No, its not a good deal, SLI will give you a 20% difference in FPS tops. That $200 could have gone to a 8800GTS 512MB that would have created over a 200% boost in what you're currently getting.

Also 3DMark doesn't mean crap in REAL WORLD performance.

775 is officially dead when Nehalem is released, and will be a HUGE jump in performance that you'll wish you waited. The speed of technology rises exponentially, so while you will be good for a few years for general computing, you'll be left in the dust by game performance.

Here are the crysis benchmarks "real world" stuff ya know? I think there benchmarks are a bit stingy on FPS specially on the "first run" dunno why? I get better in game.

Running CPU benchmark 1
Results will depend on current system settings
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Running...
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 1500, Recorded Time: 44.62s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 123.33s, Average FPS: 12.16
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 125, Max FPS: 28.46 at frame 361
Average Tri/Sec: 12441540, Tri/Frame: 1022938
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 92.29s, Average FPS: 16.25
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 125, Max FPS: 28.87 at frame 102
Average Tri/Sec: 16678893, Tri/Frame: 1026149
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 86.19s, Average FPS: 17.40
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 125, Max FPS: 28.87 at frame 102
Average Tri/Sec: 17843376, Tri/Frame: 1025255
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 1500, Recorded Time: 44.62s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 99.63s, Average FPS: 15.06
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 126, Max FPS: 27.72 at frame 373
Average Tri/Sec: 15407313, Tri/Frame: 1023378
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 86.10s, Average FPS: 17.42
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 126, Max FPS: 31.80 at frame 115
Average Tri/Sec: 17898016, Tri/Frame: 1027319
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 79.17s, Average FPS: 18.95
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 126, Max FPS: 31.80 at frame 115
Average Tri/Sec: 19477478, Tri/Frame: 1028038
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 1500, Recorded Time: 44.62s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 47.14s, Average FPS: 31.82
Min FPS: 4.93 at frame 201, Max FPS: 46.57 at frame 116
Average Tri/Sec: 32761894, Tri/Frame: 1029596
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 43.05s, Average FPS: 34.84
Min FPS: 4.93 at frame 201, Max FPS: 46.81 at frame 93
Average Tri/Sec: 36093788, Tri/Frame: 1035922
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.69
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 43.03s, Average FPS: 34.86
Min FPS: 4.93 at frame 201, Max FPS: 46.82 at frame 93
Average Tri/Sec: 36025496, Tri/Frame: 1033484
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 1500, Recorded Time: 44.62s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 46.15s, Average FPS: 32.50
Min FPS: 25.32 at frame 868, Max FPS: 43.93 at frame 126
Average Tri/Sec: 33529850, Tri/Frame: 1031627
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 42.98s, Average FPS: 34.90
Min FPS: 24.02 at frame 1080, Max FPS: 47.34 at frame 109
Average Tri/Sec: 36136760, Tri/Frame: 1035543
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.69
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 43.23s, Average FPS: 34.69
Min FPS: 24.02 at frame 1080, Max FPS: 47.34 at frame 109
Average Tri/Sec: 35889692, Tri/Frame: 1034441
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.
Play Time: 43.28s, Average FPS: 34.66
Min FPS: 22.27 at frame 1092, Max FPS: 47.34 at frame 109
Average Tri/Sec: 35873176, Tri/Frame: 1034969
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.70
TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)
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Running GPU benchmark 1
Results will depend on current system settings
Press any key to continue . . .
Running...
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 134.07s, Average FPS: 14.92
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 137, Max FPS: 30.91 at frame 1636
Average Tri/Sec: 15144136, Tri/Frame: 1015213
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.90
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 82.38s, Average FPS: 24.28
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 137, Max FPS: 38.81 at frame 86
Average Tri/Sec: 24918488, Tri/Frame: 1026394
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.89
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 82.81s, Average FPS: 24.15
Min FPS: 0.00 at frame 137, Max FPS: 38.81 at frame 86
Average Tri/Sec: 24800366, Tri/Frame: 1026805
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.89
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 56.65s, Average FPS: 35.30
Min FPS: 20.63 at frame 143, Max FPS: 45.22 at frame 999
Average Tri/Sec: 36566128, Tri/Frame: 1035767
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.89
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 56.66s, Average FPS: 35.30
Min FPS: 18.78 at frame 144, Max FPS: 45.29 at frame 1008
Average Tri/Sec: 36551988, Tri/Frame: 1035509
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.89
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 53.57s, Average FPS: 37.33
Min FPS: 18.78 at frame 144, Max FPS: 47.68 at frame 92
Average Tri/Sec: 39097488, Tri/Frame: 1047211
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 56.69s, Average FPS: 35.28
Min FPS: 18.73 at frame 144, Max FPS: 45.44 at frame 1001
Average Tri/Sec: 36546688, Tri/Frame: 1035876
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 53.59s, Average FPS: 37.32
Min FPS: 18.73 at frame 144, Max FPS: 47.70 at frame 87
Average Tri/Sec: 39074972, Tri/Frame: 1046947
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 53.61s, Average FPS: 37.31
Min FPS: 18.73 at frame 144, Max FPS: 47.70 at frame 87
Average Tri/Sec: 39082208, Tri/Frame: 1047542
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.88
!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.
Play Time: 53.61s, Average FPS: 37.30
Min FPS: 18.73 at frame 144, Max FPS: 47.70 at frame 87
Average Tri/Sec: 39086904, Tri/Frame: 1047775
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.87
TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)
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Can we please call it Crysis, not Crisis, LOL. Sorry, that was bothering me.



For $1400 that's not bad at all - except the SLI choice. I agree with Naoza in what he just said about SLI - it really isn't worth the money.

Oh, you said something about 64-bit OS? I think I might have read somewhere that you can upgrade (trade-in) your 32-bit for a 64-bit OS for like around $10 (using your serial on the Windows CD). I might be wrong, but no harm looking into it if you're interested.

- PR-0927

Meh, semantics. Just add 'to' to all my posts and its perfectly fine.

Nope that was a one time deal for people who bought there computer/OS (a dell for instance) as a package and was back in 2005. I'm just going to wait for windows7.

Uh go back to grade school. A .7 multiple would turn 20fps into 14fps. A .7 multiple will decrease the number because the value multiplied is less than 1. A 170% increase would be 54, and a 70% increase would be to 34.

Again, a 100% boost. Or 2 times = 200%.

And i just noticed it seems someone else did the work to prove you wrong already. well anyway here's to get it through your thick head.

Keeping up with top of the line does tend to require very frequent upgrades. But I do agree... If you have the money to buy a new system? Do it. Don't wait for whats coming later in the year, by then the money will be gone, or ram prices will have fluxuated, or any other number of things. So what? A new architecture? Big deal. Thats what next years upgrade is for.

That being said, a lot of us can hardly keep track of what is top of the line today, let alone what will be top of the line 6 months from now. I know what I have. I know how it runs. Frankly, I am quite pleased with it. But, of course, there is always room for improvement.

Oh, and the Q6600 is an awesome chip. Even if mine is a stingy bastard that won't OC beyond 2.8.

Hey, it's fun to build machines. And why do we make money but to spend it? I usually just build a new one, rather than upgrade, but it depends on how much of a change has happened in a year.



Also, to everyone saying two 9600GTs are better than a single 9800GTX need to do their homework, aside from very close pricing (Especially when I bought mine for $270), the 9600GT has only 64 steam processors on it, the 9800GTX has 128, the difference in bandwidth is enormous, and in some cases your talking DDR2 vs GDDR3.

If you want to say, bargin bin performance that can almost rival the 9800GTX for like $50 cheaper, then sure.

You can get a 9800GTX for $300 or less, which is superior to two 9600GT's in SLI. Also note other benefits of running a single card: less heat and power consumption.

2 8800GTs should be close to a 9800GX2, the difference is that in one card you can get that performance. Now, no, I wouldn't pay that much for the card, but it's the same with the elite level Intel chips, you pay more for that extra level of performance/bragging.

But two 9600s will run you about 230 dollars, for a slight increase in cost, you get a noticeable increase in performance. I hate to use 3Dmark as an example, but I was looking around for some benchmarks. A 9600 gets about 10K with a high end system, a 9800GTX with same system gets nearly 16k. SLi offers about a 30% improvement. Which gets the 9600 to 13k, assuming pretty awesome improvement, you get to about 14-15k. Which still is not the same level as the GTX. Also, if down the road I want to go SLi, adding another GTX will not only be cheaper, but yield an incredible jump in performance.

yeah brag man thats pretty good i think nice one