triple Sli, or how to waste money?!

2008-01-28 07:20:17

#1

Slayer: ---hates you; +1,137|7035|Hell, p.o box 666

http://www.alternate.de/html/themeworld … -N780-ISH9

holy f*cking shit!

Anybody got an idea if this ultimate waste of money will work, or give any benefit, in current games?!

I´ve ordered that thingy yesterday for a friend of mine, including 8GB´s RAM and three Asus EN8800GTX...

I´m curious how that monster will perform...

2008-01-28 07:20:59

#2

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6804|South Florida

like i can read that.

Slayer wrote:
I´ve ordered that thingy yesterday for a friend of mine, including 8GB´s RAM and three Asus EN8800GTX...

As a present??? god damn, i wanna be your friend! lol

Last edited by Mitch (2008-01-28 07:21:42)

15 more years! 15 more years!

2008-01-28 07:22:12

#3

Slayer: ---hates you; +1,137|7035|Hell, p.o box 666

Mitch wrote:
like i can read that.

You cant read technical features which are writen in english?

Ok, translation:

Socket
775

CPU
Intel® Core 2 Extreme X6800 und QX6700-QX9650, Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600-Q9550, Intel® Core 2 Duo E4300-E8500, Intel® Pentium® D 820-960, Intel® Pentium® Dual Core E2140-E2220, Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition 3,73 GHz, Intel® Pentium® 4 520-672, Intel® Celeron® Dual Core E1200-E1300, Intel® Celeron® 420-460

Chipset
NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI

Slots
PCI (32 Bit) 2
supports 33 MHz (5 Volt)
PCIe x1 1
PCIe x16 1
PCIe 2.0 x16 2

Bus
800-1333 MHz

Build
ATX

PSU
PS (24Pin + 8Pin)

Memory
maximal 8192 MB SDRAM-DDR2
Memorysocket 4 x DDR2
DDR2-533, DDR2-667, DDR2-800
Dual Channel support yes
ECC-Memory support no

Connectors
1 x Mouse PS/2
1 x Keyboard PS/2
1 x 34 Floppy

IDE
Controller IDE
internal connectors 1 x 40-polig
protocoll Ultra DMA/100
Max. bandwith 100 MB/s
channels 1

Serial ATA
Controller Serial ATA
internal connectors 6 x Serial ATA
Protocoll Serial ATA/300
Max. bandwith 300 MB/s, 3,0 GBit/s
Chip Serial ATA II
channels 6
RAID Level 0, 1, 5, 0+1

USB Controller
Controllers USB 2.0
connectors extern 6 x USB-A
Protokolle USB 2.0
Max. bandwith 60 MB/s
channels 1

Sound

Chip Sonido de alta definición
in
1 x Line-In
1 x Mikrofon
out
4 x Line-Out
1 x Digital-Out (optisch)
channels
up to 8 analog
Surround 8-Kanal Soundchip

2008-01-28 07:24:15

#4

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

I'm also gonna buy a 780i triple sli mobo but my 8800GT doesn't support triple sli. But it doesnt matter since im "only" going to have ordinary Sli.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-01-28 07:24:19

#5

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|6902|Camp XRay

german's suck

https://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/marlboroman82/Untitled-8.png

2008-01-28 07:28:58

#6

Slayer: ---hates you; +1,137|7035|Hell, p.o box 666

Marlboroman82 wrote:
german's suck

but we still own americans

2008-01-28 07:29:45

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

Slayer wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
german's suck
but we still own americans

haha owned.

2008-01-28 09:06:34

#8

theknuck: It's pronounced Knuck, like in Knuckle!!; +45|6891|balls

link broken, and yes, way too much $.

2008-01-28 09:08:29

#9

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6721|Stealth City, UK

Thats nothing, you can get Quad Cross Fire now, and its even easier with the new 38750 X2, a terraflop of power.....nice.

2008-01-28 09:10:38

#10

D6717C: Anger is a gift; +174|6912|Sin City

How much more of an improvement can it be compared to the cost? Seems like the nerd version of a short guy with a small dick driving a Ferrari.

2008-01-28 09:11:43

#11

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6911

you can get the 780i + 3 8800 GTs for around 1000-1200 CDN$

2008-01-28 09:16:33

#12

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

Gooners wrote:
you can get the 780i + 3 8800 GTs for around 1000-1200 CDN$

8800GT are not triple SLi supported.

2008-01-28 09:17:19

#13

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7089|Nårvei

Slayer wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
german's suck
but we still own americans

Norway>Germany>USA

Wait behind the line ..............................................................

2008-01-28 09:19:24

#14

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6911

.Sup wrote:
Gooners wrote:
you can get the 780i + 3 8800 GTs for around 1000-1200 CDN$
8800GT are not triple SLi supported.

Only GTX and up?
And Ultra?

But are The GT's normal SLI supported?

2008-01-28 09:19:47

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6732|The Twilight Zone

Varegg wrote:
Slayer wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
german's suck
but we still own americans
Norway>Germany>USA

Slovenia/Germany>the rest of the world

Gooners wrote:
.Sup wrote:
8800GT are not triple SLi supported.
Only GTX and up?
And Ultra?

But are The GT's normal SLI supported?

Yes the GTs are SLi supported.

Last edited by .Sup (2008-01-28 09:22:41)

2008-01-28 09:23:12

#16

stef10: Member; +173|6761|Denmark

.Sup wrote:
Varegg wrote:
Slayer wrote:
but we still own americans
Norway>Germany>USA
Slovenia/Germany>the rest of the world

Denmark, because we just won championships in Handball - can Croatia and Germany say pwned?

Last edited by stef10 (2008-01-28 09:23:39)

2008-01-28 09:35:33

#17

Slayer: ---hates you; +1,137|7035|Hell, p.o box 666

pah, handball, we´re still worldchampion

2008-01-28 10:29:45

#18

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|6964|Espoo, Finland

Varegg wrote:
Slayer wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
german's suck
but we still own americans
>Norway

edit: Eh, pretty cool.

Last edited by Gawwad (2008-01-28 10:30:25)

2008-01-28 10:31:23

#19

Lieutenant_Jensen: Your cops are corrupt.; +200|6670|fåking denmark

Look all,

Germany>Denmark>Rest of world.

2008-01-28 10:32:50

#20

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6963|West Yorkshire, U.K

How about

All>USA

amirite?

2008-01-28 10:33:10

#21

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|6964|Espoo, Finland

Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
Look all,

Germany>Denmark>Rest of world.

And as already stated, germany sucks.

Man the world's a shitty place...

2008-01-28 11:12:02

#22

topal63: . . .; +533|6997

I've owned SLI, crossfire and 3-way SLI.

3-way SLI... is the best (fastest high-res solution). It is way better than a single card when playing high-resolution modes with AA or Ansio-filtering. Unless you are upgrading to XP 64bit or Vista 64bit. 8GB is a waste. Crap, 4GB is a waste... Crap, 3GB is a waste. You are not going to get any use out anything above 2 GB on vista 32bit with 3-way SLI (due to memory mapping for the hardware). On the 64bit version, drivers are to scarce (at this time, IMO), and nothing really runs (a lot) faster - it's just your not likely to run out of memory if your motherboard allows 8 to 12 GB (or more) installations.

The Windows PAE extensions don't really work either in a 32bit OS environment. You can address above the 4GB limit in Windows, with the 4-bit address extension: BDCedit /set PAE forceEnable : command, modifying the boot to 32+4bit (36 bit) memory addressing. But, unless your motherboard supports moving the memory holes (hardware mapping); you're shit outa luck (about 2GB is all you still see). And, many drivers are not compatible with the PAE memory addressing scheme = instability = a lot of crashing/blue screens.

I can easily overclock my CPU (via the FSB) from 3ghz to 4ghz and overclock the (unlinked) memory by about 5%. The (3) 8800 ultras can be overclocked a lot as well; but the problems is heat - these things run hot - really hot (65C and UP, 90C or more is normal even). Getting a reasonable cooling solution for the 3-way SLI is the real problem (IMO). Because they can be overclocked by a significant amount 20% to 35% safely... which I've done and it screams FPS. But the Heat is ridiculous; I had to take the side-cover off and have a large fan blow on it. Which reduced overall system temp... by some 10-15C.

Right now what I am working on is removing the stock cooling and replacing it; at normal (no overclocked levels) it's moderately adequate. At overclocked rates/temperatures produced - it sucks the big one.

Last edited by topal63 (2008-01-28 11:23:19)

2008-01-28 11:16:59

#23

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6801|...

I get doubtful. After going to 1920x1200 on everything I've seriously considering getting another 8800gtx. But then I think, in 6 months or less, another card will come out that's twice as fast as this one.

offtopic: True about Germany though ... the beer, the cars, the conquerage, ownage all the way around.

2008-01-28 11:24:12

#24

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6995

Until they have DX10 and Visturd optimized... 10 cards wont help... I believe... Crysis as an example

Love is the answer

2008-01-28 11:57:05

#25

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6817|Long Island, New York

Slayer wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
german's suck
but we still own americans

History contradicts this statement.

I'm thinking of going Quad SLi with the 9800 GX2s. I really don't see a need for three cards.

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-01-28 11:57:45)

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