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jeff1304   10-07-2008 at 07:49:35 PM

well i had a xfx 780i that recently friend after 4 months if they dont cover under warrenty what should i get for a new mobo i was thinking of spending $300 maybe a lil more not sure yet. but what i was looking at was is


ASUS Striker II Formula LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131255


what i plan to put in it
E8400 intel processor
2 XFX 8800gt video cards in sli
ddr2 800 4 gigs of ram




what would you guys suggest ?

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huron   10-07-2008 at 08:14:10 PM
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I would look at the 750i and the 780i if I were you.

Do you already have the 8800 GT's ? If so, you're stuck with SLI. If not, I would suggest an X48 and get 4870s or something like that (2 4850s even).

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megamanx00   10-07-2008 at 08:19:40 PM
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Well XFX doesn't have the best motherboards, and now that they jumped ship from nVidia I doubt you'll get much support. Anyway I'd peronally go with the MSI P7N SLI Platinum for half the price, but since you're willing to spend that much then yeah that board you picked is a good choice especially if you plan to get two more powerful nVidia cards down the road.

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grieve   10-07-2008 at 08:21:24 PM
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I agree with Huron... If you dont already have dual Nvidia cards go with an X48 board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128331

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jeff1304   10-07-2008 at 08:23:22 PM
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i already have the 8800gt video cards ram and processor

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jeff1304   10-08-2008 at 03:56:01 AM
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please any suggestions ?

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huron   10-08-2008 at 01:53:14 PM
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You have just one 8800 GT, or both of them?

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jeff1304   10-08-2008 at 08:09:12 PM
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ok so i have been looking at ddr3 will 2gb of ddr run faster with vista 64 bit than 4gb of ddr2 ?

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