oops leaped before i looked

THE DOC · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:35

just bought another xfx8800gt 512 to go with my other
and i forgot all about my mobo
gigabyte GA-965P
and i dont think its sli compatable [yes i know]
any idea what mobo i can get now
intel core 2 cpu [email protected]

thanks

TheRedZealot · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:39

Budget?

THE DOC · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:43

ive no idea been away for a bit whats the best bang for buck in the mobo department :confused:

TheRedZealot · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:44

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?&groupid=701&catid=5&subid=1057&sortby=priceAsc

All of those are SLI boards, but they are the only ones on OcUK and i can't comment on what they are like.

THE DOC · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:45

would it be worthwhile upgrading the cpu at the same time

TheRedZealot · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:47

If you do get a new board you should be able to overclock it to around 3.2Ghz, that should be fine for a while.

Quixote · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:52

Given that the NVidia Intel chipsets aren't known for clocking that well, I think the 750i boards for less than £100 are the most appealing.

THE DOC · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:54

thanks for your help
could i use any of these or would these be a backwards step

Asus P5N-E SLI £45

Asus A8N-32 SLI Deluxe, boxed manual, i/o shield, socket 939 £50

celliott · 29 Oct 2008 at 21:54

I would have just sold the 8800GT you have for something faster instead of farting about with SLI.

The 965P-DS3 will EASILY take a quad to 3.2GHz. I had mine running at 3.4 for ages, I only swapped as the RAID controller was nasty on it.

decto · 29 Oct 2008 at 22:05

The P5N-E would be fine and should clock an E6600 or Q6600 to 3.0Ghz easily enough.

The only issue is the PCi-E slots which will be 2 x 8 rather than 2 x 16 so you won't get the maximum out SLI with a pair of 8800GT's

I have 8800 512 GTS SLI and found moving from a 2 x 8 board to the ASUS P5N-D with 2x16 made quite a difference.

The other board is the wrong socket so is no use to you.
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THE DOC · 29 Oct 2008 at 22:09

decto said:
The P5N-E would be fine and should clock an E6600 or Q6600 to 3.0Ghz easily enough.

The only issue is the PCi-E slots which will be 2 x 8 rather than 2 x 16 so you won't get the maximum out SLI with a pair of 8800GT's

I have 8800 512 GTS SLI and found moving from a 2 x 8 board to the ASUS P5N-D with 2x16 made quite a difference.

The other board is the wrong socket so is no use to you.
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your board looks like it could be the one its just that i picked the second 8800gt up pretty cheap so would like to try sli

Pilky01 · 29 Oct 2008 at 22:11

Sell both gt's and buy a 4850 and keep your motherboard.

THE DOC · 29 Oct 2008 at 22:14

Pilky01 said:
Sell both gt's and buy a 4850 and keep your motherboard.

Jees i have been away a while
would i see an improvement over 2x 8800gts

is this the idea
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retai
or
HIS HD 4850 (FULL HD) HDMI 512MB GDDR3
but can my mobo do the pcie x16

Reality|Bites · 30 Oct 2008 at 16:34

So your going to buy a new motherboard and CPU just because you upgraded to a second graphics card? Spend the same money for a faster system by sending you second card back for a refund. Then use the money you were going to spend on a new motherboard, graphics card and CPU on a GTX280 or a 4870

decto · 30 Oct 2008 at 20:03

Pilky01 said:
Sell both gt's and buy a 4850 and keep your motherboard.

SLI 8800's are faster than a 4870 nevermind a 4850

SLI is a hassle but it works a lot better than it used to

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Mrjobby · 31 Oct 2008 at 10:17

Agreed sell the 2 cards and buy one fast one.

a lot less hassle.