gt sli

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gintor, Sep 23, 2008.

  1. gintor

    gintor Notebook Evangelist

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    As the title reads.

    Can some one advise me on the difference in performance between the two

    I got th e8700 as i could not quite stretch to the 8800's and was wondering if i am missing a mind boggeling amount of difference. Also i have just upgraded from a vostro with 1x 8600 GT, so how does my new graphics comapre agianst 8800 sli and single 8600

    cheers Gintor
     
    gintor, Sep 23, 2008
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  2. Citizen86

    Citizen86 Notebook User Guy

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    Do you mean 8800mGTX SLI?

    If you do... there is no contest, even ONE 8800m GTX will beat 8700m GT's in SLI. That's why they cost an extravagant amount....
     
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  3. gintor

    gintor Notebook Evangelist

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    i did.

    so the difference is loads more then ?
     
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    Citizen86 Notebook User Guy

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    Yes, LOADS more... depends on if you want to sell part of your soul for it though ;)

    Take a look at this page for more info, but IMHO, there are better laptops than that dell, unless you are getting the 8800m cards.
     
    Citizen86, Sep 23, 2008
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    You have to remember not every game supports SLI and if you have one of the cards and you add another of the same identical card you don't get a linear boost. Most games support SLI now but you at most get 50% boost. Now if that HYDRA engine by lucid ever worked...
     
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