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Anyone have any views on this package?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=85287

[Nemesis]

Looks good to me ...... I've got the Asus V9999 GeForce 6800GT 128 and that's damn good, so this looks awesome

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by gary_580

Anyone have any views on this package?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=85287

I personally wouldn't buy it, the 6600GT even running with dual cores is still way WAY slower than a 6800GT and from the benchmarks here http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/185/10/ only marginally faster than a single cored 6600.

You're FAR better off buying this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=82687

and this

Asus A8N-SLi nForce4 SLi - £99.82 inc. (OcUK)

Originally Posted by Nemesis

Looks good to me ...... I've got the Asus V9999 GeForce 6800GT 128 and that's damn good, so this looks awesome

But this one is a 6600GT so wont be as good

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by gary_580

But this one is a 6600GT so wont be as good

I read it wrong

Originally Posted by Bifta

I personally wouldn't buy it, the 6600GT even running with dual cores is still way WAY slower than a 6800GT and from the benchmarks here http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/185/10/ only marginally faster than a single cored 6600.

You're FAR better off buying this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=82687

and this

Asus A8N-SLi nForce4 SLi - £99.82 inc. (OcUK)

is it worth going for a duel card system at all? Ive seen some pretty good evidence that you get about 70% increased through put. The evesham machine with two 6800GT's looks good.

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[Bifta]

Originally Posted by gary_580

is it worth going for a duel card system at all? Ive seen some pretty good evidence that you get about 70% increased through put. The evesham machine with two 6800GT's looks good.

You're looking at between 30-70% dependent on the game, if you do go the SLI route you need to make sure your processor doesn't become the bottleneck though otherwise you'd just be wasting that extra £300.

Originally Posted by Bifta

You're looking at between 30-70% dependent on the game, if you do go the SLI route you need to make sure your processor doesn't become the bottleneck though otherwise you'd just be wasting that extra £300.

im looking at an AMD 4000+

[AndrewJ]

At that price may aswell go for the Fx55?

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

At that price may aswell go for the Fx55?

No he shouldn't, if you're going to offer people advice at least do some research on it first.

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Gary - the 4000 is a good choice, over £200 cheaper than the FX55 and for gaming it benchmarks only just under, more details here:

http://www.nordichardware.com/Review...&skrivelse=362
http://www.nordichardware.com/Review...&skrivelse=362
http://www.nordichardware.com/Review...&skrivelse=362

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

At that price may aswell go for the Fx55?

at what price?

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by gary_580

at what price?

You can get the 4000 for £358 inc. and the FX55 for £587 inc (and that's if you can find it in stock)

Originally Posted by Bifta

You can get the 4000 for £358 inc. and the FX55 for £587 inc (and that's if you can find it in stock)

Sorry, i was refering to Andrews Comment as no price had been mentioned!