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05-06-2007, 09:42 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posts: 636
| Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 Currently I can spend around HK$10000 which is a bit less than US$1300 and I might geting 8800 ultra sli or maybe gtx depends on availibilty of ultra and so on. If I get sli i have to buy new psu new motherboard that is compatible with sli and also the 2 cards connector which i might not have enough money and probably wil get soon. Please post the prices of each item the lowest prices. Also if I was to get quad core qx6800 will it be better? This means i am upgrading only my cpu and not anything else. Hope you guys can give me good decision. |
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05-06-2007, 09:46 AM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bolingbrook, IL - USA Posts: 3,604
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 You will NOT be able to get 8800 Ultra SLI for less than $1300 US... You would be looking at $1700 US or so after shipping. Aslo, the Ultra is an overclocked GTX, hardly worth the $300 mark-up PER CARD... What are the specs of your current PC? |
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05-06-2007, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,153
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 OK first.....the 8800 Ultra is a complete waste of money. For $300 more, than the GTX, it doesn't beat the GTX significantly. SLI is not worth it, unless you play at extremely high resolutions. I suggest just getting one GTX, and overclocking it. Also What processor do you currently have? |
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05-06-2007, 10:05 AM
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Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,480
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 |
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05-06-2007, 01:37 PM
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Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 4,158
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 what are your current PC specs? The Ultra can be made out of a regular GTX with a voltmod and a waterblock on there while being about 200 bucks cheaper still.
__________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore
Antec 900 Case
EVGA 750i FTW Mobo
4x1GB of G.skill DDR2-800
2 8800GT in SLI
22" Samsung Syncmaster
1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0
Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900 |
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05-07-2007, 06:53 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posts: 636
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 So um yeah, right now i have a ASUS P5LD2-VM motherboard that has PCI-E slot and Pentium D 930 3.0Ghz overclocked to 3.5Ghz should i consider selling my old AGP 6800 ultra? i have it and it is not compatible with my new motherboard and i dont want to buy new 1 unless i really go for SLI but anyways how much would be a second hand 6800 now? |
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05-07-2007, 06:58 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,153
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 I would sell the 6800. It's outdated. Also I would go for maroon1's suggestion. But for around $1300, I would suggest:
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Gigabyte 965P-DS3 or P5B-Deluxe
2gb G. Skill HZs
8800GTX
Corsair 520w or 620w
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05-07-2007, 08:34 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posts: 636
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 oh yeah btw if i would sell it where would i sell it? ebay? i dont have paypal or anything and no credit card. so if i wanted cash to sell it where would it be the best to sell? i like your idea but should i keep my motherboard if i wanted only 1 8800 gtx and would 500 watt psu be enough for 8800 gtx 1 dvd burner 2 sata HD? and also is quad core worth it? i heard that it has boost in some applications but if it was for games then would it boost that much?
Edit: also if i wanted 8800 gtx does it matter which 1 i buy? there are few companies such as asus, galaxy, bfx, xfx, gigabyte, inno3d and all those stuff. I see a price difference with different companies and why is this? also is it better if i get a 8800 gtx aquatank? its around HK$5850 which is around $750.
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05-07-2007, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,153
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 Quad core is not yet worth it for games, because we haven't taken full advantage of dual core gaming yet. A 500w PSU will be enough, if it has enough amps. What is your PSU? |
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05-08-2007, 07:48 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posts: 636
| Re: Geforce 8800 Ultra SLI or quad core qx6800 my psu is 2themax 500D. 2the Max -- Power Supply -- Maxtron --D Series
So will it be enough for 2 7200RPM SATA drives and a DVD-RW drive a pentium d 930 for my psu? i wouldnt want to waste money on buying another psu. |
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