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Will WAR support SLI at launch?
Riot55
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Hey all. I'm building a computer in January, and I can't decide between getting an SLI mobo and having 2x 8800GT or getting a P35 mobo and 1 8800 Ultra. I know SLI would probably perform better, but P35 mobo and 1 video card would probably give less headaches, and not all games support SLI. Those that do though will notice it's better. So has there been anything said about WAR supporting SLI?
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It will for sure.
list of games: www.slizone.com/object/slizone2_game.html
WAR is not on that list right now.
Have devs talked about it and confirmed it, or is it just pretty much assumed that most new games will take advantage of it?
And do any of you have opinions on if I should go SLI 8800GT or single 8800 Ultra? Any of you have 680i mobos and maybe even 8800gt's? I'd like to get feedback on if going SLI is worth it, as I've heard the mobos and actual sli itself can be troublesome.
Actually, I would recommend you go with a SLI capable board but do not spring for the extra video card right now. I run a Nforce 4 SLI capable MB with a 8800 GTX w 756 meg and 2 gigs of memory running Vista Home Premium.
With this relatively basic setup I can run Crysis full out with no frame rate issues. I figure when I need to go SLI I will go SLI but until I do why spend the extra money. It is always better to have the ability to expand later if you need to. My old system lasted four years because I made sure I could upgrade it when I needed to. The only real reason I finally bought a whole new system was that AGP was too old and the new cards would not support it (understandably).
2 grapics cards in SLI waste of money imo. Companies would like you to belive that having 2 grapics cards are so much better than 1. Well your P.C will run quicker but you dont get much value for your money, imo i would stick with 1 ultra, unless you are rich and dont mind spending extra on having 2 GC then go for it. By January there probably have the Ultra Ultra Mega Geforce 9 out by then making the Ultra GF which is out now half as quick. Look at benchmarks to see how much a second card would improve the performence of a P.C most cases 20 to 30%.
Umm... well I've read benchmarks, the Ultra is about 8-10% better than a GTX, and 2 GT can pretty much destroy a single GTX. That means SLI 8800GT will be able to beat an Ultra, and with the new revision of 8800GTS coming out in December, it'll probably be even better. I just don't know how much of a headache it'll be with an SLI board and trying to configure them. Anybody have experience with SLI and setting it up?
ATi is coming up with double gpu card in jan08. And NVIDIA is doing something like that too.
By that time you should be able to buy something much better than GT.
I doubt you will need it. A single 8800gtx will probably run WAR on High settings at 1920 x 1200 resolutions. Ram is a different story. It might need 4 gigs just to be safe for world pvp. I would recommend you to wait for the nvidia 9800 series, they have approximately twice the speed of the 8800s.
You don't need a GTX to run war in that res. And you deffinatly don't need 4 gigs of memory.
If you don't know what your talking about, I suggest you don't say anything at all
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Sure, wait for the geforce 9 and pay 700 bucks for a stupid gpu.
dont waste your money on 2 gfx card, for the extra performance you gain its not worth the money, the only game right now that is good with 2 cards, quad core, and 4 gig of ram is Crysis.
SLI is pointless. It only gives you a 35% improvement. I mean, that aint word the cash. Besides it doesn't even work with all the games out there.
Well, I'm not buying 2 cards JUST for this game. I've played MMOs long enough to realize they don't push the envelope of system requirements that much (except Vanguard, which raped my computer...). I do want to play Crysis, and a rig that can play Crysis on Very High with good framerate is my main goal.
I just find myself in the situation that I have like 600-800 to spend on video cards and I figure I can get 2 cards that will give better performance than 1. Also, MMOs like Aion that look really beautiful could probably benefit. I just want some MMO to come out lol, I NEED to level something....
Two 8800GTs in SLI would be about the same price as an ultra but would outperform it, but I can't recommend either choice to you.
If you get the Ultra you will be kicking yourself in a couple weeks because the new 8800GTS 512MB will perform on par with the Ultra, but will sell for a lot less. Don't confuse it with the 8800GTS 320MB, 640MB, or 640MB SCC, those are all inferior. Whoever decided to make 4 video cards with almost the exact same name needs to be smacked.
Furthermore, unless you really really want top-of-the-line, SLI just about never worth it, because the second GPU only adds 50-80% more performance if you're lucky. Some games will actually play SLOWER with SLI enabled.
Crysis is the only game that I know of that can actually bring a single 8800-series card to its knees. I hate to burst your bubble but 8800GT SLI or Quad HD3870 can't handle Crysis on Very High unless you like playing at low resolution.
If I were you, I'd tuck that money away for a few months and buy Crysis after the next gen of GPUs finally arrives. The multiplayer doesn't look that fantastic, and the singleplayer isn't going to change much in the meantime. If you absolutely want Crysis now, you'll have to make do with less-than-Very-High settings, which don't look too shabby anyway.
That seems a little extreme. 4 gigs may help, but I think that is a long way from being needed for WAR. Unless world pvp involves thousands of people at once in the same place, im sure 2 gigs and a decent (8800 series) vcard is plenty for a game of WAR's graphics in 2008.
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2 gigs is all that is needed but I would go with 3 or 4 if you have the extra cash to spend. It isn't needed like I said but if you have the money to spend, go for it.
I am building in mid January when the new line of Intel quad cores come out. I am planning on getting the new 8800 GTS revision, or possible 2. I guess I will just have to wait for benchmarks to come out to see just how much a single g92 8800 gts will stack up against an Ultra, let alone 2.
That sounds like the best coarse of action. The longer you wait, the better the technology. I wanted to build one in January but with the pushback I think I will build one much closer to end of March/ early April.
My plan is to buy an EVGA video card and use their Step Up program. Basically you can "step up" and get the next best video card if something new comes out within 3 months of your purchase, and all you have to do is pay the difference. It's a really nice deal.
I think the Ultra has around 630 million trancistors in as oppose to a GTX, imo id get a Ultra but only if i was building my rig now, if your gonner build it in a few months hang on. I dont think having 4G of RAM is extreme, if your building a P.C which you want to play games with for the next couple of years without upgrading then id say you would definatley want 3G Vista is a greedy pig and by having the extra Gig or Gigs will help and not hinder your experinces in gaming. Some of these new DX10 games coming out need powerful GC and lots of RAM imo.
I already have 4gb of nice ram.
I'm leaning towards the new revision of GTS which will be better or equal to the Ultras. Just still can't decide on going with 2 or not. I want to avoid headaches with errors and setting it up and it not working, but at the same time, I'd like that extra kick of performance.
Its a lot of money having 2 GC for not much of a visual diffrence, but if you dont mind the cost go ahead you will have a powerful P.C btw you still wont be able to run some games on the highest res with the settings on full with 2 cards. example ( World in Conflict )