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Motherbaord chipset for a GT200

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9nines

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I am going to get a new system soon for gaming. I was going to do it this week but with the GT200 around the corner I?ll wait a month.

I am trying to decide on the motherboard chipset, between X38 and 780I.

From what I read the 780I chipset has memory conflict issues and causes some kind of graphic glitches (left over traces of images or something) every now and then. I find no such problem discussed about the X38 and it is supposed to overclock higher too but does not do SLI.

If I will almost likely stay single card, what do others recommend as far as motherboard chipset? What are general pros/cons of X38 versus 780i and graphic performance?

Also, are there other chipsets you recommend if I plan to get a GT200 chipset video card?

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If you're going to stay single-card, either get a $100 P35 board, or get a P45 variant when they release really soon.

No point paying for boards designed around multi-card if you won't be using it. And they'll OC your CPU about the same as an X38/X48.
 
Originally posted by: Jax Omen
If you're going to stay single-card, either get a $100 P35 board, or get a P45 variant when they release really soon.

No point paying for boards designed around multi-card if you won't be using it. And they'll OC your CPU about the same as an X38/X48.
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agreed....

I wish nVidia will hurry up with their hybrid power intel chipset, then we would have a clear winner.
 
I'm not sure what that glitch you apparently found reports of on the 780i, I like mine just fine. Any chipset you want is fine for the G200, unless you want SLI, then you're restricted to the nForce chipsets. If you just want SLI and think 780i is stilly buggy, go for the EVGA 750i FTW, nice board, stable, not too pricey, aesthetically pleasing imo. So it comes down to, do you care more about the numbers for your overclock, which don't yield too many benefits after a certain point, the ability to get better framerates etc. for games. A lot may say that you'll only need 1 card, but it's always your call.
 
I excluded the P35 because I kind of want PCI Express 2.0, some reports say the GT200 might be bottlednecked with a PCI Express.
 
Some say so, I doubt it though, and I still stand by the 750i choice, you get your PCI-E 2.0, possible SLI, and whatnot.

Yes, it does fully support all 45nm chips.
 
Originally posted by: 9nines
I excluded the P35 because I kind of want PCI Express 2.0, some reports say the GT200 might be bottlednecked with a PCI Express.
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At x8 link width it might be bottlenecked but it shouldn't be at x16. The GX2 is fine at x8 per card(x16 total). With 1GB of memory onboard it won't need to access system ram at all most likely so an x16 slot should be plenty.
 
P35 handles any Core 2 CPU, even the 45nm quads, except for the QX9750 (officially, P35 does not support 1600FSB).

P45 looks to be P35 with PCI-E 2.0 and better Crossfire support.

750i FTW would be about the best choice you could make if you want an SLI-capable future. I've yet to hear a bad thing about it except that it's still an nForce board and doesn't OC the CPU as well as the intel chipsets.



I understand the desire for PCI-E 2.0, but it shouldn't be relevant for any game except FSX for years to come. Why FSX cares so much about PCI-E bandwidth, I have no idea, but Tom's Hardware did an article that definitely indicated that FSX cares very much. I stand by my statement, get a p35 if you only intend to single-GPU, if you intend to SLI get a 750i and if you intend to CrossfireX get either an x48 or see how P45 does. I give that advice to everyone because it's very sound advice 😛

 
Originally posted by: 9nines
Here is an example of the glitch:

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=253891&mpage=1&key=
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Looks like a fix for that glitch might be coming out next week, it's on page 41 of the thread you linked http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.asp?m=372789[ http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.asp?m=372789 ]

but I agree with most are saying the intel Mobo. for single card or crossfire, nvidia mobo if you want more then one Nvidia card.

I'm looking at the DFI x38 board [Link to DFI board]
 
the 750i mobo has the same issue as the 780i. The fix for the 780i will come on "week of may 26th". With "other platforms" (aka 750i) "soon after"....
 
Originally posted by: 9nines
Does P35 handle E8400 CPUs?
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many need a BIOS flash to support the E8400, so you may want to wait around until P45 is released if you don't have an extra S775 CPU to use to flash the BIOS. If you decide to go that route, make sure you read up on whether you will be able to boot the processor without a BIOS flash or not.
 
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