yo first post lol so hello everyone, ive been playin recently on my bros comp since dells been a bunch of total fuckers and have taking since 7 june to get my pc ive only jus been told that their is a further delay now till 26 sep so that was it they can fuck off orderin of PC Specialist now so *prays* ill be playing again in 2-3 weeks on my comp an probs 1 week on my lil bros comp. Anyway i wanted to go sli but its gonna knock my comps price up to £1600 an thts a lil expensive i can drop it to £1200 but it will be with the Nvidea 7950 GTX2 card instead of 2 Nvidea 7900 GTX's but since the 7950 is new ive been wonderin if it can cope with the latest games jus i know its got 1GB of graphical memory but i know from experience its the speed of it that counts, so anyone know if the card can handle itself ? or am i gonna have to get 2 6800GTX instead

btw im 18 on tuesday woo go me wont be concious till late the day after

Congrats

7950 isnt even out yet?

[KM] + FROG + wrote:
7950 isnt even out yet?yeah it is, been out for a month or 2 now ([url=http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=2637]link[/url})
tbh i wouldnt get one, you wont be able to SLI it and ive heard that there are a few problems with them, mainly overheating and some driver probs.

[KM]ShadowDog wrote:
[KM] + FROG + wrote:
7950 isnt even out yet?yeah it is, been out for a month or 2 now ([url=http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=2637]link[/url})
tbh i wouldnt get one, you wont be able to SLI it and ive heard that there are a few problems with them, mainly overheating and some driver probs.

SLI doesn't help a bit anyways... (well 10% but I won't shell out another 300 for that)

Black Haze wrote:
SLI doesn't help a bit anyways... (well 10% but I won't shell out another 300 for that)

I'd like to see you run CSS at 1600x1200 with 16xAA and 16xAF and still get 70+ FPS without SLI...

[KM] The Husband wrote:
Black Haze wrote:
SLI doesn't help a bit anyways... (well 10% but I won't shell out another 300 for that)

I'd like to see you run CSS at 1600x1200 with 16xAA and 16xAF and still get 70+ FPS without SLI...

i concurr. PLus, shad, i think you can SLi the 7950's, Im sure ive read about quad SLi cards..

[KM] The Husband wrote:
Black Haze wrote:
SLI doesn't help a bit anyways... (well 10% but I won't shell out another 300 for that)

I'd like to see you run CSS at 1600x1200 with 16xAA and 16xAF and still get 70+ FPS without SLI...

Sadly my TFT can't handle 1600x1200

Thing that I said about SLI not being that great is from what I read, not from own experience btw.

EDIT: While we're on the subject: can anyone tell me what AF does and what it's for, cause I don't see any improvements with it on or off

Post edited by: Black Haze, at: 17/08/2006 16:56

Black Haze wrote:
While we're on the subject: can anyone tell me what AF does and what it's for, cause I don't see any improvements with it on or off
I could explain it in my own words.. but this is the best article i have read upon the subject.

i have been looking at the nividea 7950GTX2 which has 1GB of ddr and 2 GPU, ive seen some bench marks and it outperforms any card out, sad point is nvidea have said it wont be able to sli untill drivers are released, though i wont be able to afford another one anyway in a few months since im nothin more than a student , though pc specialist would allow me to buy 2 of the 7950's i guess they will use a better board thats normally able to hold 4 graphics cards. im just a little worried about the over heating, specialy now summers are gettin warmer an warmer. Ill jus scan the net an see if any1s got one and if so how they are doing, thx for the help

[KM]ShadowDog wrote:
Black Haze wrote:
While we're on the subject: can anyone tell me what AF does and what it's for, cause I don't see any improvements with it on or off
I could explain it in my own words.. but this is the best article i have read upon the subject.

From what I've read from that article I don't care much for AF...