BF2S Forums This is what Im getting, not changing it anymore.

It should, with 2 GB of RAM, but you May want to invest in a Bigger Hard Drive

dude that Intel isnt good with the 7900. Might be a bottleneck.   (Still fast but yea)  and i dont think there is a motherboard with 3 pcie slots..and the AC97?  Why not an audigy?    And why not wait for Vista and DX10 so you can enjoy Crysis on High

What about intel dual cores and the nvidia 7900gtxs? Any bottlenecking there?

slo5oh wrote:

How did you end up decing on an intel chip?

I don't know where you're going to find a board that takes 3 SLI cards... since SLI is supposed to link 2 cards not 3.

Theres a motherboard advertised on the Nvidia website that does quad Sli

well tell us the ram speed... theres a 2 X1gb ddr2 800mhz for only 250 bucks, g.skill ram cl=4... u can get a conroe ready mobo and upgrade to conroe later u know. get the gigabyte 965p 6quad thing

slo5oh wrote:

How did you end up decing on an intel chip?

I don't know where you're going to find a board that takes 3 SLI cards... since SLI is supposed to link 2 cards not 3.

Found two boards on newegg.com that supports triple pci-express x16 and up to 8GB of ram (the 8GBs of ram is listed as up to 4GB on newegg but 8GB on Intel's website and supports ATI's Crossfire and Jetways version supports SLI):


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813153041

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813153041

The triple pci-e is broken down into x16, x8, x4

When would you use triple pci-e?  ATI announced that (along with nvidia) is teaming up with Havok to create the Havok FX physics engine where you would use another graphics card to handle all physics function.  So you can have two 1900xtx running in crossfire for graphics and say an x800 handling the physics.  There is nothing concrete on this technology, though, only on paper so far.  Nvidia also announced partnership with Havok FX but not in the same way ATI is.

http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsart … chid=10649

I would seriously have you reconsider your choice on the Jetway version.  I know that it is cheaper at $86.00 (speculating that you are getting that one) but the user reviews on that one is not very kind.  For $70.00 more I would get the Asus A8N-SLI premium.  It is the board that I am currently using and it is rock solid  and uses an AMD processor. 

In fact if you wait a month when Intel releases their Conroe core 2 processors (provided that it is not a paper launch), AMD stated that they were going to cut their Athlon 64 and x2 chips by half.  You could get an x2 3800+ for the same price as the pentium-e chip you are looking at.  Wait a month save a little more cash and you will be a whole lot happier.

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20060612A1001.html

Last edited by saltypeanuts (2006-06-20 00:46:10)

Janus67 wrote:

Stomper_40k wrote:

slo5oh wrote:

How did you end up decing on an intel chip?

I don't know where you're going to find a board that takes 3 SLI cards... since SLI is supposed to link 2 cards not 3.

Theres a motherboard advertised on the Nvidia website that does quad Sli

that still only uses two cards, but they have 2 gpus each.


I dunno why you are sticking with Intel, especially their dated technology that is still beat out by AMD.

CONROE FTW!

thats why he wants intel

Stomper_40k wrote:

slo5oh wrote:

How did you end up decing on an intel chip?

I don't know where you're going to find a board that takes 3 SLI cards... since SLI is supposed to link 2 cards not 3.

Theres a motherboard advertised on the Nvidia website that does quad Sli

any SLI board will do quad SLI.  Quad SLI relies on two cards, each already configured at SLI (ie, they have two gpus and usually two wafer boards linked together at the backplate. - as I see Janus already noted )

As I mentioned in another thread, the ASUS P5N32-SLI deluxe is a great intel/SLI option.

As for hard drive, I would recommend two.  One for your system information, and one for everything else (games, etc)

Last edited by puckmercury (2006-06-20 06:37:13)