i must advise against you going with the ASUS motherboard you will regret it
go spend the money on one of the DFI motherboards. the asus is junk.
here is a thread right here with people talking about those 2 boards.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=1588415
google also has plenty of other info.
take your money and buy the DFI board with the 4 phase power and 4v vdimm right out of the box and the fact that DFI caters to the overclocker the DFI is gunna just rock your world.
ASUS has done nothing for several years now but let down the consumers. From shadey support to absolutely rediculous overclocking (meaning little to no overclocking) horrible voltage settings pci/ago locks that dont work or are sketchy.
stay with the DFI version and you wont regret it.
not to mention there are TONS of modded bios's that help this board out alot!
Also go get yourself a 3200+ Venice they are $190 friggin bucks at newegg.
i am sooo almost ready to get my credit card and buy that bad boy!! they are better performan and run MUCH MUCH cooler.
Originally posted by: Algere
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
There are (currently) no speed differences between the AGP and PCI-E versions of the same video card.
6600 GT AGP has 900 MHz memory clock frequency, while the PCIe version has 1000 MHz/1 GHz.
100mhz HAHAH please man so your gunna say that makes the pci-e better?
that doesnt mean the PCI-E version is better
simply put there is no performance increase by going to PCI E or very little. its SURELY does NOT warrent shelling out another 150+ for a PCI E mobo.
the only reason for most to go to that platform now is because the world thinks that PCI Express is the shiznit or for SLI/Crossfire.
and for the love of god SLI DOESNT EVEN WORK FOR ALMOST ALL THE GAMES THAT ARE OUT NOW!! IT DOESNT WORK! even creating custom profiles and hacks doesnt allow SLI to run the way its meant to.
i said when PCI-E first started coming out (prior to actual retail launch) that pci express was nothing special.
you need to understand that 8x AGP has the abilities to shove enormous amounts of data and yet they refuse to use it. all they do is create a new standard which they STILL havent tapped into. which forces the consumer to spend more money then they need to.
not to sound like a conspiracist but pc designers do this to create revenue for themselves.
PCI express maybe around for a while but there is NOTHING in PCI Express that 8x AGP cant do already. and bloody hell YES dual AGP slots could have been used for SLI!! power consumption ? bah bullcrap.
look at the 7800 series it takes less power to run and performs better. funny agp slots cant give the power thats needed. bull crap
look at the venice chips and the Dothan's this is the whole point of technology from here on out. Less power consumption and more power output.
i laughed whenever i read articles about AGP not being able to handle the next gen cards cuz its a bullsh|t lie forced down our throats to make us believe pci express is the next level of video interfaces on a motherboard. its all bullcrap.
but its too late cuz the masses have embrassed it now we have no choice but to upgrade to it and for what ?
for a $1000 super video rig ? that $1000 is the videos card alone.
oh im sorry $1200 if you go with a 7800 series SLI
or $300 for a nice 6600 GT SLI rig which when overclock friggin scream for a 300 SLI setup. when SLI is working btw.
PCI Express has the ability to shove way way more data than AGP but if they cant even use agp to its fullest what makes you think they would use PCI-E to its fullest ?
the same technology that drives pci express has driven pc's for years. its called your northbridge chipset. its the same thing(to a degree). It's how pc's can handle such insane amounts of data shoveling . they just thought that video cards needed the same backbone. and they do.. but there isnt a card made yet that can push the pci-e or agp bus. it would be truly truly nice to see a 7800 GTX AGP version cuz i can almost bet you would see very little performance difference.
anyways im off my soap box...
get the DFI my friend.. drop that asus.
