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Another reason to avoid SLI/Crossfire
One of the main reason's I haven't taken advantage of Dual GPU setups is the power required for these setups. Even with a high end GPU you can get away with a 450W or 500W PSU but if you go the multi GPU route then you need to start talking about 700W up to 1000W PSUs and the amount of power you draw most days while those GPUs just sit idle really adds up and can be very expensive.
Posted by: gmclean   Posted on: 02/19/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Another reason to avoid SLI/Crossfire  gmclean | 02/19/09
Yep. That too, is my reason for avoiding SLI. (nt)  Custard_over_2x_Pie | 02/19/09
Good point ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/19/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  learningpc4beginners@... | 02/19/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  ploco@... | 02/19/09
Then you might be interested ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/19/09
I agree...  BitTwiddler | 02/19/09
Good point ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/19/09
Actually..  Core2uu | 02/19/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  paul.hudson@... | 02/19/09
True but...  cornpie | 02/19/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  SEReickart | 02/19/09
Once again, you don't do any research.  Spiritusindomit@... | 02/19/09
Not the same thing  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/19/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  vinnyboombatz | 02/20/09
You Played Everquest 2?  itanalyst2@... | 02/20/09
Ha, you hypocrite and liar  markbn | 02/20/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  NERDY1 | 02/20/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  bear_it999@... | 02/20/09
Why WOULD nVidia help you?  jdickey | 02/21/09
Why?  Techref6060 | 02/25/09
Perhaps because...  fairportfan | 02/25/09
NVidia CUDA  mr_bandit | 02/23/09
mind shaggingly fast  walkerjian@... | 02/25/09
Why do you need a gazillion FPS anyway?  Dr. John | 02/26/09
More Wii units sold than XBOX and Playstation  Your Mom 2.0 | 02/26/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  JerseyReader | 02/27/09
RE: Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON  kadosh | 08/14/09

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