Performance of 7950GT to 8600GTS or 7950GT SLI
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Performance of 7950GT to 8600GTS or 7950GT SLI
Anyone upgrade from a 7950GT to a 8600gts? I'm trying to figure out how I can judge the performance improvement I may get if I go SLI with my 7950GT vs upgrading to a silent 8600gts.
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From a brief trip to Tom's VGA charts, your 7950GT is noticably faster than a 8600GTS. So changing to a GTS would actually be a downgrade. If you're looking for an upgrade, the only options I see are
a) SLI your 7950GT. (Passive of course)
b) Get a 8800GT. The 8800GT is new, and is faster than a 8800GTS. It's the only logical (single card) upgrade that I can think of. Maybe others can help on this.
Hope this helps.
a) SLI your 7950GT. (Passive of course)
b) Get a 8800GT. The 8800GT is new, and is faster than a 8800GTS. It's the only logical (single card) upgrade that I can think of. Maybe others can help on this.
Hope this helps.
I'm not so sure about the 8800GT. I scanned NewEgg and it looks like the prices are $260+ US. I might talk myself into that but all the models they have are with fans. I'd have to mod them myself and pay more for silence. Too pricey and too much work for me.
Then again, trying to match my 7950 might be impossible without some serious shopping.
Then again, trying to match my 7950 might be impossible without some serious shopping.
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