Core 2 Duo + SLI - What Am I Missing?

allllec · 12 Nov 2006 at 17:07

Hello,

Right. So everyone has been waiting for the EVGA nForce 680 for SLi and Core 2 Duo support. But like thats been around for ages...

Asus:
P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP
P5NSLI
P5ND2-SLI Deluxe
P5N32-SLI Deluxe
P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe

So like, why has everyone been waiting for this board? some of those asus boards above (not sure if they all have, cba to check) have dual x16 PCI-E ports :confused:

or is there some other reason everyone has been eagerly awaiting the EVGA nForce 680?? Will those boards above do SLI + Core 2 Duo properly?

Ta

Alec

mercyless · 12 Nov 2006 at 18:37

yes, those mobos will do sli np, but for overclocking they are poor.

Nomisf · 12 Nov 2006 at 19:49

mercyless said:
yes, those mobos will do sli np, but for overclocking they are poor.

and , might i ask , why are they so poor, they include all of ASUS's OC technology and i have seem some insane overclocks on ASUS boards, not to say they are better than any other board, but at least justify what you say

Regards.

Nomisf

MoRT489 · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:39

Those boards only get up to about 350FSB whereas the new sli boards based on the 680i chipset will hit 500FSB

mercyless · 12 Nov 2006 at 21:24

Nomisf said:
and , might i ask , why are they so poor, they include all of ASUS's OC technology and i have seem some insane overclocks on ASUS boards, not to say they are better than any other board, but at least justify what you say

Regards.

Nomisf

to the question on why ppl dont say or rave about this boards, yes they oc but with c2d in , i fear the mobo will be the limiting factor with low fsb oc.
nvidia chipset up untill now couldn't compete with intels own 975/965 for performance.

WJA96 · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:05

allllec said:
Hello,

Right. So everyone has been waiting for the EVGA nForce 680 for SLi and Core 2 Duo support. But like thats been around for ages...

Asus:
P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP - This one is 16x in SLi and supports Core2Duo
P5NSLI - This one is 8x in SLi and supports Core2Duo
P5ND2-SLI Deluxe - Doesn't support Core2Duo
P5N32-SLI Deluxe - Doesn't support Core2Duo
P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe - This one is 16x in SLi and supports Core2Duo

allllec said:
So like, why has everyone been waiting for this board? some of those asus boards above (not sure if they all have, cba to check) have dual x16 PCI-E ports or is there some other reason everyone has been eagerly awaiting the EVGA nForce 680?? Will those boards above do SLI + Core 2 Duo properly?

The big news about the 680 chipset is that it clocks well. It clocks as well as cheaper boards that do not support SLi.

Core2Duo has always been a source of discussion about big overclocks. The E6300 and E6400 clock almost unbelieveably well. 3GHz is easily possible almost every time. So the big buzz ghas always been to buy a cheap processor and a decent clocking motherboard and get good performance on the cheap. Plus you get the bragging rights/ePenis of having a big overclock.

In the past you always had to choose between a big overclock and SLi. Now, if you have enough money, you can have both.

southy1978 · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:14

Doesn't the new F6 bios for the gigabyte ds4 open up crossfire support on the board or have i read it wrong somewhere?

WJA96 · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:18

Yes, the DS4 has been Crossfire enabled for quite some time now. Works well, too.