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    2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.p...71#post1210571

    looking at getting a new mesh pc, but i got 1 query the original link posted above, but its basically asking 2x8600gt 256mb sli config or 1x8800gts 320mb config????? which one would be best for gaming?? posted it here cus i'm wondering what you gamers think??
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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    8800gts. SLi drivers are not great (especially in vista) and the 8800gts should outperform the 2x8600gt anyway.
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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    See your mesh thread

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    nice 1 peeps, thats me mind made up

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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    8600GT SLi isn't even worth considering

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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    One card should be cooler/quiter/cheaper?/faster/alot less hassle! So yeah the gts!
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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    8800, no contest! Cooler than 2, possible cheaper than 2, and better at everything else!

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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    why is this in gaming?
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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    Originally posted by GTech

    posted it here cus i'm wondering what you gamers think??


    anyways seems that the single 8800 is the way to go.

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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    one higher end card > SLi 99% of the time, and if in doubt check the toms hardware VGA roundups
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    Re: 2x8600gt or 1x8800gts?? which setup's best

    agree with all of the above - always get a higher end card than two lower end cards in SLI - all reviews and results shows SLI cards are not that of a performance gained - sorta of a like RAID 0 actually...

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