Building a new PC, part 3
Apr. 6th, 2008 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philmophlegmNew graphics card(s)
But there are now two new high-end graphics cards from NVidia - the GeForce 9800GX2 and the GeForce 9800GTX (see - you have to pay attention here to tell the product codes apart).
The GTX is a card with a single GPU (graphics processing unit), while the GX2 has two of them - it is essentially two graphics cards stuck together.
Unfortunately, performance from these cards still isn't quite what I was after. However...
With the right motherboard, you can use three 9800GTXs in the same PC OR two two 9800GX2s (which would be four GPUs). These are 'Triple SLI' and 'Quad SLI' respectively. Pretty much every hardcore PC enthusiast website has benchmarked these setups, and Quad SLI is the way to go. Unlike NVidia's previous attempt at four-GPUs-in-one-PC, the extra GPUs do seem to translate to extra FPS: 42fps in Crysis at high detail settings at 1920x1200.
So that's what I've bought - two GeForce 9800GX2s.
But there are now two new high-end graphics cards from NVidia - the GeForce 9800GX2 and the GeForce 9800GTX (see - you have to pay attention here to tell the product codes apart).
The GTX is a card with a single GPU (graphics processing unit), while the GX2 has two of them - it is essentially two graphics cards stuck together.
Unfortunately, performance from these cards still isn't quite what I was after. However...
With the right motherboard, you can use three 9800GTXs in the same PC OR two two 9800GX2s (which would be four GPUs). These are 'Triple SLI' and 'Quad SLI' respectively. Pretty much every hardcore PC enthusiast website has benchmarked these setups, and Quad SLI is the way to go. Unlike NVidia's previous attempt at four-GPUs-in-one-PC, the extra GPUs do seem to translate to extra FPS: 42fps in Crysis at high detail settings at 1920x1200.
So that's what I've bought - two GeForce 9800GX2s.
