Quote Originally Posted by 'kura',index.php?page=Thread&postID=123055#post123 055
I've run my 9800 gx2 on xp pro, xp x64, and vista ult 64, and never had any issues. This was all using nvidia's 170-175 release drivers.

As for your ATI comment, my 4870 works just fine for multiboxing

My 9800 gx2 will also run 2 monitors, all you do is go into the nvidia control panel and change from "multi gpu mode" to "multi display mode" And I actually got a few extra frames by unlinking them.

As for the GTX 280, why pay twice as much for a card that's beat up and down the street by g92's? I got my gx2 for 200 bucks new. newegg ftw

I'd take a q6600 over an E8400 any day. Especially when you're multiboxing on one rig.

Solid state drive? Cause wow utilizes a lot of HDD while playing right? That'll shave 2 seconds off the loading screens at the cost of what.. 1000-1500 bucks? My main and 2 alts run off a sata 3.0 16mb buffer drive, and the 2 other alts run off an old 80gb WD pata drive. The 4 alts load at the same speed.. always.

No offense, but there are some things you need to reassess. Your "best without a cost limit" system is simply overkill/rediculous. The system in my sig runs 10 boxes through shattrath like a hot knife through butter, it's all about how you set it up. turn off graphic enhancements you don't need, cap your FPS accordingly for each window, use less bulky addons, have a stable overclock, use appropriate resolutions, use stable drivers... etc

You're making people think you need some crazy rig to start boxing, when you don't.

edit: Sorry to rain on your thread, but somebody had to.
when you unlink the 9800gx2 you pretty much have a single 8800gt/9800gt card. and no its not fast as a gtx280 nor a gtx260.
a single 8800gt costs $119. which is what you're using by unlinking.

As for the TS have you heard of the skulltrail? 2x (QX9775 cpus 4x gpus... can do both sli and crossfire.