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einzelwolf   04-13-2009 at 11:42:56 PM

Hi,

I currently have a GTX260 video card and I would like to upgrade to a sli configuration with a Phenom II 720, hopefully with DDR3 but up to this moment I haven't been able to find any AM3 mobo with sli and ddr3 support.

I know that the new nforce 980a motherboards have support for this but the only one on the market has ddr2.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] =am3%20sli

The question is if there's going to be any 980a mobos with sli and ddr3 support? Tried google but no positive results so far.

Thanks.


Message edited by einzelwolf on 04-13-2009 at 11:47:25 PM
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B-Unit   04-14-2009 at 12:06:39 AM
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:O Is this more rebranding or has nVidia managed to sneak a new chipset in under my nose?

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kg4icg   04-14-2009 at 06:01:32 AM
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never knew they brought out the 800 series yet

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spathotan   04-14-2009 at 06:10:12 AM
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Looks like a mix between more nvidia rebrand and another one of ASUS' frankenstein/gimick products. Its not even true AM3, its AM2....what a waste of time.

 

Or the more likely scenario is this is a real chipset, and Nvidia skipped over "800" on purpose as sort of a slap in the face to Intel as "the 800 series chipsets are/were ment for i7, so....".

 

Seems it is a "real" nvidia product http://www.nvidia.com/object/produ [...] li_us.html eventhough it offers NOTHING new that you cant get off a 700a board. So apparently instead of Nvidia putting out BIOS to let their 700a boards support AM3 chips they decided to screw everybody in the ass and make them buy new 700a boards tagged as 900.

 

fud link on the board http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php? [...] &Itemid=37 the last line states our suspicions. What a crock, exactly as i suspected. Youre 700a boards are worthless if you want AM3 support, so give us another $200 for the same exact board.

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einzelwolf   04-14-2009 at 04:30:56 PM
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spathotan wrote :

Looks like a mix between more nvidia rebrand and another one of ASUS' frankenstein/gimick products. Its not even true AM3, its AM2....what a waste of time.

Or the more likely scenario is this is a real chipset, and Nvidia skipped over "800" on purpose as sort of a slap in the face to Intel as "the 800 series chipsets are/were ment for i7, so....".

Seems it is a "real" nvidia product http://www.nvidia.com/object/produ [...] li_us.html eventhough it offers NOTHING new that you cant get off a 700a board. So apparently instead of Nvidia putting out BIOS to let their 700a boards support AM3 chips they decided to screw everybody in the ass and make them buy new 700a boards tagged as 900.

fud link on the board http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php? [...] &Itemid=37 the last line states our suspicions. What a crock, exactly as i suspected. Youre 700a boards are worthless if you want AM3 support, so give us another $200 for the same exact board.



Tell me something I don't know about nVidia heh!

Anyway, no SLI, AM3 and DDR3 for the moment it seems...

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spathotan   04-14-2009 at 11:20:29 PM
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Well DDR3 versions of the board are planned through vendors (ASUS, EVGA, yadda yadda) but the board/chipset itself is still not true AM3. Its AM2, period.

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einzelwolf   04-15-2009 at 04:20:49 PM
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spathotan wrote :

Well DDR3 versions of the board are planned through vendors (ASUS, EVGA, yadda yadda) but the board/chipset itself is still not true AM3. Its AM2, period.



Still, putting rebranding or renaming or whatever, still looks promising to have a Phenom II running with DDR3 and a SLI config.

Problem is, no important manufacturer seems to care so far... (gigabyte please!!)

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spathotan   04-15-2009 at 05:05:24 PM
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Gigabyte dosent do high end nvidia chipset boards. They are smarter than that. Infact they only have 2 or 3 nvidia boards period.


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berniemansell   04-23-2009 at 07:36:01 AM
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NVIDIA
this one will be released soon I want one. it will be a perfect upgrade from am2 to am3 this board also supports DDR2 & DDR3 memory.
Hurry up Nvidia and release it so i can buy one.

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leevor1701   06-16-2009 at 05:19:31 PM
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This is frustrating. Its now well over a month since the nForce 980a made an appearance and so far it is in use on only ONE motherboard (Asus) and they aren't even using the DDR3 capabilities of the chip! Is the lack of uptake with the chip to do with the recent activity by Intel and the lawsuit? Were the motherboard manufacturers paid off or encouraged not to produce AMD boards? I can't understand why the nForce 980a is not being used.

I am looking forward to a socket AM3 board using DDR3, support for SLI and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports to replace my old ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe. :bounce:

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leevor1701   10-23-2009 at 07:05:55 PM
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Managed to get a MSI NF980-G65 from Ebuyer.com before they disappeared. Now I'm waiting for everything else to go with it :)

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OvrClkr   10-23-2009 at 09:20:20 PM
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spathotan wrote :

Well DDR3 versions of the board are planned through vendors (ASUS, EVGA, yadda yadda) but the board/chipset itself is still not true AM3. Its AM2, period.



Your not making any sense. If it was a AM2/AM2+ mobo it would not support DDR3 memory. Just cause it does not have an SB750 DOES NOT mean its not an AM3 board. Do your homework before you post nonsense....

Typical Intel fanboy'ism ;)


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