GF8800GTX SLI /w NForce 680i

Ouch! My life savings!

Yeah that's pretty mean looking, and NO I will never be able to afford it.

 

That rig looks badass with all black PCB and the little X-Fi hiding between those two monsters.

I think i just creamed in my pants.


Only joking.

Nice. I want one! I mean SLi.  

Sure you mean SLi.  

Hopefully that's the sauna-capable X-Fi.

You can stick a heatsink of the sound card and it should be fine.

Question does anyone know what X-FI card that is? I recently purchased a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1682... because i didn't want to spend the extra money to get the front panel which i would never use that comes with the X-FI FPS. But i was pretty sure that the X-FI logo lighted up red to go with the whole Fatal1ty look he has going on. Is this a new X-FI card ?

Damn thats nice  

Ah well i have still a year to go with my x800gto

I think it's the Elite Pro with all the fancy lighting.

my plan is to sell my cpu and vid card to my brother,get an am2 65nm,and an ati dx10.
idgaf about windows premium so ill probably just get the simple home version,with dx10.

After all the things you've said about AMD you now plan to buy one? Even though you haven't seen 65nm AM2 benches?

*yawns*

Any software out yet that can utilize the maximum potential of this hardware yet? (Screw oblivion! I'm tired hearing about how it kills CPUs. To be honest, I'm really surprised that the developers were even able to test it. I mean, wth were they using?! Parralel computers consisting of 10 CPUS and GPUS?! 8O sheesh!)

*goes back to sleep*

There goes the vacation money planned for the European trip. But I still want to see how ATI R600 Crossfire does in comparison.

my plan is to sell my cpu and vid card to my brother,get an am2 65nm,and an ati dx10.
idgaf about windows premium so ill probably just get the simple home version,with dx10.

AMD/ATI? ewww.. why? Even the cheapest core2 will cream an am2 and nvidia DX10 cards are surely fast and out now, ATI's is an unknown and months away....

my plan is to sell my cpu and vid card to my brother,get an am2 65nm,and an ati dx10.
idgaf about windows premium so ill probably just get the simple home version,with dx10.

AMD/ATI? ewww.. why? Even the cheapest core2 will cream an am2 and nvidia DX10 cards are surely fast and out now, ATI's is an unknown and months away....

I don't think Intel is going to let ATI in, that's why  

I meant by saying I don't thin we're going to see anymore Crossfire boards with Intel, other than the DFI one that is suppose to be coming out.

Um... I think you should step away from the computer and go outside and get some air. I sense a lot of anger coming from your posts  

And I agree, I do not like the Intel mindset either! I've had an AMD the past 2 years and had great experience and like you said, Intel released a KA CPU, so I went with it as well as with an ATI card. Now I'm disappointed that Intel is being stupid and not allowing ATI chipsets on their motherboards anymore.

UGH! COMPUTERS ARE GAY!!!

No, I read just fine. My points were that: #1) I was skeptical of AM2 from the beginning and had low expectations since it was just a new socket with a change of RAM. [side note: I have been hoping to see the newer, faster DDR2 revcently make a big splash with AM2 but haven't seen it.] 2) If I was pissed off enough to slam a company on a forum, I probably wouldn't be buying from them for a while - or ever. I mean, it's your call on 65nm AM2 but at the very least, be patient until overclockers have had sufficient time to wring it out so you know what you're getting before you buy.



Maybe I'm jaded but I kinda don't think they get much stimulation from forums like this. Reviews on Toms and elsewhere possibly.



We're in agreement there but I'm pretty detached in the big picture. It's all just tools and toys to me.



That's your right. I'm guessing they had either underestimated C2D or that they are losing a battle and hoping to win the war.



I've done contract work for both companies and don't see the honesty picture mattering more for either company. They are innovative, hungry, success-minded people, plain and simple. I don't fault you for wanting to be able to stick with AMD but I'm just not that dominated by it all. Even inexpensive socket 939 PCs can perform very well. Not that many people truly need C2D performance all that often.

You know, change is sometimes good. 2 years ago, I was a hardcore nVidia/AMD fan. The end of this summer, I switched sides and must say, ATI did a good job with the X1900 series. My only gripe is, I wish they would have used a cooler similar to nVidia's.

Now, that ATI and AMD have merged, it saddens me seeing that Intel's only other alternative to graphics (let's face it, integrated is P.O.S.) is nVidia and I've start to love ATI a lot more now due to the capabilities it has.

Oh well...

ROFL! That's great! I would do that only if I could get some money out of it!  

Going back to topic, I don't see any huge performance jump to make me want to get a nForce mobo and nVidia card...

That also bothers me! I wish nVidia and ATI could make it to where you can run either on a motherboard in Crossfire or SLI regardless of the chipset  

Then again, that would be like saying, AMD running on an Intel platform.

I've been with AMD for many years, after getting messed over by Intel and some of the stuff it pulled. But the AM2 seemed unreal to me. I have a 939 that is good. When AM2 came out, I asked, "Why should I spend hundreds of dollars for an AM2 that doesn't perform any better at all?" So I stuck with my 939. I had hoped for a bit to get a FX60 when prices were falling, figuring that would give me a bunch better performance than my 4400+. But with production ceasing on the 939 cpu's, the prices are headed up, not down.

Now with the AM2 being left behind and abandoned, I'm not sure what's up. Does AMD think we're all a bunch of fan boy idiots or what? The new FX72, FX74 and such sound good, but are we expected to sink in a bunch of money and get left again? Its giving me a moment of pause and consideration. I don't like Intel's past business practices, but if AMD becomes just as bad, what to do next, buy Apple (shudder)?

That reminds of the good old days. One simple standard, and you could plug in a graphics card from STB, 3DFX, Nvidia, ATI, or whoever. The ways things are, your pick of motherboard dictates whether you can use SLI or Crossfire. Wish it was back to a simple standard, then I could buy my favorite motherboard/features, and then buy whatever set of cards that I wanted.

i am tempted to be envious of you on this(bolded).its good food for thought.

Well I've known different sides of the fence. Back in the Windows 95 and before days, I only wanted to be on a Mac. My first AMD was bought because they were the underdog with an up-and-coming reputation. And they had some great advertising. I've enjoyed the successes of AMD. Had I looked in the crystal ball I have to admit I would not have seen C2D on the horizon. The sleeping giant has been awakened.

It could be the Elite Pro, but who ever setup the card
he did not installed it correctly.
You will need to connect the 4-pin mini-molex connector to the card if he
wants to use the sleek break out box.

Somewhere in one of the hardware reviews, they said the exact same thing about Intel lighting a match under AMDs butt. Is it working???

Only time will tell!

TIME BLOWS!!!  

             

(laughing as i write this)indeed,time can be a blower :wink:

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The problem is that if AMD really was napping, they probably got too far behind because they have been fighting an unhill battle WRT process. Some part of me wants to believe that the same creative environment that brought us K8 has been cooking up something special for '07 and '08. I also want to believe there's something nifty about 4x4 but that's like a dimly flickering candle far, far away in the reality sector of the brain.

Well, the good news is that we don't have to wait all that long to see what 4x4 will really have to offer and after that, I suspect the next 12 to 18 months will pass quickly and with it, 45nm, native QC and more processing power than you can shake a stick of RAM at. The dust might not settle till capacity has eclipsed the imaginations of all but a few.

If mobos got TV adds, that one should be accompanied by the old Van Halen tune "Black and Blue".

Yeah, I'm stuck at work and need a change of drawers now.....


I have to settle on a board asap. OMG the sweetness