Ok. STOP!

How come suddenly become arguments about game designs, reality and wat not? Game section is THAT way.....

Bottom line - crysis is a crisis....

Nice info!

However, once crytek finds out about this, they'll probably fix it then bye bye XP + crysis. Can we keep it quiet for now?

This post has been edited by kmarc: Oct 29 2007, 09:35 PM

Errr.... that is incorrect. Most of the time, passive cooling will result in higher temperature....

Yup. LYN mega sale in garage sales for the 8800GTS 320mb.... Mega discounts! Going cheap cheap for around err..... rm600-650, I think....

Ya lo, like stock market..... panic selling.....

Hey! Good idea, get a cheap cheap GTS to SLI........ Too bad my mobo doesn't have dual PCI-E

This post has been edited by kmarc: Oct 30 2007, 01:18 AM

Aiyaa.... I think I'll stick to Non-SLI first..... but that was a brief "happy" thought nevertheless!!!

Nice fans but doesn't improve overclocking. Even lose to the normal single-slot cooling solutions...

I want to add another cent.

8800GT - single-slot cooler, all the hot air is vented into your casing. Not that good for closed-cased system.

In terms for performance comparison, the 320mb unfortunately lose by a wide margin. However, a better comparison would be with the 640mb. But of course, still lose....

I want to add another half cent. I'm STILL JEALOUUUSSSS!!!

Ya lo, thought I could get another cheap GTS but not possible due to non-SLI mobo.....

Frankly speaking, I've never really thought about SLI due to it's disadvantages especially the fact that the 2nd PCIE slot runs at a crippled bandwidth. However, with the new PCIE 2.0, this might change. Hopefully, the speed gained from PCIE 2.0 is significant....

Yup, I'm talking about current mainstream chipsets/mobo that the average consumers uses. We do know that there are already chipsets that is able to support x16/x16. Just that PCI-E 2.0 has native full support (for lack of a better description).....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Nov 6 2007, 03:53 AM

Aiyoyo.... really tempting...

No no, uncle, don't poison me. I'm not going SLI yet. Maybe in the future when x16/x16 is cheaper.....

That really helped. NOT!

Anyway, was just thinking, if wanna SLI, instead of buying another GTS 640mb, why not sell off my GTS 640mb and get 2x 8800GT...... I mean, the price that I can get for the GTS 640mb would be about the same as a bulk 8800GT.....

Anyway, that's just a thought (no more poison from you know who!!!)....

AArrrrggghh.... Stop the poison. I'm dying....

There are games with EAX 5.0 support. Can't remember which one as I'm not at home.

The thing is, the GTS 320mb is still a good gaming card. It became lousy when 2 things happened - 8800GT and crysis.

Otherwise the GTS 320mb can still play current games (minus crysis) at acceptable frame rates and not too high a resolution.

If you look at the performance, it is GTS 320mb<GTS 640mb<GT<GTX<Ultra. However, due to the much cheaper price of the GT, the GT became the best price-for-performance card at the moment. Furthermore, an SLI 8800GT is more worth it as compared to a single GTX or ultra, with almost the same price point (if you don't mind the heat and noise).

As newer games and cards comes out, it would be difficult to recommend any options. For me, if you're not planning to buy-sell as newer products comes out, the safer way to go about it is to get the 8800GT as you can still SLI them in the future..... . Do note that current cards do not support DX10.1, although according to some sources, the DX10.1 has only minor improvements and current DX10 cards do support up to 90% of DX10.1 features (whatever that means.....)

This post has been edited by kmarc: Nov 9 2007, 05:57 PM

Interesting. Is it because of the different core (G80 vs G92)? Maybe it is the drivers....

Anyway, there's only 2 advantages that I can think of for the 640mb GTS - that it channels hot air out the back (and would be good for a closed-case system) and the fan is not as loud if compared at the same speed. Other than that, the GT pwns the GTS 640mb.....

Looking at your link, I understand what you're saying. However, I think the most important factor now (when comparing to the 8800GT) is the price of 8800 GTS 640mb SCC. How much would it be?

If I understand that review, including the pictures, the card has the same designed as it's older brother, including the G80 GPU with the exception of the 112SP. If that is the case, (unless the prices of the old 8800GTS comes down quite a bit) the price will definitely be higher than that. To me, the 8800GT has the best price-for-performance ratio. For the GTS/GTX/Ultra, we are paying more premium for their performance, if you know what I mean....

No, what I'm stressing on is the price-performance ratio because if you have money and need power, everybody would then recommend the Ultra....

Haha, get him a new rig la PLUS the GTS 320mb...

Edit : How much is the GTS 640mb SCC? Cause the GTS 640mb is still selling for RM1300-1400 right?

This post has been edited by kmarc: Nov 9 2007, 09:51 PM

The crysis demo doesn't support SLI. Wait for crysis to come out. Supposed to support SLI and quad-core at that time.