If he wanted yes. The 8800gts use considerably less power then the /(8 (which is why gtx requires 2 pci-e connectors per card, gts has 1)
Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: "Raul Limos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:28:59 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED], "The Hardware List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] Core2 Duo Mobo....... redux........ On 12/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One reason we went with GTS is that GTX would have put us into a larger PS, > 900w I think? This would also mean that air cooling probably wouldn't have > been adequate. When we added up the increased price from GTS to GTX (x2 > due to sli), the larger PS and adding liquid cooling, the relatively small > increase in performance was mitigated by the very significant increase in > cost. Still have headroom for overclocking the vid cards?
