To SLI or not to SLI...

[poindextermatic]

I have seen some SLI bundles for between £200 - £300, this is a SLI board and 2 GFX cards (eg 9800's).
I can't afford the world so I was wondering f I would be better off getting:
a) SLI board and 2 cards
b) or, a board that is PCI-E ready and just 1 GFX card for the same price?

In other words how best do I spend 200-300 quid on boosting my graphics with my current set up?

Any advice please, I really know nadda about Sli.

Cheers.

[Mullet]

PCI-E and a single card in my book with a view to adding a second at a l8r date.

[TooNice]

I don't understand. SLI and 2x 9800? How does that work. Even if you meant Crossfire, I didn't know they made 9800 in Crossfire flavor.

But I think it is best to go PCI-E and 1 GFX card in any case. SLI just doesn't work for the budget minded. By the time you can afford a second card, it makes more sense to sell the first card and get the next gen card.

[ed^chigliak]

SLI only if you buy two high end cards now or a second card very shortly after. Next gen single cards outperform 2 last gen cards in SLI. Sell old card & buy new card... simple.

[poindextermatic]

I meant this

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=319937

Sounds good to me, certainly a lot better than what I have!

Or, I could do this instead:

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=308957

and a

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=317392

What would be better?

Yeah I see your point chig but surely the above ^^ are pretty close performance wise...? SLi setup not better?

[TooNice]

The [cheaper] 7600GT. With the spare change you can even get a better mobo, or just keep the money

http://www.beyond3d.com/previews/nvidia/g73/

[eUphoria]

I bought a s754 mobo with pci-e for a 7800gt at first - then about 4 months later bought an asus A8N SLI mobo. Just in case

[ifyouknowme]

im quite impressed with the proformace of my sli 6800gts and would recomend sli to anyone who wants overkill 200fps is total overkill in games but nice to say u have it though

i found my sli was better than my freinds single 7800gt but the cost of sli is greater but his rig has a better cpu and ram.

in the end u could just get an sli mobo and a single better gfx and upgrade when thegfx's come down in price to sli