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Re: New video card...new power supply...

Postby NickN » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:49 am

SLi is worthless in FSX unless you run 16-32AA and very high monitor resolution, above 2xxx

persoanlly, I think SLi is a joke for the cost
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Re: New video card...new power supply...

Postby Wii » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:16 pm

Seeing that I will relook my current PSU and find a better one if not a little cheaper. Thanks for telling me all that :)
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Re: New video card...new power supply...

Postby Wii » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:56 pm

And here is an even better pair.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130311
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817153052

The eVGA card is slightly faster right out of the box, which is nice, but more importantly eVGA has probably the best warranties in the GPU business. They have replaced more than one card for me, and they are very prompt and professional.

Now I will say a 500W PSU is overkill for your system (without even knowing your full specs I can tell you it is), however these days any respectable PSU is going to be at least a 500W just because most aftermarket parts are aimed at the performance driven consumer.

This pair will not steer you wrong.

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That seems to be the best pair I can find. Although I did find the eVGA 8600GT on tigerdirect for a bit cheaper. The PSU is the same price (if not more) everywhere else. Thanks a million for your help! I feel very confident about getting them now :)

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