SLI 8700M GT vs Single 8800 GTS/X?

Forgive me if you are bored of reading questions about the 8700...

But i was just wondering, on the scale of SLI 8700's vs a single 8800 (in a desktop system i guess) where are the 8700's? Close? Just as good? A lot worse?

Assuming that SLI is working optimally btw with the game. I'm just curious because i remember a while back reading how people would be able to get performance as good as the high-end card by putting the lower-end cards in SLI. Granted the higher end cards in SLI would burry it, but vs it as a single card performance would be competative. I am just wondering how this works out in practise.

 

A 8700M GT SLI will outperform a 8800GTS a bit, as long as you don't crank the resolution (128bit 8700 vs 320bit 8800GTS) over 1680x1050/AA/AF

 

I don't know where you got that info but I'm assuming that you have neither an 8800GTS or an 8700GT.

I have both. And here's how it stacks, a SINGLE 8800GTS is much more than 2x faster in any res than a single 8700mGT, so there's absolutely no way that dual would ever be faster in any way.

I know 3Dmark is a bad benchmark, but comparing same generation video cards works well on it, and a single 8800GTS 320mb scores 9800 non OC, and 11K+ OCed, Dual 8700mGT's score 8400 non OCed.

That's how they stack, yes a single 8800 of ANY kind is much better than dual 8700mGT's in SLI.

 

A single 8800GTS is faster than SLI 8600GTS (desktop). They're the same or faster than 8700M GT.

 

What he said.

 

8700gt = david (so you have 2 davids)

8800gts = goliath


only this time, goliath is wearing safety goggles

 

And strikes first.

 

Not sounding so good then. Ah well, i will reserve judgment until my system arrives. I've just been trying to scrounge up as much info as possible, its kinda difficult to know whats what.

 

its a midrange card...too much is being expected out of it

 

sli 8700m gt doesn't get near desktop 8800gts. thats pretty much it. the 8800's are like 1/4 the size of a laptop anyways with massive cooling and a 320bit bus width, as opposed to the tiny 8700m with 128. Even Go 79xxGTX in Sli will not compete against 8800gts. And if you want to go by 3dmark06 (which really doesn't tell how good the graphic card is) then still 8800 will surpass 8700 in sli...and 79xx in sli.

 

don't be discouraged with my previous comment though...8700mgt in sli is a good combination and will play most any game with ease, but you realy can't compare notebook Gpus with desktops....its like comparing a Dodge Neon SRT to a Dodge Viper SRT...both are good....but they're incomparable.

 

Yeah, SLI 8700M-GT's come close to an 8800GTS, but still fall behind by around 15% on average. They're around the power of a desktop 7900GTX or X1900XTX.

 

Tell that to Nvidia lol

No but I think I have allowed myself to be mislead by DELL and NVIDIA marketing. I mean it came down to a choice between the M1730 (DELL) or the M9750 (Alienware) and I convinced myself that the DELL system would be better for upcoming games like Crysis. Especially with NVIDIA marketing the 8700 GT as a "enthusiast" card and also DELL with their whole "The Beast" thing..... shame on me.

Maybe i should reconsider my order. I currently have a Athlon X2 3800+ with an X1900XTX... Maybe the XPS isnt going to be enough of an upgrade for me to justify all that money. I know its not just about the performance, im getting a laptop and moving from a desktop, but its going to kind of suck if the best i can hope for out of a new system is gaming performance just as good as my 1yr 6 month old desktop.

 

I just want a friggin high end Nvidia card (or ati... ugh) that will man handle crysis at 1280*800 (or higher) et highest settings and physics and effects at lowest 30fps...

People tell me go for the XPS or M9750 with dual 8700gt... Nope... im still waiting, not for me unless it lasts 3+ years

 

Don't we all

 

Yes, but theres like NO NEWS AT ALL about an upcoming gpu more to the desktop category 9800gtx/s which is going to tear up the barrier between virtuality and reality... Or maybe lets hope they are working on a 8800gts 320bit 640mb laptop version (OMG )

 

320-bit laptop cards? /drool.

Alternatively: ugh, the back pains...

 

Come close to an 8800GTS, wouldn´t think so. At least a 8800GTS can run in games with maxed DX10 effects which a 8700GT can´t.

There´s a huge difference, the 8700GT is a weak card and this mainly because of it´s crippled 128 bit bus. Just see how bad the 8700GT scales the higher in resolution you go and the more AA and AF you put on.

Why Dell calls it´s XPS a high end goes beyond me, it isn´t highend with with it´s dual 8700GT in SLI.