Whos ditching 8800 for new rev?

Yozz76 · 25 Oct 2007 at 21:43

ergonomics said:
well this is frustrating

on the asus mobo forums, some people say that no, sli 8800 GT's WILL NOT work on the p5ne-sli, and that it wont even work on the 680i. where as others are saying that yes, sli will work with 8800 GT's on the p5ne-sli.

anyone with a p5ne-sli wana buy a couple monday and tell me if they work? lol

Noooooo! If it won't work on that mobo, it deffo won't work on mine. I've been hanging on and hanging on and on for this card!

willhub · 25 Oct 2007 at 21:46

Yozz76 said:
Noooooo! If it won't work on that mobo, it deffo won't work on mine. I've been hanging on and hanging on and on for this card!

1 card will work on the P5N-E SLi, but on that mobo one of the PCI-E slots is 8x and I'm guessing PCI-E 1.0.

So anyone think the 8800GT will have same performance in a PCI-E 1.1 slot compared to a PCI-E 2.0 slot?

Yozz76 · 25 Oct 2007 at 21:50

willhub said:
1 card will work on the P5N-E SLi, but on that mobo one of the PCI-E slots is 8x and I'm guessing PCI-E 1.0.

So anyone think the 8800GT will have same performance in a PCI-E 1.1 slot compared to a PCI-E 2.0 slot?

I say that as mine is only the P5NSLI! Please tell me that 1 card will work, i only want 1!

willhub · 25 Oct 2007 at 21:51

Yozz76 said:
I say that as mine is only the P5NSLI! Please tell me that 1 card will work, i only want 1!

P5N SLi? oh never knew one with no E existed, sorry.

ergonomics · 25 Oct 2007 at 22:31

willhub said:
P5N SLi? oh never knew one with no E existed, sorry.

the E version had extended features, like 1333mhz fsb, quad core support (as far as i know) and other generally useless stuff.

looks like a new mobo is on the books then, unless someone here with my mobo has 2 of them in sli next week

willhub · 25 Oct 2007 at 22:42

ergonomics said:
the E version had extended features, like 1333mhz fsb, quad core support (as far as i know) and other generally useless stuff.

looks like a new mobo is on the books then, unless someone here with my mobo has 2 of them in sli next week

Quad Core and 1333FSB aint useless tho.

Deluxe1 · 25 Oct 2007 at 22:53

Tempted to sell my 2 month old GTX now and go for the GT,i think the GT will play the games i play more than well enough.

willhub · 25 Oct 2007 at 22:55

Deluxe1 said:
Tempted to sell my 2 month old GTX now and go for the GT,i think the GT will play the games i play more than well enough.

You dont know if the GT will turn out to be a lemon, just remember all the hype surounding the R600 and how that turned out to be a melon.

Deluxe1 · 25 Oct 2007 at 22:59

willhub said:
You dont know if the GT will turn out to be a lemon, just remember all the hype surounding the R600 and how that turned out to be a melon.

But if i could get £275 for it and even if i waited for the new 640mb gts which is due november i should still have a good card and still have some cash out of it.

willhub · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:03

Deluxe1 said:
But if i could get £275 for it and even if i waited for the new 640mb gts which is due november i should still have a good card and still have some cash out of it.

Yea sell your GTX, new GTX's coming soon I rekon.

easyrider · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:21

willhub said:
You dont know if the GT will turn out to be a lemon, just remember all the hype surounding the R600 and how that turned out to be a melon.

I very much doubt it TBH.

I'm looking forward the the GT it will close the gap between itself and the GTX but cost soooooooooooooooooooooo much less.

Deluxe1 · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:29

easyrider said:
I very much doubt it TBH.

I'm looking forward the the GT it will close the gap between itself and the GTX but cost soooooooooooooooooooooo much less.

Exactly why i want to shift my 6 week old GTX now.

willhub · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:31

You think if I sit at my PC all day on monday and have me eyes glued to the screen I should get one ebfore they go out of stock?

easyrider · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:35

Deluxe1 said:
Exactly why i want to shift my 6 week old GTX now.

Depends if you need the money

GTX is a great card but imo not worth the 300 quid price tag.

Having owned both a GTX and GTS.

Keep in mind when the new REV GTX comes your GTX will plummet in price.

Deluxe1 · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:40

Dont exactly need the money but if i can get the GT for say 175 and still have 100 left over from the sale of my gtx id be more than happy.

easyrider · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:42

Deluxe1 said:
Dont exactly need the money but if i can get the GT for say 175 and still have 100 left over from the sale of my gtx id be more than happy.

Do it then!

Don't waste any more time :eek:

willhub · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:44

Apparently the GT will work on PCI-E 1.0 boards, apparently PCI-E 2.0 actually does work with PCI-E 1.0 now as in abckwards compatible

steve258 · 26 Oct 2007 at 00:16

Yozz76 said:
Does that mean that i'm wasting my time running 7300gs in sli on P5NSLI as i understand that on this board 1 card = x16 and 2 cards = x8 each?

Why would it be a waste of time you still get improved performance with sli, and as the chart already demonstrated PCI-E 16x only benefits the high end 8800 series.

easyrider · 26 Oct 2007 at 09:16

Tom|Nbk said:
Take it out your sig then until It's stable...(Like the lecture you gave me a while back when I put a non prime stable clock in my sig )

"Your PC can't compute prime data"

8 hours prime stable or you may aswell pull the other one mate.

10 hrs prime stable at 3.8ghz.

Will push for 4ghz tonight.

SIG Ammended.

DampCat · 26 Oct 2007 at 09:19

38 ghz! YOU LIE

SCREENS OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN!!111