ddr3 sli motherboard

flux64 · 5 Sep 2007 at 22:08

is there any available yet and if so what do you recommend

stickroad · 5 Sep 2007 at 22:10

flux64 said:
is there any available yet and if so what do you recommend

No their isnt any avaliable.

Sli is pointless at this point in time.

DDR3 is also pointless at this point in time.

flux64 · 5 Sep 2007 at 22:17

its not for me my friend has bought some ddr3 and has 2 8800gtx graphics cards.

yes he is an idiot for not checking.

Azza · 5 Sep 2007 at 22:33

flux64 said:
its not for me my friend has bought some ddr3 and has 2 8800gtx graphics cards.

yes he is an idiot for not checking.

Please dont tell me he bought all of that in one go.

Tute · 6 Sep 2007 at 00:17

Maybe modified drivers for one of the P35 boards?

Not sure if they exist, i'm fairly sure some were floating around for P965/975X though.

Azza · 6 Sep 2007 at 00:25

Tute said:
Maybe modified drivers for one of the P35 boards?

Not sure if they exist, i'm fairly sure some were floating around for P965/975X though.

No hacked drivers out at the moment.

Chimerical · 6 Sep 2007 at 12:08

Lol, quality. If he's got that much money to burn on DDR3 and 2x GTX's, then he should just buy one of these to tide him over
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-237-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

either that or wait until November/October time for the NForce 7 series boards to come out/X38 to be confirmed as SLi compatible (unlikely).

Obviously the P5K3 doesn't support SLi....maybe he should just return the RAM or one of the graphics cards?

Arcane · 6 Sep 2007 at 12:11

I don't know (as it's unreleased), but i'm supposing Nvidia's Nforce 7 series of motherboards will support DDR3, unfortunately that's not until November, unless he wants to hang on I'd sell the DDR3.

stickroad said:
Sli is pointless at this point in time.

I totally disagree...I've enjoyed SLI systems with both the 6 and 7 series and only went for a single card system once I downgraded to a 20" WS LCD.

Tute · 6 Sep 2007 at 13:11

I'd keep the DDR3 and sell one of the cards. SLi really isn't worth it.

lay-z-boy · 6 Sep 2007 at 15:42

stickroad said:
No their isnt any avaliable.

True

stickroad said:
Sli is pointless at this point in time.

Wrong, it's all down to the res, games and how high you want those settings.

stickroad said:
DDR3 is also pointless at this point in time.

For desktop use (not benching), true

mattyrigby00 · 6 Sep 2007 at 15:57

SLI is only worth it for 30 inch screens

Rroff · 6 Sep 2007 at 19:04

mattyrigby00 said:
SLI is only worth it for 30 inch screens

Not true either - there is decent gains at 1440x900 on a 19" Widescreen - with all settings maxed out at 1440x in BioShock a single 7900GTX drops into the mid 20fps region at some points in the game - with 2 of them the game never drops below 50fps... and same will become true later down the line with the 8800 series and newer games...

Gonzo0 · 6 Sep 2007 at 20:13

Yep, apparently Crysis will be heavily optimized for Sli and so will other future games.