NVIDIA 3-Way SLI review roundup

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No use kidding around: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 3-Way SLI kicks benchmark ass. Reviewers across the board found the setup to be far and away the best money can buy when it comes to graphics, but the price is certainly steep. Not only are the cards super pricey -- you're limited to the 8800 GTX and 8800 Ultra -- but you'll need a 1000+ watt power supply, and pretty much a fresh system from the ground up unless you're already running the nForce 680i SLI motherboard. PC Perspective crunched the numbers, and you're looking at about $2828 in costs before you even get to the case, hard drive, DVD drive and all that other superfluous stuff. That said, the third card really makes a big difference, since performance scales surprisingly well with the addition. You probably don't need this kind of power if you're not trying to game at full-res on a 30-incher, but if you don't mind dropping $3k on a system purely designed to play Crysis at Very High, then you just might have some 3-way SLI in your future.

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(1 reply) #1 ThaCrip on 14 Dec 2007 - 17:53

3-Way SLI ... this is ridiculous, 2 cards is "enough" ... cause seriously, they need to get more power efficient graphics cards. cause right now there already power hogs as it is even with a single card.

and to use three of em you need a 1000watt PSU... hell with that

lol

Last edited by ThaCrip on 14 Dec 2007 - 21:36

#1.1 Krome on 14 Dec 2007 - 21:30

Oh my. Too many "cause" in your statement I have a headache trying to figure out what you want to say lol.

(1 reply) #2 Imnotrichey on 14 Dec 2007 - 17:55

3 Way SLI 8800 GT's (if thats possible) would of been interesting to see benchmarked, considering you can get 3 of those (if you can find them) far cheaper than just 2 GTX's

#2.1 Croquant on 14 Dec 2007 - 21:55

RTFA. 3-way SLI only works with the 8800GTX and the 8800Ultra.
Why?

That's why!

#3 KoDeXeRo on 14 Dec 2007 - 18:00

Geeze, Hmm.. that's a lot of cash! I'd much rather buying a sweet laptop with that

Then again i'm not a real gamer (i'm a console kinda gamer) but for the people that are and have the cash remember to add a generator to your house since i don't want you to cause any blackouts in your neighborhoods!

(2 replies) #4 xinary on 14 Dec 2007 - 19:29

So can crysis finally be ran on max? lol

#4.1 ataris_kid on 14 Dec 2007 - 20:00

Hahah, that's the first thing I thought when I read this.

#4.2 ThaCrip on 14 Dec 2007 - 21:36

Quote - (ataris_kid said @ #4.1)

it about the only thing you can think of when thinking 3 graphics cards

#5 richardsim7 on 14 Dec 2007 - 19:31

Yeah, there was a test and it ran at 40fps on very high

-Rich-

(1 reply) #6 Justin03248 on 14 Dec 2007 - 19:48

they could make double die 8800 cards with SLI 3-Way, and it would be like SLI 6-way!!!!!!

Oh, and we could also get a life

#6.1 RAID 0 on 14 Dec 2007 - 20:22

Who ****ed in your cereal?

#7 pyehac on 14 Dec 2007 - 20:17

AMD's tri-core processor, Ménage à trois, tricycle, looks like it was time for video cards to go 3-way.

#8 Croquant on 14 Dec 2007 - 21:53

Hehehe... my motherboared supports this! I already have 2 8800GTX cards.... Time to save up for another one!

My only question is: Where do I get one of those 3-way SLI bridges from?

(1 reply) #9 SirEvan on 15 Dec 2007 - 02:22

thats insane...3 video cards suck up every spot available on your mb...you're gonna need dual kilowatt power supplies soon to run all this junk.

#9.1 Croquant on 15 Dec 2007 - 15:03

Nah, a single 1200W PSU should be able to handle it. Just be sure to get one that has six PCIe 6-pin power connectors on it. Both the 8800GTX and the 8800Ultra need two PCIe 6-pin power connectors for each card. When the PCIe 2.0 models hit, they'll probably be outfitted with PCIe 8-pin or 6(+2)-pin power plugs (my PSU already has those).

#10 Angel Blue01 on 15 Dec 2007 - 14:32

They should work on power usage

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