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Vansibel   12-17-2006 at 10:08:06 AM

Hello there,

I plan on moving to an upgrade and i'd like to know if mid-range mobo with p965 chipset can be a bottleneck for nvidia 8800 serie. I was planning on getting the asus P5B-E over an 680i motherboard primary because I'm not even remotely interested in running 2 cards in SLI, and I still use equipment that require a parallel port (which 680i mobo don't have). From what I read, the biggest gap between the 2 chipset would be over DMI vs Hyper transport. Does the interconnect bandwith of the p965 hight enought for it to not slow down the performance of those new nvidia card ? The only reason I'm getting a 8800 gtx is because of it's direct 10 support, but at the price they worth I sure don't want my motherboard to slow it down (maybe my e6600 will but i'm only talking about mobo in this issue). If the chipset can indeed be an issue, i'd prefert spending a little more on a 680i mobo even if I don't plan on using sli anytime soon. Thanks for your help.

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apache_lives   12-17-2006 at 11:01:19 AM
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Hello there,

I plan on moving to an upgrade and i'd like to know if mid-range mobo with p965 chipset can be a bottleneck for nvidia 8800 serie. I was planning on getting the asus P5B-E over an 680i motherboard primary because I'm not even remotely interested in running 2 cards in SLI, and I still use equipment that require a parallel port (which 680i mobo don't have). From what I read, the biggest gap between the 2 chipset would be over DMI vs Hyper transport. Does the interconnect bandwith of the p965 hight enought for it to not slow down the performance of those new nvidia card ? The only reason I'm getting a 8800 gtx is because of it's direct 10 support, but at the price they worth I sure don't want my motherboard to slow it down (maybe my e6600 will but i'm only talking about mobo in this issue). If the chipset can indeed be an issue, i'd prefert spending a little more on a 680i mobo even if I don't plan on using sli anytime soon. Thanks for your help.



wether it be nvidia, or intel, or amd or ati etc there all using the PCIe bus ;)

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prozac26   12-17-2006 at 01:44:41 PM
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The motherboard itself is not a bottleneck in any way. The chipset doesn't matter.

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Vansibel   12-17-2006 at 07:10:30 PM
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Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated.

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