as for gaming, not all games support SLI/xfire technology.. IMHO a single next gen card will always be a better solution than 2 cards from a previous generation in SLI/xfire mode..
And an sli next gen card will always be better solution than a single next gen card
And hindi lahat ng bago better than previous gen, depende sa sitwasyon yan, minsan maghahantay ka pa ng maayos na driver release bago maging ok yan, for example itong 8800 namin nung previous driver releases hindi lumalabas yung video ng call of juarez tapos nagkaka problem pa sa shadow ng ibang games, ngayon lang gumana at naayos sa current driver release.
And regarding not all games supporting SLI/Xfire, yung mga lumang games sigurado di supported (since di na kelangan dahil sobra na bilis) at yung mga pipitsuging games, pero lahat ng quality games sigurado supported yan. Unless you play zuma, textwist pizza frenzy, yun di nga supported yun..
maybe what you read didnt give you enough information about what crossfire and sli does...
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para sa akin overrated ang SLI or xfire.. kasi based on reviews sa net mga 10-20% lang ang performance gain pag SLI/xfire setup ka yun nga lang astig ang rig mo pag naka SLI hehehe..
Baka naman 800x600 yung reu na nilalaro nila?
pag nasa 1400x900 pataas na resolution mo sasabit na yan at makikita mo yung malaking porsyento ng SLI/Xfire. Isa pa, tumataas din frame buffer mo (since dodoble memory) so mas mabilis ka pag naka anti-alias.
Peace! Just want to enlighten regarding SLI, di po namimilit, pero baka kasi wrongly informed lang kayo regarding the technology..
Eto pa pala, downide ng SLI is siyempre mas malakas ang power requirement so kelangan malakas ang psu para kayanin yung dual video cards. Doble gastos!
And isa pa, SLI is not ALWAYS a need, pero it is ALWAYS a want
gulo no?