Is SLI worth it?

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>
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Or summon enough bass to make things that are not bolted down dance
dance dance.

/got 2 of em, for parts.
 >> Stay informed about: Is SLI worth it? 

There will be *no difference at all* with SLI unless you go into 3D mode,
simple as that.

You gain the general benefits of adding a 2nd video card, i.e. the ability
to run more than two monitors, which may be useful for video editing. But
you don't need a 2nd 8800GTX just for that. A cheaper card (that also runs
quieter and cooler) will do.

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"Chris Blunt" <chris_blunt.RemoveThis@spamfence.net> wrote in message
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> I'm considering adding a second 8800GTX graphics adapter to my system
> and running them in SLI mode. I understand the main benefit of such a
> configuration would be for games, but I don't play games on my system,
> and am unsure if it would be worth doing.
>
> Would there be any noticeable difference in performance for
> applications other than games? I do a reasonable amount of photo
> editing and a watch DVD's on the machine.
>
> Chris
>
 >> Stay informed about: Is SLI worth it? 

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:46:29 -0400, "First of One" <root.DeleteThis@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

>There will be *no difference at all* with SLI unless you go into 3D mode,
>simple as that.
>
>You gain the general benefits of adding a 2nd video card, i.e. the ability
>to run more than two monitors, which may be useful for video editing. But
>you don't need a 2nd 8800GTX just for that. A cheaper card (that also runs
>quieter and cooler) will do.

Many thanks. That's also what I've been told by a couple of the other
helpful people here, so I've abandoned the idea for the time being.

Chris

>"Chris Blunt" <chris_blunt.DeleteThis@spamfence.net> wrote in message
>news:u9q1e3dbeoskkte5kc2f4v1lgbd1lsn1nl@4ax.com...
>> I'm considering adding a second 8800GTX graphics adapter to my system
>> and running them in SLI mode. I understand the main benefit of such a
>> configuration would be for games, but I don't play games on my system,
>> and am unsure if it would be worth doing.
>>
>> Would there be any noticeable difference in performance for
>> applications other than games? I do a reasonable amount of photo
>> editing and a watch DVD's on the machine.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Is SLI worth it?