Onto my next question... who would question the reliability of ASUS A8N-E SLi over the A8V-Deluxe... I understand the A8V is well established... but I like the sound of SLi, DDR2, and so on... is it worth the extra money problem wise?
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Onto my next question... who would question the reliability of ASUS A8N-E SLi over the A8V-Deluxe... I understand the A8V is well established... but I like the sound of SLi, DDR2, and so on... is it worth the extra money problem wise?
DDR2? Where'd you get that idea from? And why would you like the sound of it? It's expensive and not as fast as DDR.
Explain please... I would have been under the impression that it was given the much higher memory speeds?
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mem.../ddr2-ddr.html
Will explain in more detail than you ever need to know :)
but the Nforce 4 doesn't support DDR2 does it...
TiG
Indeed, it doesn't!
Mike
Does it not? I will have to re-read me-thinks... Could have sworn it said it did!?!
i would say yay to the A8N sli deluxe
as im getting one in the new year
unless people can persuade me otherwise........
Chunky
if you've got the munski now, do it. Just be prepared to upgrade again in ~6 months time when SLi has some/all* the bugs ironed out of it and the performance has been more optimised - i dont see the PCB and card interconnect lasting too long either tbh.
*delete according to optimism
Well the do it now factor is somewhat limited by the number of boards available too, but i agree with rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishey, i went intel p4c class chip when it first came out, and i have to say i'm still slightly unhappy with the performance of the IC7 motherboard overall. Even with the overclock i'm happy with.
With all this new technology on these boards, i'm sure 2nd revisions when they come out maybe late q2 next year will have so many improvements that it won't make sense to buy now, especially with the price premium.
I know its the old adage in computing, if you wait for something you could wait forever. But i figure late q2 is the time to buy s939 systems.
and s939 definitely doesn't have DDR2. Hence the number of pins, DDR2 has 240 pins?, making the AMD chip morely likely to have 1100 or 1200 ish if it was supporting that? :)
TiG
Plus you have the cost of DDR2 to consider, and the performace gain (!?) you'd get from it. Its not exactly the most promicing outlook at the moment.
I'm testing one right now. It's pretty cool but I'd say this board is only for the most hardcore gamers. You see it really doesn't offer much aside from the SLI, which requires you to buy two very pricey videocards in order to take advantage of it. The bang for the buck factor just isn't there yet, but if you have a display capable of running 1600X1200 plus and money to burn, I'd say go for it. It's not worth the money to me but I can see how it could be for people who'd rather game than eat. :cool:
But you can get one 6800GT today and another one in a while (and still eat). My OEM PCI-E 6800GT cost less than £260 - soon the price will be dropping (well if ATI ever get their new cards to market).
@ StormPC - got one coming on Thursday - do they have AGP/PCI locks?
That makes no sense... paying for new tech NOW that you will not use until later? Not smart at all. Better to wait until you can afford to use it. Prices always drop.
If you don't have the money to run it SLI then why pay fot it? To me the minimum config on an SLI system is two 6800GTs and a monster 550watt+ Enermax or better PSU. Also an FX-55 (or at least FX-53) is mandatory or you could be serverely CPU limited.
skuzgib: Yes they do have locks.
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by StormPC
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right you guys have persuaded me otherwise, congrats!
so now im looking at a A8V-E, is it a nforce 4 it seems to have the exact same layout as one but just not one......
im a much happier guy now, youve saved me around 20 quid i rekon
Chunky
No the A8V-E is a VIA K8T890 motherboard.
Mike
The A8N-E (just above the A8V-E) is the NF4, but again no SLI.
1. The SLI is available now, no other NF4 boards are.Quote:
Originally Posted by StormPC
2. I want to upgrade now, I've already hung on for the NF4.
3. Why buy another mobo now and replace it in 6-9 months to save £20-30?
4. I could have got SLI now, but I decided to buy one of the new 19" Hyundais instead. The second SLI will have to wait until my next bonus.
Nothing that you have said affects the validity of my comments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorsson
Whatever floats your boat man. If a person wants to do something he will always find reasons to justify it. If he does not he won't.
If you want to pay 3 times the price of my Winny 3200+ NF3 combo for half the performance that is your right. Some people just don't like money as much as I do. :lol: :thumbsup:
Is nForce3 better than K8T800? If so please explain?
For extreme overclocking NF3 has a slight edge over K8T800 Pro. For installations closer to stock the K8T800 tends to be a little faster.
The SLI mobo is only around 25% more than the NF3 S939, so with the same Winnie 3200+ the total price is around 12% more. As for performance I don't see any reason why the NF4 should be slower than the NF3.Quote:
Originally Posted by StormPC
OK, so I exaggerated a little. The A8N SLI is about double the cost of the A8N that has only one PCI-E slot. Also, to use SLI you need 2 videocards at a cost of $400.00 US minimum. If you want fast videocards it's easily $1000.00+ US. Buying one videocard is not a good idea with SLI because a revision could totally screw up your future SLI plans. Both videocards must be identical cards (brands, models, revisions, etc...) or the SLI will not work properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorsson
a8n-deluxe £110 how is that double the cost of the £95 a8n ?
Link? I am not talking suggested retail but actual street price right now. You won't be able to buy them at retail for a month or so when supplies are better.
mine cost £114 from tekheads, arriving tommorow
Same here!Quote:
Originally Posted by pudds
well im using it now its in my machine..... so yes it is actual street price.
its at tekheads
That's about $215 USD. In the states it's closer to $300.00 and the non-SLI version is under $150.00, hence it's double.
What VCs are you guys using?