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post #1 of 6
2/28/08 at 5:19pm
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Hi

I have a choice of two Dell XPS 1730 machines. One with a 2.8gig extreme processor and sli'd 8700GT and the other with a 2.2gig processor and dual 8800 GTX's.

Which one would you go for? (price is very similar).

Thanks for any help etc.

Cheers

Nick
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post #2 of 6
2/29/08 at 1:30am
8800GTX's. 2.2 to 2.8 is not the big of a jump.
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post #3 of 6
2/29/08 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by DarqWang View Post
8800GTX's. 2.2 to 2.8 is not the big of a jump.
it depends on what CPU you have. Whats the model of it? Having a great video card means NOTHING if you're being bottlenecked by your CPU.
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post #4 of 6
2/29/08 at 4:58pm
This are the choices he has:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/3MB cache) [Included in Price]
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB/6MB cache) [add $125 or $4/month1]
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9500 (2.6GHz/800Mhz FSB/6MB cache) [add $400 or $12/month1]
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Extreme X9000(2.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/6M L2 Cache) [add $750 or $23/month1]
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post #5 of 6
3/1/08 at 3:56am
Go for the 8800's and 2.2,it will game light years better than the 2.8/8700.

I have the penryn 2.4 and 8800's and bioshock spends most of its time tapped against the 60fps vsync limit at max res and settings.... compared to the other 1730 I had which was a 2.2/8700sli....it scores faster avg FPS at 1920x1200 than the 8700's did at 1440x900.

It would cost you a lot less to upgrade the cpu at a later date,if you were so inclined.
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post #6 of 6
3/3/08 at 1:01pm
I would say go with the 8800GTX's and 2.2GHZ proc. This is mainly because its easier to upgrade processors than it is to upgrade graphics cards.

I do agree though that the 2.2GHZ proc will bottleneck the hell out of the 8800GTX's.
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