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My 8800GT SLi
By jykwan | August 3, 2008
OK… today i’m boring and so i looked at my computer and decided to talk about the most obvious thing i can see. Well the most obvious thing when looking at my computer is the GPU configuration. The dual ZOTEC 8800GT SLi configuration weather it is during day light or at night. Of coure as i type this the 9 series of Nvidia is very common and the 8 series is phasing out soon, but at the time i got this it was like “WOAH”. Here are some pics when it was new, i took them to show to a friend thou.
This is the 8800GT that i’m currently using.
Ok the back of the box….
2 cards…. holding 2 power cards at that time really feels good
showcase… haha
this is what is inside of every box set. cables, convertors, manual, driver cd and the card.
this is what it looks like on a normal day light.
this is at night…. the orange light from the 8800GT creates a burning sensation when it runs in the dark.
Here i won’t talk about the performance rating and all. You can get most of these informations from reputable websites that really test GPU’s with the right tools. Google it. But from my brief point of view. Its good enough to play most games as of now like Crysis at 1280×1024 with medium graphics and 4x AA. Its smooth the entire game. That alone should tell you how good it is.
And to those who want to install SLi, just something to take note of that i learnt the hard way. SLi only supports 1 monitor. I had 2 monitors so the second went to waste. Enabling requires a restart, disabling doesn’t so its quite a hassle.
Just a note, the casing i’m using is a Gigabyte 3D aurora. I used this casing because of its ventilation system and also the luxury of having to see the inside of the PC and i prefer something that doesn’t accumulate alot of dust inside. This seems to be the best option.
*update: Its been sometime now and Nvidia has already upgraded their Sli drivers to support multiple monitors with SLi enabled.
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