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According to The Inquirer: ATI Made a wonder driver that we reported about here and this is how the fight for the 3Dmark05 crown started.

When Nvidia saw that it would lose to the X800XT PE, it had to react fast and it introduced an SLI score based on two Geforce 6800 Ultra and managed to score approximately 7200 points.

JC Unregistered

#57173 Posted on: 10/01/2004 03:28 PM ok so let'e see, you can actually get an NVidia SLI system, or run your ATI card on dry ice ... Yes that really makes for a real comparison between card's real world abilty!! I have an ATI right now just in case wonders, but I think in fairness, that score is ridiculously unimportant just for the fact that no one could run the card under dry ice as an every day use situation, but, using SLI you can.

digitalwanderer Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2004-02-22

#57174 Posted on: 10/01/2004 04:18 PM You must have read the article before the Inquirerererer crew decided to do a bit of fact checking and added the following to their story: "* WE ARE informed that Sami used a Cascade Compressor system to cool the graphics card and this setup can actually run twenty four hours a day." BTW-At lease you COULD overclock your own X800, where can I get an SLI rig to try?

Hyde Unregistered

#57175 Posted on: 10/01/2004 04:43 PM So what do you think will be the cheapest solution? An ATI card with a cooling system wich you can run at those speeds 24/7 or 2 Geforces in SLI... I'll pick the 2 Geforces...

DarthBinky Unregistered

#57176 Posted on: 10/01/2004 05:01 PM Well, and what about Alienware's SLI system? Isn't it supposed to run any (PCI-E) graphics cards in SLI? It'd be interesting to see how two x800's fare.

Hyde Unregistered

#57178 Posted on: 10/01/2004 05:08 PM no, it can't run 2 ATI cards in sli, the cards have to support it to...

egodeus Unregistered

#57179 Posted on: 10/01/2004 05:53 PM You will also need a new motherboard (that isn't out yet) and probably a new PSU too, because those cards consume like 100watts each. So: 2 cards 1 motherboard 1 new psu

dzjepp Member Posts: 43 Joined: 2003-04-30

#57180 Posted on: 10/01/2004 05:58 PM Coming soon: X800XT PEX (SLI Edition) =D

BetrayerX Unregistered

#57181 Posted on: 10/01/2004 06:22 PM at $4000? no thanks.

El_Coyote Senior Member Posts: 555 Joined: 2002-12-18

#57182 Posted on: 10/01/2004 06:35 PM actually alienwares solution doesnt use the SLI tech... its handled differently and can use ati's cards aswell. they announcecd it before nvidia announcecd SLI

ChrisW Unregistered

#57183 Posted on: 10/01/2004 06:36 PM An ATI card + a cooling system that costs MORE than an entire PC. You'd be a complete fool if you think it's better than an SLI NVidia solution. Or, unless your name's Digital Blunderer, and you have a signed nude poster of Terry MakeDumb on your wall.

digitalwanderer Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2004-02-22

#57184 Posted on: 10/01/2004 07:53 PM ....and here I thought you stopped lovering me sooo much.

MB Member Posts: 26 Joined: 2004-05-21

#57185 Posted on: 10/01/2004 10:00 PM Whats the problem if you need to upgrade to a PCI-e board anyway?

Sk_illed Junior Member Posts: 17 Joined: 2003-01-01

#57186 Posted on: 10/01/2004 10:24 PM umm I get 5500 score with just a athlon xp 2000+ running w/ ddr 333 with a 6800GT ... witha new system and a 6800 ultra 7000 would be EASILY obtainable without SLI

5150Joker Unregistered

#57188 Posted on: 10/01/2004 11:45 PM LOL @ signed nude poster comment. Same ChrisW as the one that makes radlinker?

5150Joker Unregistered

#57189 Posted on: 10/01/2004 11:46 PM No, not really.

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