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Citgo

Thu Oct 23 2008, 03:01PM

Character Name: Citgo
Class: Druid

Posts: 134

Newegg is starting their end-of-year clearance this week.

They have their EVGA 9800GTX cards listed at $149.99 with free shipping. Definitely a great time to take advantage of buying 2 (or more, lol) of them for SLI'ing it up. I just bought my 2nd 8800GTS about 2 months ago, and I'm somewhat low on funds atm.. otherwise I'd already have an order placed for 2, heh.

Obviously they have more than just the 9800s for cheap; powersupplies, flash drives, external hdds, etc as well.

[ Edited Thu Oct 23 2008, 03:02PM ]

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Intrepidos

Thu Oct 23 2008, 03:12PM

Character Name: Intrep
Class: Hunter

Posts: 103

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130384 thinking about getting one of these :x

question for anyone that may know... if i have a SLI supported mobo, and already have a 6800GS... would getting a 9800gt+ and using SLI work with the old 6800GS? Or would the 6800gs be negated completely?

[ Edited Thu Oct 23 2008, 03:41PM ]

Intrep 70 Troll Hunter
Spiros 70 Orc Hunter
Bynx 70 Blood Elf Paladin
Opdruid 70 Tauren Druid
Intrep 60 Night Elf Hunter
Opdruidz 60 Night Elf Druid

taybul

Thu Oct 23 2008, 04:01PM

Character Name: Taybul
Class: Warlock

Posts: 10

You can probably SLI both of them, but each card will only operate as fast as the slower of the 2 (in other words, your 9800 will only perform as fast as the 6800 if you SLI them).

[ Edited Thu Oct 23 2008, 04:04PM ]

esco

Thu Oct 23 2008, 07:14PM

Chess-Chest-Bunny

Character Name: esco
Class: Warrior

Posts: 279

Intrep, you would be better off just using one 9800 rather than doing SLI with a 6800 and 9800

[ Edited Thu Oct 23 2008, 07:16PM ]

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Intrepidos

Thu Oct 23 2008, 08:15PM

Character Name: Intrep
Class: Hunter

Posts: 103

k thanks for the input guys

Intrep 70 Troll Hunter
Spiros 70 Orc Hunter
Bynx 70 Blood Elf Paladin
Opdruid 70 Tauren Druid
Intrep 60 Night Elf Hunter
Opdruidz 60 Night Elf Druid

Intrepidos

Thu Oct 23 2008, 09:07PM

Character Name: Intrep
Class: Hunter

Posts: 103

citgo where is the one you see on newegg?

closest one i found: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339

[ Edited Thu Oct 23 2008, 09:11PM ]

Intrep 70 Troll Hunter
Spiros 70 Orc Hunter
Bynx 70 Blood Elf Paladin
Opdruid 70 Tauren Druid
Intrep 60 Night Elf Hunter
Opdruidz 60 Night Elf Druid

Tereball

Thu Oct 23 2008, 09:32PM

Character Name: Tereball
Class: Druid

Posts: 104

Huh? you can SLI two different video cards? news to me, I would double check that

Litho

Fri Oct 24 2008, 12:22AM

READY2FUCK

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Character Name: Litho
Class: Warrior

Posts: 140

Tereball wrote ...

Huh? you can SLI two different video cards? news to me, I would double check that

Last time I checked you can't SLI two different cards.

Citgo

Fri Oct 24 2008, 05:22AM

Character Name: Citgo
Class: Druid

Posts: 134

Intrepidos wrote ...

citgo where is the one you see on newegg?

closest one i found: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339

That's the one; apparently it's marked down to $159.99 (w/ free shipping) for everyone .. and you get an extra $10 off if you subscribe to Newegg's Newsletter for the $149.99 cost. Either way, still a good deal.. If anyone is planning on buying one of the cards, I can give you my redemption code for the extra 10 bucks off -- I'm not gonna be using it, heh.

and lol, I like how they have a limit of 99 per customer.

Edit: Also, you CANNOT SLI 2 different cards; they have to be EXACTLY the same. For instance, you couldn't have an EVGA 8800GTX and a BFG 8800GTX running in SLI even though they are the same model. With ATi Crossfiring, you can mix and match brands (so you could do the previous example), but still can't have 2 different cards. The most 'difference' you can have between the cards for SLI is clock speed; if two cards are clocked differently, it will pick the lower clocked card and run those settings for both cards.

[ Edited Fri Oct 24 2008, 05:28AM ]

taybul

Fri Oct 24 2008, 08:20AM

Character Name: Taybul
Class: Warlock

Posts: 10

Tereball wrote ...

Huh? you can SLI two different video cards? news to me, I would double check that

Yeah you're right, it's the clock speeds that can be different, but they really should be the same card.

The one nice thing about evga cards is if you buy one and a better one comes out within 90 days of purchase you can send in your old one, pay the difference and get the new one.

[ Edited Fri Oct 24 2008, 08:25AM ]

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