Video Cards, 2 GTS 250s vs 1 285? 3

[Nocandu]

Hi

My question is about installing two Nvidia GTS 250 512 mb videos cards in SLI as apposed to one Nvidia GTX 285 1 gig card.

It is quite a bit cheaper to go with the two card option.
I'm not building this computer myself.

Would I be taking such a big his performance wise that it isn't worth it? I have't been able to find any comparison.

Mike

 

[DOIMPRO]

my opinion, seperate GPU's from SLI would probably out bench... but I wished I had the money to test

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[bvic01]

It really depends on what you're going to be running on that system. Most newer games and graphically intense software benefit greatly from having two cards but for general computing and older games and software one card would be a far better choice in my opinion.

 

[BadBigBen]

one GOOGLE search would have had your answer... TSK TSK...

Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 SLI: Cheaper and Faster Than GeForce GTX 285?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf-gts250-sli.html

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
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Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[Nocandu]

Hi

Thanks for then info and link.
It definitely looks like this is a viable alternative.
especially since it is quite a bit cheaper.

 

[Nocandu]

Hi again everyone.

Thanks for the help, with the advice I have gotten from everyone here I have decided on my final configuration.

Chassis
Standard Brushed Aluminum

Side Panel
Standard Solid

Power Supply
1200 Watt Modular

Motherboard
ASUS P6T Deluxe

Processor
Core i7 950 3.06GHz

Processor Cooler
Core i7 HeatSink/Fan

Memory
12GB (6x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3

Video Card(s)
2x GeForce GTS 250 (512MB) in SLI

Sound Card
X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro

Hard Drive
500GB - 7200RPM

Hard Drive 2
500GB - 7200RPM

Hard Drive 3
1TB - 7200RPM

Optical Drive
22x DVD+/-RW

Optical Drive 2
22x DVD+/-RW

Media Reader
Internal Media Reader

Operating System
Home Premium & 7 Upgrade Coupon

Warranty
3 Year Warranty - Parts and Service

This confinguration is from FNW and comes in at a price that while more costly then doing it myself, is not at all out of line with prices I found from other builders including Dell.

Thanks again everyone, for the help...your'e advice and links you supplied really added to the decisions I made in coming up with this.

I know someone is going to say "Why don't you build it yourself" but I just don't have the guts to do it.

If anyone has and last minute comments I still open to suggestions.

 

[bvic01]

Build it yourself! haha but seriously, you should. It gives you a great sense of accomplishment and if you follow directions, it's really not hard. Either way, you got a good system there that im sure you'll enjoy no matter who builds it. Good luck!

 

[Grenage]

Build it yourself! You won't even need to look at the instructions, it's that simple these days.

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