Which will work better for a mid-end system, 2 mediocre cards running within dual SLI, or a single card for twice the price? Where is the breakeven price vs. performance point? (nVidia please)
What is better/faster: 1 x GeForce 7600 GT (@ $160) or dual SLI GeForce 7300 GS video cards (@ $80/each)?
The 7600GT (little overpriced if that's us dollars), would be much faster than 2 7300gs cards. Goto www.tomshardware.com. Around that price, you could take a Radeon 1950 pro that would far faster than all them. Goto www.newegg.com for prices.
I can't speak for that BUT I own two 7600GS cards in SLi that get something done near what a 7900GS does, it's not fairly there but it is close adequate that you won't ever notice the difference. Since my system generate enough steam as it was, I opt for water cooling on the processor and graphics cards next to passive heatsinks, the 7600GS fit the bill and since I know I wanted more execution, I got two 7600GS cards for smaller amount than a single 7900GS (at the time). If you want only one card and ceremony. That being said you can bring a 7900GS for $170, http://www.newegg.com/product/product.as... so I wouldn't even bother with any option you proposed and only get the 7900GS.
I'm running Vista and SLi isn't supported within the drivers yet and nvidia will be coming out near the 8300 and 8600 series in the subsequent few months so if you can do without for presently, I'd wait for the newer series to come on the open market and you could get them or pick up the 7 series for even cheaper by after.
I'd still wait for the 8 series from nvidia, they batter ATi to DirectX 10 support and they're going to beat them again beside mainstream DirectX 10 boards, but move about ahead, doom yourself to DirectX 9, see if I care.
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