- Jun 30, 2004
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I'm upgrading from AMD 64 3200+ socket 754 system to a new intel core 2 duo E6750.
My first question is, do I need to reinstall windows or anything like that? or can I just swap out the boards and redo the drivers? I'm using a single HDD via SATA on an ASUS board and switching to one of .
I bought the MSI 650i Platinum then when I came to work this morning and saw the MSI 680i Diamond (open box) on sale for not much more then the 650i. I've read good things about both and bad things about the 680i, regarding the onboard x-fi which is one of 2 main reasons for going to the 680 over the 650. The other reason is the ability to upgrade to sli later if I need to. The 650 will only do 16x on one card and 8x on the other card... while the 680 does 16x on both. I also read about the 680i not reading all the memory with windows xp? I'm only using 2 gb is that right?
Which board would you stick with assuming both are in good condition upon arrival?
My first question is, do I need to reinstall windows or anything like that? or can I just swap out the boards and redo the drivers? I'm using a single HDD via SATA on an ASUS board and switching to one of .
I bought the MSI 650i Platinum then when I came to work this morning and saw the MSI 680i Diamond (open box) on sale for not much more then the 650i. I've read good things about both and bad things about the 680i, regarding the onboard x-fi which is one of 2 main reasons for going to the 680 over the 650. The other reason is the ability to upgrade to sli later if I need to. The 650 will only do 16x on one card and 8x on the other card... while the 680 does 16x on both. I also read about the 680i not reading all the memory with windows xp? I'm only using 2 gb is that right?
Which board would you stick with assuming both are in good condition upon arrival?