Want Geforce but also Gigabyte...?

[M@Sc0T]

Okay heres the deal... Big Geforce fan... But read a heap of bad reviews on SLi chipsets... So I'm going to get a Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 or DQ6 now and gonna wait for the new ATI GPUs coz the boards only do Crossfire.... And it's the best MOBO out there for the price (right?) Well, maybe a bit pricy but worth it if u wana OC as far as i know...

I wana OC my rig and again Gigabyte came out on top except if u use all 4 RAM slots... If the new ATI GPUs arent better than the 9800GTX I'm gonna get the 9800.... But then it would be a waste on my MOBO coz it only supports Crossfire...

Does anyone know of good SLi mobos for the same price with equal OC.ing capabilties?

If the new GPUs suck I'd rather get the 9800GTX on the Gigabyte and not have Crossfire than have a crappy mobo full of bugs.... But It would be so much better to just get a SLi board then and get two 8800's.... What should I do?

Please help....

 

[Shadow703793]

The 780i is the best SLI chipset with good OCing. The 750i has some OCing problems. I say wait until the new GPUs are out.

 

[dagger]

Okay heres the deal... Big Geforce fan... But read a heap of bad reviews on SLi chipsets... So I'm going to get a Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 or DQ6 now and gonna wait for the new ATI GPUs coz the boards only do Crossfire.... And it's the best MOBO out there for the price (right?) Well, maybe a bit pricy but worth it if u wana OC as far as i know...

I wana OC my rig and again Gigabyte came out on top except if u use all 4 RAM slots... If the new ATI GPUs arent better than the 9800GTX I'm gonna get the 9800.... But then it would be a waste on my MOBO coz it only supports Crossfire...

Does anyone know of good SLi mobos for the same price with equal OC.ing capabilties?

If the new GPUs suck I'd rather get the 9800GTX on the Gigabyte and not have Crossfire than have a crappy mobo full of bugs.... But It would be so much better to just get a SLi board then and get two 8800's.... What should I do?

Please help....

The 4870 is basically guaranteed to be far better than 9800gtx. The bar is set low.
http://en.expreview.com/2008/04/03/geforce-9800gtx-review/12/

Currently, there are no sli motherboards that match the overclocking capacities of x38/x48/p45, for any price. It just doesn't exist. Unless you consider the Skulltrail, which supports both sli and crossfire, but cost $600.

Just get the better motherboard. 4870 should perform well. Even if not, you can still just use one card.

 

[M@Sc0T]

Thanks guys! Yeah i only wana spend like $650 on the RAM, MOBO, heatsink and GPU... If thats possible!

What do you guys think of OCZ REAPER HPC CL4 RAM? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267 And the Xigmatek 1283? I have some concern about the cooler's "stayintheredness" (That is a real word... If you like Mythbusters) some ppl say it doesn't lock onto the mobo's all that well?

 

[M@Sc0T]

Oh and also... Which should I get? The DQ6 or the DS4?

 

[roadrunner197069]

The new Asus P5Q series P45s are the best overclockers in town right now. No SLI, but you can Crossfire on them. Alot of people are getting 600+ FSB on these boards. 550 on air is a easy task on these boards.

 

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Oh and also... Which should I get? The DQ6 or the DS4?

DS4, it's the same as DQ6 minus 2 SATA ports, for cheaper price.

 

[rgsaunders]

The new Asus P5Q series P45s are the best overclockers in town right now. No SLI, but you can Crossfire on them. Alot of people are getting 600+ FSB on these boards. 550 on air is a easy task on these boards.

You "may" be able to do Crossfire, but not at 2x16, the P45 chipset doesn't support it. It may have 2 physical x16 slots, but electrically they work at 2x8 in Crossfire mode. The only current Intel chipsets that properly support 2x16 are the X38 and X48.

That said, X8 on PCI-E 2.0 should have more than sufficient bandwidth, seeing as X8 on PCI-E 1.0 took only a minimal performance hit on bandwidth.

 

[V3NOM]

HD 4850/4870 FTW DDDD