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lazer_viking · 05-05-2007, 01:33 AM

What makes it better?
I'm looking at the specs.. it has 2 pci-e x16 slots, but one of them only runs at x4. I'm thinking about like a year from now when 8800GTX prices are going to drop down and I'm going to want another one. I may want true dual x16 support, and it looks like only 680i and whatever intel's high priced equivalent offers that.
do you think it's worth it to spend almost 200$ on a motherboard so I could go SLI?

05-05-2007, 01:33 AM	#23 (permalink)
lazer_viking Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 447	Re: upgrading to conroe.. have a few questions What makes it better? I'm looking at the specs.. it has 2 pci-e x16 slots, but one of them only runs at x4. I'm thinking about like a year from now when 8800GTX prices are going to drop down and I'm going to want another one. I may want true dual x16 support, and it looks like only 680i and whatever intel's high priced equivalent offers that. do you think it's worth it to spend almost 200$ on a motherboard so I could go SLI? __________________ [CPU: e6600 @ 3460 MHz] // [MB: ASUS P5N-E SLi] // [RAM: Patriot 'eased latency' PC2-6400 @ DDR768 5-4-4-12-2T] // [GPU: 8800GTX 174.74 @ 621/1000/1566] // [HDD: 2x Cavier 500GiB stripe] // [Chassis: Thermaltake Armor VA8000 (black)] // [PSU: Aspire(Apevia) 680w] // [OS: Windows Vista HP x64][Cooling: water cooled GPU and CPU] 3DMark06: ~11600 3DMark Vantage: 5873