Where are all the SLI Core Duo and better motherboards?

[OxIN]

The only motherboard I can find that supports Quad-core / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo AND SLI (I wanted to get a board that supports quad for down-the-line upgradeability and SLI for the same reason) is the ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX (newegg link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131142 )

The reviews on it are not too shining. Is there anything else out there that would support twin 8800s and Quad-cores, or am I going to have to wait a few months until the chips mature? I was planning on putting an E6600 and an 8800 GTX in there right now, but like I mentioned earlier, I wanted room to upgrade.

Anyone know of anything coming out at least?

 

[BUFF]

plenty of 680i SLI mobos but only the 1 650i at the moment.
abit, Gigabyte & MSI should alll have 650i SLI mobos out this month though.

 

[OxIN]

Oh, awesome, thanks. The 680i's are way expensive, and the 650i's pretty much have the same features other than the 6 SATA drives/2 USB controllers and an extra PCI-E port, all of which I don't need (or need to pay extra for)

Finding out more are coming means that their price will probably go down a bit, closer to the $100 mark. Thanks again.

 

[bteagle93]

if sli wasnt a factor here, i was wondering what anyone thinks abotu the asus 650i vs. gigabyte 965p. Im not goign to run sli but with oc'ing and stuff what would you reccomend???

 

[Nossy]

Keep in mind that the 650i can only run 8x/8x mode in SLI mode while the 680i can run the full 16x/16x/8x.

P965/P975X only supports CrossFire (Which is kinda messed up because AMD is with ATI now and nVidia has been a big supporter of AMD 64 FX CPUs)

 

[Nossy]

If you're not going to run SLI, the Gigabyte P965-DQ6 or DS3 are good choices as they are frequently used in benchmarks. The abit QuadGT has been getting some buzz lately.

Also, some may say that the ICH8 is a better southbridge than the MCP found on the 680i.

 

[BUFF]

Finding out more are coming means that their price will probably go down a bit, closer to the $100 mark. Thanks again.

Well, I think that the ones that are coming are going to be dearer than the Asus which shows a few signs of cost cutting (e.g. PCB isn't full size & has a soldered rather than socketed BIOS chip).

P965/P975X only supports CrossFire (Which is kinda messed up because AMD is with ATI now and nVidia has been a big supporter of AMD 64 FX CPUs)

It's possible to run SLI on them with hacked drivers.
No hacked drivers for 8800s though.

 

[OxIN]

Well, I think that the ones that are coming are going to be dearer than the Asus which shows a few signs of cost cutting (e.g. PCB isn't full size & has a soldered rather than socketed BIOS chip).

What do you mean by "dearer"?