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I am considering using a BFG Tech 9800 GX2 with a ASUS P5K DELUXE. My first question is, will the card use both GPU's since the MB is not SLI? Also with a card like this how much benefit would I see if I went to a MB that had a FSB 1600/1333MHz of instead of a 1333/1066MHz FSB? Would it be visibly noticeable. This PC would be mainly used for games and an occational office application. Thanks 
To answer your first question: Yes it will work. No it will not support SLI. However, as others have stated, SLI won't be needed with this card as it essentially does SLI on the card itself.
To answer your second question: It depends on what memory you get. To get the most bang for your buck, go with a 1333 setup so you get the most out of one board and still are close to max performance on the other. the difference between 1333 and 1066 is small but the difference between 1600 and 1066 is visible on SOME applications but definately visible in your wallet. 
Message edited by JRoth on 06-06-2008 at 09:46:33 PM
Mate plz read the FAQ i have talked about cards like this
(7950GX2,HD3870X2,9800GX2)
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] sfire-faqs
NVIDIA GEFORCE 9800GX2(Read the note about the 7950GX2,its the same for 9800GX2)
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7950GX2(Remember, you may think that because 7950GX2 is actually "2 cards attached to one" then you need a SLI motherboard to use it, but you dont, for single 7950GX2, u will need just one PCI-E 16x slot
Hope this helped 
Message edited by Maziar on 06-11-2008 at 09:56:51 AM
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with a rig like that I doubt you'll need anything for a while. I wish I had it, I think the Physx Card is kinda pointless but meh the more the better!
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