SLI or high end single video card?

by **Evan** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:24 pm

Originally posted by Jim0322
I have a AMD XP 2800+. I have considered getting that exact mobo and upgrade to a AMD 64 3500+ and then I could use my GF 6800GT card (agp) and be able to upgrade to a PCI card months later.

Is the ASRock AGP/PCI-E board working out well? I spend too much on hardware so getting a new CPU, mobo, and video card all at once is too much.

Jim

Link to this board, please?

by **Major SONAR** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:52 pm

Here is one review:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2524

PCIe gaming results are now among the best that we have seen with any AMD Socket 939 board.

Here is link to Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157081

One day sale.. $66.99
Not much of a sale IMHO. Still it is a good MB

by **Davis** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:47 pm

You might wanna consider selling your old system and get one of these.

http://tinyurl.com/aad9b

All it needs is a evga 78gt co, and your good to go, till winter/ next year, vista/ dx10 will be in semi/ full swing by then.

Sli, or high end, if it comes down to it, just go for the high end.

Hell, x800 series/ 68 series is still high end, just NEED the cpu for it.

by **Bromsin** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:58 pm

DX10 is another problem all together.. For those of you who do not know, DX10 will not be supported on any current Nvidia cards out. This includes all 7800 models up to the 512mb model.

I do not know about ATI cards.

If you want DX10 compatibility, you will need to invest in a new video card near the DX10 release if they are out at that time.

SLI or high end single video card?

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