2x8800 GTS or 1x8800 GTX?

[CMcguire]

I was planning on going for a single 8800GTX 768 mb card on my new system but looking at some benchmark figures the dual card seem to perform better.. the price for one GTX and 2 GTS(320 mb) is basically the same..

So what i am wondering is there any reasons you can think of for going for the single 8800 GTX card over the dual GTSs? Are there drawback to SLI configurations i should be aware of? Are there any situations where the GTX card will actually perform better then the dual cards?

(i would be using them for game playing)

[Dragon_Slayer]

well the GTX will have more memory then 2x 320mb GTS. not only that but if your planning on running Vista you can forget about SLi for now as I dont think it works at this point.

[CMcguire]

Well what benefit is the extra memory?

And i would be hoping that vista would have support for the dual card by the time i would actually need that much power to run a game..

[Apoptosis]

Well what benefit is the extra memory?

And i would be hoping that vista would have support for the dual card by the time i would actually need that much power to run a game..

what resolution will you be playing at? More memory helps at higher resolutions.

[CMcguire]

Doubt i'd ever be playing at anything over 1600X1200.. and more likely 1280x1024

[Bwall]

I would just stick with a single 8800 GTS 320MB and then later down the line possibly getting a second one. A single 320MB will run pretty much anything I've thrown at it at 1280x1024. A GTX is overkill for that resolution.

SLI doesn't work with every game so I have a hard time suggesting that sort of configuration to anyone other than those that run extremely high resolutions.

[smokin_mitch]

i plan on getting a second 8800gtx later on in the year after i purchase a new monitor (22"-24" widscreen) that goes upto 1900x1200

then i might need a second 8800gtx