Moving to Conroe but a few questions

Sparky · 26 Jul 2006 at 15:00

Will be moving over to Conroe about Sept/Oct and looking for a bit of info.

Want to get the 6600 and 2GB GSkill HZ.whats the best Mobo for these? Also for now i want to keep my 7800GT.I mainly play BF2 and CSS and neither of these really stress my 7800.

How much of a bottleneck in the new system would a 7800GT be?

Dutch Guy · 26 Jul 2006 at 15:36

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2797&p=19

There are only two mobo's worth getting at the moment but in a few weeks there will be more and better overclocking ones out.

The videocard will be fine as it is fast enough for the games you mention, maybe later you can upgrade it to a faster one but IMO it's not worth getting a new one now as the difference will be too small in most games.

locutus12 · 26 Jul 2006 at 15:56

CS||nuTs said:
Will be moving over to Conroe about Sept/Oct

how many people do i have to remind that they will burn in the firey pits of bealzibubs buttocks before i convince someone to stay with AMD...

Dutch Guy · 26 Jul 2006 at 16:01

locutus12 said:
how many people do i have to remind that they will burn in the firey pits of bealzibubs buttocks before i convince someone to stay with AMD...

Maybe come up with a reason not to go Conroe :confused:

manveruppd · 26 Jul 2006 at 16:03

locutus12 said:
how many people do i have to remind that they will burn in the firey pits of bealzibubs buttocks before i convince someone to stay with AMD...

Dude, let them! It just means there'll be loads of cheap AMD boards and Optys on Members Market for people like me to snap up!

Sparky · 26 Jul 2006 at 16:23

locutus12 said:
how many people do i have to remind that they will burn in the firey pits of bealzibubs buttocks before i convince someone to stay with AMD...

LOL will still have the AMD rig apart from the 7800GT.Will be sourcing a 7600GT for the AMD Rig and that will go to my daughter.My boy already has a Opty146 system.

Not a fanboy by any means but have bought AMD for the last few years due to bang for buck.This is the reason im going Conroe and no other.Pound for Pound it is a better option than anything AMD currently have to offer.

Monstermunch · 26 Jul 2006 at 18:41

CS||nuTs said:
Want to get the 6600 and 2GB GSkill HZ.whats the best Mobo for these? Also for now i want to keep my 7800GT.I mainly play BF2 and CSS and neither of these really stress my 7800.

Probably the Gigabyte DS3, it has the newer bios revisions and out of the box compatability for Conroe.... However there will be more boards released over the next month or so and nForce5 should also arrive soon. So in the words of Captain Jack Sparrow: "keep a sharp eye!"

CS||nuTs said:
How much of a bottleneck in the new system would a 7800GT be?

a lot, try and sell it on and get hold of a x1900xt maybe, or just wait a bit for the new range of cards to be released and then upgrade.

Sparky · 26 Jul 2006 at 20:14

Monstermunch said:
Probably the Gigabyte DS3, it has the newer bios revisions and out of the box compatability for Conroe.... However there will be more boards released over the next month or so and nForce5 should also arrive soon. So in the words of Captain Jack Sparrow: "keep a sharp eye!"

a lot, try and sell it on and get hold of a x1900xt maybe, or just wait a bit for the new range of cards to be released and then upgrade.

Thanks for that,
Just been reading on XS about a new Abit due for release.The reviewer was quite impressed.

Monstermunch · 26 Jul 2006 at 20:52

CS||nuTs said:
Thanks for that,
Just been reading on XS about a new Abit due for release.The reviewer was quite impressed.

Hmmm, have been reading that ABit were planning a comeback, they've been quiet for ages. Personally I think probably the most eagerly awaited board will be the DFI nF5 board, or the Asus 965 version.....

Apparently it will be a few months before ATI get their act together with their new chipset

fornowagain · 26 Jul 2006 at 21:14

Abit AW9D Max

Sparky · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:45

This is the thread.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108637

locutus12 · 26 Jul 2006 at 23:06

Dutch Guy · 27 Jul 2006 at 07:46

Monstermunch said:
Hmmm, have been reading that ABit were planning a comeback, they've been quiet for ages. Personally I think probably the most eagerly awaited board will be the DFI nF5 board, or the Asus 965 version.....

Apparently it will be a few months before ATI get their act together with their new chipset

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/926/dfi_confirms_ati_rd600_for_conroe_nforce_590_sli_ie/index.html

Back onto the RD600 Conroe chipset, DFI engineers are having much success overclocking the RD600 chipset (on a reference board) to around 430 – 450MHz FSB. Although on the other hand, nVidia’s nForce 590 SLI chipset is only reaching around 350MHz on the reference motherboard. We’ll have more for you on this later in the week in a very exclusive article from Taiwan.

350Mhz is nowhere near high enough, with a E6300 you need 500Mhz FSB for 3.5Ghz

manveruppd · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:42

Dutch Guy said:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/926/dfi_confirms_ati_rd600_for_conroe_nforce_590_sli_ie/index.html

Guess I misunderstood that Inquirer article: I thought that Ati had simply lost the lisence to manufacture chipsets for Intel-branded boards, but according to tweaktown they lost the lisence to sell chipsets for Intel platforms period. So much for Conroe and Crossfire then!

syke · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:48

manveruppd said:
Dude, let them! It just means there'll be loads of cheap AMD boards and Optys on Members Market for people like me to snap up!

exactly the way i look at it - im waiting a little longer to pick up either a X2 4400 or something higher once prices drop again...

haha

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