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Daaamon · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: Is the 780i worth its moneY?

I was reading reviews, and many people were saying that the 780i is NOT worth the money, as it is pretty much the exact same thing as its predecessor, the 680 which is $100 cheaper.

So my questions are:
1. Is the 780i chipset worth the $300
2. If i have a Dual core processor, and an 8800GT OC will a nVidia board be better for me, or will the ASUS P5n-e or P5k be O.K. for me?
3. If i plan on doing some serious overclocking... should i go with the nVidia board or an ASUS one?
4. Should I get a 680i or an x38 chipset.
5. What are the advantages/disadvantages to an x38 chipset.
6. Is the 780i chipset ALOT beter than an x38 chipset... is it worth the extra $$$

Thanks for the help.

UnLmtD · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:46 am Post subject:

Look, if you're not going to use SLI technology there's no point of buying a Nvidia chipset motherboard. So here we go.

1- If you want to run in Tri-SLI, yes.
2- Single card -> Asus motherboards or any other good MB, but not a nvidia one.
3- IMO Asus.
4- X38 duh.
5- Google it, many good article out there.
6- 780i -> SLI X38 -> No SLI. In your case, I would go with a X38 chipset or wait till the X48 Surprised

Nvidia should stick with going GPUs and not motherboard chipsets. The only reason the 780i is selling is because of the Tri-SLI support.

xDev · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

Use the 780i chipset if:

1) You want to use SLi.
2) If you are using the 45nm Intel Processors.

UnLmtD · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

superweapons · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

And a bunch of other motherboards. UnLmtD did a fine job giving an answer this time, but I think:

1) Only if you are to run three-way SLI
2) Asus P5 would be better
3) They are both good, but based on question 2's answer, Asus
4) X38 is better
5) DDR2/3 (based on vendor), next-gen stuff, (a negative is it only supports Crossfire)
6) I would say they are both good, depends on the graphics manufacturer you are going to use and if you are going to use their multi-GPU solution

Daaamon · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

does the P35 chipset support SLI for my 8800GT?

UnLmtD · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

superweapons · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

You want 2 8800GTs in SLI? You can get the 750i; the P35 supports Crossfire only (unless you want a single-slot solution). I saw the Asus P5N-D 750i at Newegg for $149:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232&Tpk=750i

The only downside is that it runs one card in x16, and the other in x8, but the board supports PCIe 2.0, so it's better than 2 x16 PCIe 1.1 cards in SLI.

Daaamon · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:

Lol nvmd unLmtD, i'm getting this board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127030

UnLmtD · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

Good board, but didn't you want to run 2 8800GT?

superweapons · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject:

EDIT: Never mind, above post told the same story.

Daaamon · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

No, i just said the card was SLI.
I'm an idiot and wasn't thinking, i just realized you need two cards in order for SLI to be used -_-

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