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NipRing:

Ok, i'm building my first pc for my machine (i'm excited  ;D ) in the past ive used whatever preconfigured pc (dell, compaq, ect) junk. Anyway, i'm using a mobo that utilizes SLI and i was wondering if buying a higher end card (the GTX460 infact) would be a huge factor in performance over say an 8800GT? Both have sli compatibility that i want, but one is $160 and one i can buy for $50. Thanks for a quick reply, i have the guy on craigslist with the 8800 kinda waiting for my response.

Bill

ahofle:

You haven't mentioned what this machine is going to be used for.  If MAME, don't waste your money on a high end graphics card or SLI because most everything is done in the CPU.

NipRing:

Yes, I'm going to run 64 bit mame as well as hyperspin and various emus with vid intros etc. I'm using a phenom quad core CPU OC'd.

newmanfamilyvlogs:

it's the 'various emus' that makes the difference. Also what type of monitor you'll be displaying on. If you're using a standard res arcade monitor then even a low end on-board ATI or nVidia chipset would probably drive all the true 3D emulators at 640x480 full speed.

NipRing:

I'm using a 31hz tri-res monitor inside a sega blast city cab

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