Want 2x ASUS 8800GTX cards in SLI?

[Kougar]

All you need is $5k and you can have a system that will darken your neighborhood block with the glow of it's lighted splendor (Or simply from the drain of electricity from the power grid)... ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260048302809 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260048302809)

What I find interesting, is that if you buy all of those parts, and assume each 8800GTX is between $600 to $800, then the price comes out to match the exact BIN price.

All of that hardware goodness, and they forgot a X-fi card... :roll: And it'll need a QX6700 in it as those come out this month too...

[werty316]

Holy crap thats alot of change. Anyone here gonna buy one?,... not... :lol:

I am surprised a more powerful PSU was not used like a PC Power & Cooling 1kW but the TT ToughPower 750W is a very good PSU.

Speaking the the GTX and GTS the same etailer selling the above rig has prices:

8800GTX - $809CAD
http://www.lucomputers.com/aStore/default.asp?selection=product&productid=3144

8800GTS - $560CAD
http://www.lucomputers.com/aStore/default.asp?selection=product&productid=3145

I never seen a card for more than $800CAD :shock:

[markkleb]

I remember a couple of years ago going to Newegg and making a dream list of the best stuff and it was about $6000.
Now for a thousand less you get a comp 100 times better. Sweet.

[Kougar]

Yeah, it's expensive but it's an incredible deal compared to what used to go for $5k just back at the start of this very year. It simply doesn't compare...

And actually, the quad-core Kentsfield has the exact same MSRP as the X6800 currently in that rig, so switching it out to quad-core should be nothing. ;)

[liqnit]

Yeah, it's expensive but it's an incredible deal compared to what used to go for $5k just back at the start of this very year. It simply doesn't compare...

And actually, the quad-core Kentsfield has the exact same MSRP as the X6800 currently in that rig, so switching it out to quad-core should be nothing. ;)
i agree with 5K you get here a super dream machine but i would throw in a good sound instead of OB

[XJnine]

Would there be an open PCI slot on the mobo to put a sound card in if you're running 2 of those things in SLI?

[Kougar]

Yeah, I said it was kind of silly they didn't put a X-fi in there with that level of hardware!

Would there be an open PCI slot on the mobo to put a sound card in if you're running 2 of those things in SLI?

Yes, you would have one free PCI and one free PCIe 16x slot leftover. It's an nvidia chipset which means it's not going to be overclocking anywhere, but I think that board allows unlocked XE cpu multipliers to be raised so it won't matter nearly as much with the X6800 it's got.

[GIBSON]

Looking very nice indeed, but who's got that kind of cash?

[werty316]

Looking very nice indeed, but who's got that kind of cash?
People with lots of dough AKA rich people ;)

[Kougar]

AKA, not me

[DragonMaster]

And it doesn't even have a soundcard?

[markkleb]

Well if 2 dosent freak you out, I noticed on the new mobo Scott posted 3 PCI16 slots, and the 8800 cards have 2 SLI slots (sounds like 3 cards may be coming):grin:

[werty316]

Well if 2 dosent freak you out, I noticed on the new mobo Scott posted 3 PCI16 slots, and the 8800 cards have 2 SLI slots (sounds like 3 cards may be coming):grin:
Actually I think it goes this way: eVGA boards have 3 PCI-E 16x slots like the board Scott mentioned; when not using SLi the middle slot is used and when using SLi the outer most slots are used ;)

[markkleb]

My old Jetway Mobo (GT4) was that way.

But the 8800 cards have 2 SLI sockets on each card...

[werty316]

I never noticed that the 8800GTX has two SLi slots where an SLi bridge goes. It could be like ATi new Crossfire cards as they have two also ;)

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/2526/link1lg9.th.jpg (http://img399.imageshack.us/my.php?image=link1lg9.jpg)

Also:
An interesting tidbit of the GeForce 8800GTX are the two SLI bridge connectors towards the edge of the card. This is a first for a GeForce product as SLI compatible graphics cards typically have one SLI bridge connector.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4812
Triple-SLi would be odd since SLi runs in dual configuration hence two or four GPUs.

[Kougar]

Actually I think it goes this way: eVGA boards have 3 PCI-E 16x slots like the board Scott mentioned; when not using SLi the middle slot is used and when using SLi the outer most slots are used ;)

I had to look this up, that is interesting. With the eVGA board the two outside PCIe slots get x8 bandwidth each, but for just one card the middle slot can be given x16 bandwidth. You can't use all three slots though, because their is only "x16" bandwidth total to be used. ;)

In the case of this board, the Asus P5N32-SLI, and most others this isn't how it works. The two outside slots each get their own x16 bandwidth. The middle PCIe slot only has x8 bandwidth, but it can be used in conjunction with a SLI setup on that board. In other words, the eVGA only has "x16" PCIe lanes to be used split across it's PCIe x16 slots, but the P5N32 has "x40". ;)

[werty316]

nVidia put a middle PCI-E slot intended for a physics card ;)

[GIBSON]

nVidia put a middle PCI-E slot intended for a physics card ;)
That's what I was guessing for as well :-D