To follow up on a previous post, I decided to go for the 8800 GT while using my A8N-SLI deluxe. I was holding off on an upgrade for a mobo until early spring and wanted to play some more recent games before upgrading. So I picked up an Evga 8800 GT Superclocked with Crysis packed in and experimented.

I upgraded the Bios to 1805 first, rebooted, and then replaced my two 7900 GT KO's. The BIOS went to defaults after switching the jumper back to single card mode and put in my 8800 GT. After setting the BIOS, putting my OC values, and installing my new drivers the 8800 GT ran great. I went from a 8243 score on 3Dmark06 to 10,951. I noticed a major difference in game play on Half Life 2, Episode 2 and a few other games.

Now I am sure the GPU is bottlenecked by my 4800 x2 (running at 2.85 on air) but heck, it will get me through the winter. Ill tackle Crysis and Bioshock in the spring with a quad core!

Just wanted to let all of you wondering if the combo works, it does, while maybe not optimally, it still works pretty well.

Ill probably slap in another 8800 GT when I get my new rig and use this one to play Half-life 2 episode 2, COD 4, and Medal of Honor Airborne. When I get the quad core, Ill tempt my fate with Crysis and Bioshock.

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
4800 X2 with Zalman 9500 running at 2.85 on Air
2 Gigs of OCZ Platinum
Single Evga 8800 GT Superclocked

Awesome stuff, enjoy all those cool games.