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UltraO   07-19-2009 at 08:50:32 PM

Are there any DDR3 AM3 motherboards that support SLI? Because I don't know if AMD allows SLI because you know SLI is nVIDIA technology :sarcastic: :??:

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SpadeM   07-19-2009 at 09:02:09 PM
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M4N82 Deluxe ... is a DDR2 motherboard for AM3 ... and that's kind of it i think


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xaira   07-19-2009 at 10:57:36 PM
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the 980a chipset is the chipset that was supposed to bring that, but the only board i found that utilises it is ddr2, cut i dont see a real need to impliment ddr3 yet the only noticeable perf increases occur in synthetic benches

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mindless728   07-19-2009 at 11:07:52 PM
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do you have to have sli, why not try crossfire with ati (unless you already have the cards)

really though, for sli your best bet is an i7 system (and im an AMD guy)

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yannifb   07-19-2009 at 11:15:25 PM
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mindless728 wrote :

do you have to have sli, why not try crossfire with ati (unless you already have the cards)

really though, for sli your best bet is an i7 system (and im an AMD guy)



Well i have a GTX 295 with a MSI 790 FX mobo and a 955 BE, so there is no need for SLI since the GTX 295 is 2 GPUs in itself.

But my mobo did come with Crossfire connectors, and i was wondering if there is any ATI card on par with the 295 GTX.

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UltraO   07-19-2009 at 11:56:07 PM
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aff... I was hoping an amd system would replace my dead i7 :(
I can't see why really, why AMD Chipsets can't support SLI technology... Is it AMD that won't make their chipsets support SLI or is it nVIDIA that won't allow AMD to use SLI :??:
I already have 2 GTX 260's and DDR3 memory so...

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smithereen   07-20-2009 at 01:15:15 AM
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I don't know why TBH, but I wouldn't have any qualms building around a DDR2 980a

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BroHamBone   08-20-2009 at 09:45:55 PM
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smithereen wrote :

I don't know why TBH, but I wouldn't have any qualms building around a DDR2 980a




What if i were to buy a 980a... then by november/december a motherboard release for am3 /w sli support came? I just wasted money :cry:

edit :: bah i guess thats the chance we take.


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Helloworld_98   08-20-2009 at 10:02:26 PM
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yannifb wrote :

Well i have a GTX 295 with a MSI 790 FX mobo and a 955 BE, so there is no need for SLI since the GTX 295 is 2 GPUs in itself.

But my mobo did come with Crossfire connectors, and i was wondering if there is any ATI card on par with the 295 GTX.



I s'pose the 4870 X2 beats the 295 if you use the 9.8 drivers.

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