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Off-topic : In your case, ordering and installing the nVidia® Graphics Card you have mentioned previously might be way more advantageous and appreciable than getting your hands down on the one having been promoted by TheTao, since I can remember the Amount and Classification of the Physical Memory you have picked up might not have sufficed in order to make sure the TurboCache© Technology embedded onto it would have behaved properly, and that's why this Performances Revamping Process may have been that depreciated since the first Days it has been introduced and commercialized...

One last question Tao, what resolution were you using?

1280x1024, or whatever the highest LCD resolution is.

@Leviathan= I'm using the card right now. It has 512MB of memory on-board, as well as turbocaching. I haven't tried using the feature yet, as it sound a bit... rubbish.

@Anyone interested in this card: MAKE SURE YOU GET THE XFX REBRANDED EDITION. I just found this out, apparently only the XFX-boxed card extends to the 512MB model. So, for a recap:

XFX GeForce 7300GS 512MB supporting TurboCache

Got that?

Off-topic : I assume making this Statement even more understandable might not be that easily achievable, but I was still wondering whether your current Graphics Card shared Common Points with High-End Graphics Processing Units - Apart from its actual Amount of available Video Memory -, such as the Functioning Frequencies of its multiple embedded Electronic Components or the Electric Consuming generated by it, amongst other additional examples of Characteristics which could have possibly intrigued you while learning about them...

After tweaking it with VideTune (not suggested, ye of little experience), it has 12 available pixel-pipelines. Without tweaking, it has a respectable 6 pipelines. It utilizes pixel shader 4.0, CineFX 4.0 (great for particle-heavy games), and supports 64 bit texture filtering (read: antriscopic filtering). It handles HDR very well, although of course not quite as well as more expensive cards. Finally, it makes great use of Intellisample, which means a lot of anti-aliasing bang for your buck.

Off-topic : Well, that's all I needed to know for now regarding the Technical Specifications of this same nVidia® Graphics Card, TheTao, but as Theoretical Statements aren't usually that helpful and constructive, I was wondering whether you had ever noticed Drawbacks while exploiting it, no matter whether these troubles aren't that eventually disturbing. Indeed, remarking the existence of a Video Card shipped with so many Specificities and Possibilities isn't that common, and for that reason, I assume engineering some must have perhaps introduced a few problems or restrictions towards their respective Manufacturers and multiple Purchasers...

My warranty is probably void now, because of my tweaks. As for troubles, it's always good to be prepared. While tweaking a Radeon X300, I accidentally screwed up the connection between it and the PC, and also managed to cripple the drivers. This meant having to refit the card in the same slot, remove all traces of drivers, and reinstall them. A pain, but otherwise, it all went back to normal. It's important to A) be confident you know what you're doing and B) make sure you have plenty of backups. Tweaking is also fairly limited, for example, all I was able to do with the 7300 was trick it into thinking it had more pipelines than it really did. It all varies from card to card, some even going as far as to letting you overclock.

Off-topic : Actually, Retail Graphics Cards allowing their multiple Purchasers to modify the Functioning Frequencies of the most important Components embedded onto these Designs aren't the most amazing Products you will be able to locate across Online Stores and Physical Locations, and that's why I would have rather talked about Graphics Processing Units having been natively overclocked by their respective Manufacturers, as proven by the fact both XFX® and EVGA Corporation® may have commercialized expensive Video Cards meeting this unexpected Reality...

I'm thinking of buying a second card for one of my computers. However, I'm looking for advice: Which is better, ATI's Crossfire, or nVidia's SLI? I have two computers, but I can only afford to put a dual card in one of them at the moment. The cards:

ATI 1600 512MB
nVidia 7300GS 512MB

Does anyone here have experience with either multi-GPU interface? Help is much appreciated.

I got my specs from my xfire profile

Manufacturer:
GBT___
Processor:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory:
512MB RAM
Hard Drive:
120 GB
Video Card:
RADEON 9600 SERIES
Monitor:
Plug en Play-monitor
Sound Card:
Realtek AC97 Audio
Speakers/Headphones:
Tulup
Keyboard:
USB-hoofdhub
Mouse:
USB-hoofdhub
Mouse Surface:
Desk
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)

Off-topic : Alright, TheTao, before determining which exact Graphics Cards' Aggregation Process might fit the most your actual Expectations and Wishes, I would like to learn a little more regarding them, such as whether you would want to take advantage out of the willed Multi-Graphics Processing Units Interface so as to design decently Projects through Softimage|XSI Products, or if you would rather wish to intend this brand-new Platform towards the playing of Entertainment Softwares requiring important Available System Resources, amongst other Precise Details which could possibly help me to figure out if either ATI® or nVidia® Proposed Solutions could appear as being as much performant and effective in order to complete the Objectives you would aspire to. Of course, in case you would equally like to attach additional Informations regarding your very own Preferences, then feel free to proceed so, since it could eventually make the Filtering Procedure even easier to lead...

I'm interested in running some games at higher framerates- or at least more stable framerates, and at top resolution. I can already run most games on full res, but not always at a stable rate, especially games like Oblivion. So in short, I want dual cards for gaming purposes.

Off-topic : Alright, thanks to the Precise Details you may have phrased previously, I assume it is not that helpful and needed to request additional Informations regarding the Interest Centers you were primarily thinking of and aiming while publishing your precedent message any longer in order to determine which exact Property Aggregation Process could match the most your actual Expectations. Indeed, the one I would greatly advise you at the moment would certainly be AMD® / ATI® CrossFire, as this one has mostly tended to offer Functionalities and Performances being usually way higher than nVidia® Equivalent System, which is especially applicable towards the Domain you have referred to earlier. Above all, it has equally appeared that Multi-Virtual Processing Units Environments taking advantage out of this same Technology could allow their respective Owners to initiate and appreciate Microsoft® Windows Vista Sessions much more provenly than those having acquired nVidia® Scalable Link Interface-compatible Devisings...