2 x 8800 GTS or 260 GTX

2 x 8800 GTS or 260 GTX

Any input ?

I already have 8800GTS and my second broke so Do I need to upgrade to 1 x 260 GTX or buy a new 8800gts (which are hard to find these days)

Well, my 260core216 is awesome, but it really comes down to your processor and OS...

Oh, and what else will you be using if for? (other than BS)

There is no official sli support from nvidia, however some people have reported increases in fps with custom profiles.

If the 8800gts cannot provide the speed you require, I recommend you buy a faster single card solution, rather than adding a second 8800gts.

Please note that Black Shark is hugely cpu limited, so even my 8800gtx ultra sli is held back by my 3.6ghz processor. More cpu grunt is the key to better Black Shark performance. (unless you're running a stupidly highly resolution screen, e.g. 2560x1600 plus)

BS does not work with SLI. In my profile, I have to set the SLI rendering mode to single GPU, as using any other mode would result in graphical glitches. If you take a look in the Nvidia profile for Lockon, you'll notice it's also set to single mode.

I am running Q6600 with 4gb and now 1 8800 GTS. The other one broke.

I had very good frame rates with Vista U64 and those 2 8800's using the multicore fix.

So further suggestions ?

Baksie

Get a GTX260 Core 216. The performance of that card will smoke an 8800 in sli. I had Crysis running max resolution and max settings at 40fps with a core 216.

of course GTX 260.