So many 6600GTs...

[mike_w]

With the latest SLI drivers, you can mix and match cards now, so long as they are of the same family.

Hmm, how interesting... didn't realise that - I suppose SLI has just become more viable for some people!

[Ramedge]

Hmm, how interesting... didn't realise that - I suppose SLI has just become more viable for some people!

yep and hopfully is about to become even more powerful with dual 16x pci-e slots - I cant wait, i want one !!

[mike_w]

yep and hopfully is about to become even more powerful with dual 16x pci-e slots - I cant wait, i want one !!

Would there actually be a performance benefit from having 2 16x slots rather than 2 8x slots... I wasn't aware of the 8x slot being saturated (or whatever the right word is) yet.

[NightshadowUK]

Now that does sound interesting!

For now however, I've decided on the Gigabyte GAK8N NF4 Ultra board with a Abit 256MB X800XL.

[Mullet]

i run 2 6600gts in an Sli machine.....good framerates in BF2 with all the eye candy switched on.

[[DW]Cougho]

Would there actually be a performance benefit from having 2 16x slots rather than 2 8x slots... I wasn't aware of the 8x slot being saturated (or whatever the right word is) yet.

true they dont come near.

To me it seems a bit of a pointless gesture, sure in the future a graphics card on an 8x slot will be bottlenecked but by then its likely your whole mobo will be horribly out of date and u'll likely have changed it.

[killkoy]

i am thinking of getting the leadtek 1 after reading this review
http://www2.hardwarezone.com/article...?cid=3&id=1658

[zulander]

Quick copy and paste from overclockers.co.uk look at the cpu core and memory clock speeds - interesting, no?

XFX

500MHz 3D GPU Core Clock Speed
- 950MHz DDR3 Memory Clock Speed
- GeForce 6800 features at midrange prices!
- SLI Multi-GPU Support
- 2 Years Manufacturer Warranty - Call XFX UK on 08700 553366 or 09068354400 for technical support and RMA services.

Leadtek

- 325MHz Core Engine Clock speed
- 128MB 700MHz high speed DDR memory with 256-bit interface
- Superscalar 12-Pipe GPU Architecture
- High-Speed DDR Memory Interface
- Dual 400MHz RAMDACs