Hello All.
Well, I am about ready to be done with my Asus P5NSLI (nforce570) motherboard. I have been pawing through benchmarks and reviews for months now and I still can not decide what I want to go with. I am Torn between the newer chipsets. P35s seem great, but are getting old. The nvidia 700's are very hot and the x38's are being replaced with the x48's before the x38's are even mature. I realize the X48's are just x38's with better wafers btw.
I am a gamer for one. I got to say my old asus board has served me well. Maybe one hiccup every few hours on crysis with all settings maxed in xp.(Non Vista/Non DX 10)
I basically do not want to upgrade now just to be way behind again come summer time. The MSI X48 platinum boards are looking good to me at the moment, supporting ddr2 and ddr3 is a bonus for me since i am happy with ddr2. But, then again... ddr3 will be mainstream soon... as will pcie 2.0 depending on the nvida and ati cards that come out later this year... so many things to consider......
I would sli if I could do it on a non nvidia board...
I am just looking for opinions....
System:
E6600
2x1Gb Patriot pc 800
Asus P5NSLI
Evga 8800 Gts 640
Pc Power and Cooling Silencer 750
Thanks for Looking
Well, I am about ready to be done with my Asus P5NSLI (nforce570) motherboard. I have been pawing through benchmarks and reviews for months now and I still can not decide what I want to go with. I am Torn between the newer chipsets. P35s seem great, but are getting old. The nvidia 700's are very hot and the x38's are being replaced with the x48's before the x38's are even mature. I realize the X48's are just x38's with better wafers btw.
I am a gamer for one. I got to say my old asus board has served me well. Maybe one hiccup every few hours on crysis with all settings maxed in xp.(Non Vista/Non DX 10)
I basically do not want to upgrade now just to be way behind again come summer time. The MSI X48 platinum boards are looking good to me at the moment, supporting ddr2 and ddr3 is a bonus for me since i am happy with ddr2. But, then again... ddr3 will be mainstream soon... as will pcie 2.0 depending on the nvida and ati cards that come out later this year... so many things to consider......
I would sli if I could do it on a non nvidia board...
I am just looking for opinions....
System:
E6600
2x1Gb Patriot pc 800
Asus P5NSLI
Evga 8800 Gts 640
Pc Power and Cooling Silencer 750
Thanks for Looking