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Pyroflea   07-20-2008 at 10:04:31 PM

1) Does the P35 Chipset support SLI? Crossfire?

2) How is this chipset for overclocking?

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nukemaster   07-20-2008 at 10:29:57 PM
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No, Current Intel chipsets to NOT support SLI and the P35 does not have enough data lanes for 2 x16 cards. Some boards may do 8 and 8, but intel has a chipset just for crossfire. If you want CF look for a X38 or the newer X48 chipsets

The p35 is a good overclocker. many users take there Q6600's to 3.6+ on them, but all cpus clock differently so there is no guarantee.

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http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
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Pyroflea   07-20-2008 at 10:31:44 PM
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Alright, thanks. Overclocking is good, as I am planning on overclocking my CPU soon-ish.

So, clarification. SLI doesn't work, but depending on the board it may support CF? :s

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nukemaster   07-20-2008 at 10:36:08 PM
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Yes. Some boards have the P35 and just split the 1 x16 into 2 x8 slots for crossfire. The performance hit should not be too bad.

 

Still keep an eye out for the X38's and X48's

 

Something that's is worth a read. In some cases x8 and x8 work better, but I think it just the motherboard being better.

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2 [...] rsus_p35/1

 

hope this helps


Message edited by nukemaster on 07-20-2008 at 10:36:15 PM
------------------------------ http://i33.tinypic.com/sw3a5y.png
http://tinyurl.com/26uxxb - C2/i7 Temp? http://tinyurl.com/cj3pw - VGA power?
http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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Pyroflea   07-20-2008 at 10:51:50 PM
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That was interesting, thank for you it. I'm just trying to decide between keeping my current P35, or getting and X38. There is no guarentee I will go CF (kinda a nVidia guy), but it might be worth the upgrade.

How does the X38 do for overclocking?

Any news of the X38 going down in price? I just don't feel justified paying significantly more at the time being.

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Shadowthor   07-20-2008 at 10:59:06 PM
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probably be dropping price, as it is starting to get phased out.

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Pyroflea   07-20-2008 at 11:04:41 PM
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Well then I think I will wait until prices go down a wee tad, before purchasing a new Motherboard. Also, I know there are apparent issues with using DDR2-1066 with the P35 (I'm using it currently, no issues. But I think my BIOS has it set to DDR2-800 =s), but is there any possible issues using this with the X38?

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