Sli connectors?

[JDowdall]

im going to be getting two 7600gt's soon and i have just realised my mobo didnt come with any does anybody kno where i can get them?

[Taxation]

does your board support SLI??
they can be used on an SLI board without a connector.
but if your board supports SLI then it should of come with it.

to get one you can always try ebay

[JDowdall]

well its an asrock xfire which is one of those picky mobos that is a mix between crossfire and sli it supports only certain types of gfx cards from particular manufacturers

[Taxation]

email asrock and ask them :wink:

[teknokid]

i no i shouldnt really do this but if your really stuck http://www.scan.co.uk sell sli bridges.

[Taxation]

if the board doesnt fully support SLI and doesnt come with a connector, then i would ask questions first, then buy items

[teknokid]

sli is gr8 if u get it.

[Taxation]

if you have enough money that is

[JDowdall]

well the mobo doesnt directly support crossfire or sli its got this agi slot thingee that can support certain cards on it in effect crossfire or sli also where on scan could i find it and would i need it? oh and the agi slot compatability thing is here http://www.asrock.com/support/VGA/show.asp?Model=ConRoeXFire-eSATA2

[Taxation]

as ive said before, ask asrock, because i dont want to give you the wrong info on something that i dont know for sure

[teknokid]

hang on.... why get 2x 7600gts why not get a single 7900 card? theyd be faster because you only get about a 70% performance boost from sli.

[JDowdall]

The most demanding game i want to play is Oblivion and two 7600gt's have about the same performance as a 7900gt and they cost about the same if i get the asus version which i need if i am going to sli them. Also the 7900gt costs too much :)

[Taxation]

187 for a 7900gt :?
isnt that much, compared to a 79gtx

[JDowdall]

i know but i cant have anything over £150 as I actually have no money like most other 14 yr olds...unlike *cough*tekno*cough*

[teknokid]

just ordering my 8800gtx....

[Taxation]

why not go for a 1900GT, they perfrom really well and are quite good value for money :D
or a 1800XT/1900XT if you can afford or find one cheap enough

[JDowdall]

Rub it in why dont ya tekno :evil: :lol: i mite but i dont think the agi slot supports some of them and i think that the 1st edition 1900gts r gone on novatech and they arent supported by the mobo and the gecube x1800 xt is nowhere to be seen so i think te best gfx card solution would be wither dual 7900's or 7600gts.and the dual 7900s r a bit xpensive

[Taxation]

what about a 7900gs??
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... ?NOV-79GS5 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-79GS5)
ugly as sin, but it isnt going to be out in the open and seen every day...................is it? :wink:

[JDowdall]

isnt supported :( also it needs to be either an ASUS 7800GTX or 7900 GT or a LEADTEK 7800 GT or 7800 GTX

[teknokid]

why?

[JDowdall]

as my mobo is not a proper sli thing it only supports certain gfx cards (like the ones mentioned above) hence the need for sli connectors

[teknokid]

all sounds a bit complicated for 2 7600gt's

[JDowdall]

it would've been a good mobo even if it wasnt dual gfx able so it doesnt matter and anyways dual 7600gts should play all the games i want to so i dont need an 8800 gtx thing as like most people i dont have a seemingly limitless supply of money :lol: tell us when your getting the second 8800gtx then?

[Taxation]

why not get a single 7900gs

[JDowdall]

because of the upgrade path. I couldnt sli that.

[Taxation]

and, SLI is all hype, a single 7900gs will be very good, better than 2 7600's

[teknokid]

exactly as tax said.

[JDowdall]

but if later on want to get better performance i could'nt get another 7900gs wheras if i go for a 7600gt i could

[GN]

just ordering my 8800gtx....

or you just get one of them instead of Xfire and SLI.

i was going to get SLI, and i was going to get Xfire (2x X1950 Pro's) now im just going to get a 8800GTX or something on its own.

[JDowdall]

but unlike tekno i have not enough money to buy a 8800gtx the maximum i can go up to is £130 and i think that the 7600gt would be best for that much as it can b sli'd later on

[JDowdall]

Right thats it the search for these four gfx cards is going to drive me insane imgnow just looking for the best card in my price bracket (£140 tops) could you people help me now?

Edit: That £130 x1950 pro looks very very tasty....

[Taxation]

the 1950 pro isnt very tastey, tastes a bit bitter for me....................................... wait................. yea that card is a good performer, i think it is surposed to be taking on the nvidia 7950gt, someone correct me if im wrong

[JDowdall]

For that price the only competition looks like the 7900 gs which it soundly beats also if it is supposed to taking on the 7950 then its about the same performance as that but is about £50 cheaper

[Taxation]

depends on what games you play, battlefield games prefer ATI and doom 3 and quake 4 prefer nvidia