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    #1

    To SLI or not to SLI...

    Building my boys budget game system
    So far____ about a $100 worth...
    Motherboard:
    CPU Type DualCore AMD Opteron 165 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 939
    Motherboard Name Abit AN8 / Fatal1ty AN8 Series
    Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4, AMD Hammer
    System Memory 2048 MB (DDR SDRAM)
    BIOS Type Award (04/16/07)

    More Ram be nice I guess but with this system will it run two say 128 SLI video or is one enough at 512? And what advantage the SLI on this older system? (My God, 2006 older?)
    I get sleepy reading about frame rates rasts etc


    939 DualCore AMD Opteron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
    Abit AN8 / Fatal1ty AN8 SLI Series
    3072 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
    ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series (1024 MB
    Lian LI Aluminium mesh case
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    #2
    Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

    First of all, watch that NF4, they run HOT and like to die in a slow and painful way (crashes, crashes and more crashes). Point a fan at the chipset.

    Depends what video cards you're thinking of. But i'd say that either a 8800GT 512MB or HD3870 512MB should complement that system nicely. A lot of people still swear by the 8800GT, while i've been using the 3870 for the past 2 years and i'm satisfied with it.
    Originally posted by PeteS in CA
    Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
    A working TV? How boring!

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      #3
      Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

      Thank you for the tip Speed Fan as we speak....

      Its got a fan on it...fleeing its little legs off at 5000 rpm..


      Last edited by kiddznet; 10-23-2010, 02:44 PM.


      939 DualCore AMD Opteron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
      Abit AN8 / Fatal1ty AN8 SLI Series
      3072 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
      ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series (1024 MB
      Lian LI Aluminium mesh case

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        #4
        Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

        Must be one noisy little mofo at 5k rpm.
        Originally posted by PeteS in CA
        Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
        A working TV? How boring!

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          #5
          Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

          you want to regularly check that or replace it with a big passive sink, most mobo fans are sleeve bearing chip murderers that fail without being noticed.
          they rarely have a tacho output either!

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            #6
            Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

            You have to be deaf not to notice that a 5000 rpm whizzer just went quiet.
            Originally posted by PeteS in CA
            Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
            A working TV? How boring!

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              #7
              Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

              I could never get two mid-range cards to run better than a single high-end card.
              Ludicrous gibs!

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                #8
                Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

                I hear you but, so far it is deadly quiet......
                Hmmmm.... have this will it do for now? Geforce GT220 512MB PCI-e Video Card


                939 DualCore AMD Opteron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
                Abit AN8 / Fatal1ty AN8 SLI Series
                3072 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
                ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series (1024 MB
                Lian LI Aluminium mesh case

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                  #9
                  Re: To SLI or not to SLI...

                  Looks like a 9600GT, the name swap nVidia did with the 9 series tends to be confusing. At any rate it's not the best, but not bad. Should handle anything at medium-high.
                  Originally posted by PeteS in CA
                  Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
                  A working TV? How boring!

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