975x vs 965 express

[bobthedinosaur]

about to buy a mobo, just like to know whether the 975x is still the 'high-end' version it used to be or whether the newer but 'lesser' 965 express is actually just as good at a lower price?

ps. this is for a E6600 CPU, and 2 nvidia cards in SLi, do both these chipsets support SLi?

thanks!

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: bobthedinosaur
about to buy a mobo, just like to know whether the 975x is still the 'high-end' version it used to be or whether the newer but 'lesser' 965 express is actually just as good at a lower price?

ps. this is for a E6600 CPU, and 2 nvidia cards in SLi, do both these chipsets support SLi?

thanks!

Intel based chipsets don't support "SLI", only the nVidia based chipsets do.

 

[bobthedinosaur]

O my, i didn't know that

so what do these intel mobos have 2x 16x PCIe slots for then?
ATI crossfire only?

 

[hardwareking]

thats right crossfire only on those 2 boards.
I suggest u get a nvidia nforce 680i based motherboard from ASUS,evga,DFI etc...
Those are sli mobos and have insane overclocks of 500+ FSB.Expensive but worth it especially the ASUS Stryker.
And both pci-e slots are 16x .

 

[bobthedinosaur]

actually i've pretty much overshot my budget for a new pc, and i'm in one of those situations where i can't upgrade modularly, i gotta get a new mobo, cpu and ram all at the same time

so as for the video i'm goin with the 8800gts and i don't think i'll be having two of those in SLI anytime soon, so i'll get a single pcie board at a more reasonable price instead

correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems that SLi is really only intended for the people who can afford to buy two of the top-end gfx cards at the time, it seems that after that there's no point in getting 2 cards under the top-end bracket as there will always be a single card available that will outperform them and also cost less

 

[n7]

For the value chips (E6300/E6400), you most definitely want to go the P965 route.

Asus P5B-E 1.02 revision if you can find it.

 

[LouPoir]

975x not worth the money - It is the top end board

 

[cmdrdredd]

975x can run SLI with a hacked driver. It won't do it with the normal driver though.

 

[cryptonomicon]

Do any 965's have firewire?

I dont need SLI or any of the bells and whistles of the 975x's, but they have the firewire

 

[hardwareking]

U should get a gigabyte P965-DS3.One of the best single pci-e boards out there.
Or the P5B-E from ASUS.

 

[bobthedinosaur]

I agree, but i would go for the Asus as it has the new ADI onboard sound which is apparently much better quality than the old realteks, unless you have a dedicated soundcard, something i've never bothered with...

 

[Shimmishim]

the 965 chipset such as the p5b deluxe will run sli but with hacked drivers.

the BEST 965 chipset board has to be the asus p5b deluxe wifi/non-wifi.

the gigabyte boards are also VERY good as well such as the DS3.

it's just a matter of what features you want.