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    Is it true about the dual 8800GTX and vista?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by wnabe710, Dec 5, 2007.

  1. wnabe710

    wnabe710 Notebook Evangelist

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    i heard the SLi does not work on vista yet
     
    wnabe710, Dec 5, 2007
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    Wu Jen Some old nobody

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    Untrue, there used to be a lot of problems but it does work now. I'm using Vistax64 Ultimate and 2x7950GTX's in SLI, driver 169.09.
     
    Wu Jen, Dec 5, 2007
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  3. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    The new drivers, 160.xx series, fix the SLI problem
     
    n0elia, Dec 5, 2007
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 5, 2007
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  5. wnabe710

    wnabe710 Notebook Evangelist

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    would it be better for me to get vista ultimate 64 or home premium 64?
     
    wnabe710, Dec 5, 2007
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    Apollo13 100% 16:10 Screens

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    In terms of performance, I don't think it would matter. Thus, unless you plan on doing business-scale security, networking, and/or encypting tasks, I'd say go with Home Premium and save the $160.
     
    Apollo13, Dec 5, 2007
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Vista just released a new multi-GPU hotfix today. Also, Nvidia released Forceware 169.13 (beta). Now we wait for Crytek to release their patch.. :/
     
    ScifiMike12, Dec 5, 2007
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    Beatsiz Life Enthusiast

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    WHO!!! crytek patch + 8600gt ALL HIGH... lol lets hope so :D

    Maybe Crysis patch + 8800m gtx + All Very High... gaaah drewling...
     
    Beatsiz, Dec 5, 2007
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  9. Charles P. Jefferies

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    XP > Vista. ;) That's besides the point though.

    It wouldn't matter as posted. Ultimate is little more than Premium with the Business functionality plus some other little features. Ultimate is a bad value in comparison to the Home Premium and Business offerings.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 5, 2007
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  10. Voodoofreak

    Voodoofreak Notebook Deity

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    XP is definitely better in terms of performance, but seeing that 8800GTX is a DirectX 10 card...I would be a little hesitant to give up the eye candy...lol.
     
    Voodoofreak, Dec 5, 2007
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