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Wheres my bottleneck?

I don't see what 780i would offer him that 680i wouldn't?

It would take his cards in SLi at x16, it would clock his CPU quite well.

I guess it comes down to if he sees himself upgrading the CPU before the board.
 
willhub said:
Is this the same with mobo's like my P35C DS3R? Or will my mobo with an intel chipset be 45nm Quad Core ready?
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All Intel G31, G33, G35, P31, P35, and X38 boards are 45nm ready out of the box.

Many of the P965 and 975X boards support them too, although they will need a BIOS flash to do so.
 
Tute said:
I don't see what 780i would offer him that 680i wouldn't?

It would take his cards in SLi at x16, it would clock his CPU quite well.

I guess it comes down to if he sees himself upgrading the CPU before the board.
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Not worth spending 160 on a mobo that will be out of date in weeks.

Thats reason enough not to get 680i

I want to go SLI but I aint getting a 680i mobo again.
 
Is this the same with mobo's like my P35C DS3R? Or will my mobo with an intel chipset be 45nm Quad Core ready?
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Yep, as already said, your gigabyte board will take 45nm no problem, bit of a shambles for Nvidia and their not so old 680i high end chipsets not supporting them though.
 
Urm, weren't 680i boards notorious for not being able to clock quad cores very well?

I also say wait for 780i, and as has previously been stated, 680i doesn't have official Q9XXX support (i.e. 45nm quads) although some mobo manufacturers may find a way around that by means of a BIOS flash or otherwise.
 
Lightnix said:
Urm, weren't 680i boards notorious for not being able to clock quad cores very well?

I also say wait for 780i, and as has previously been stated, 680i doesn't have official Q9XXX support (i.e. 45nm quads) although some mobo manufacturers may find a way around that by means of a BIOS flash or otherwise.
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Early mobos had this issue.But this was fixed.

Getting a 680i mobo now is maddness.
 
Tute said:
Why does everything have to be a competition with you?

Pfft, i'm outta this thread. :rolleyes:
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Its not a competition.

You are offering wrong advice.

Thats the bottom line.

You are suggesting someone waste 160 quid on a 680i mobo.


That:

a: does not support up and coming cpu's
b: Does not support PCI-E 2.0
c: Is out of date within weeks ( with new 780)


How many more valid points do you need to quash your suggested advice?

If you are going to help people and offer advice when spending money is concerned.

Get it right.
 
upgrading from 650 to 680 doesnt seem worth it, not unless you buy it cheap secondhand maybe or you know someone who has a spare, etc
650 is decent, it was a bargain in that respect and if you have quad cpu then that seals the deal imo, wait for something else
 
Ranger07 said:
Hey all,

Just finished building my new comp and the performance doesnt seem as good as i hoped, I know i made a mistake buying the mobo as it wont overclock my q6600 past 2.7.

The spec is-

Abit fatality FP-9IN9
Q6600 @ 2.7
2x 8800 gtx's in sli- ocuk ones
ocz 6400 ram @ 880 4 4 4 12
ocz psu 700 watt
arctic freezer pro cooler

On 3dmark 05 im only getting 17100 with the cards in sli.
Sli disabled im getting 16210 on one card.
Surely 2x GTX's should get a better performance gain?

Playing Crysis on XP with the very high settings crack @ 1680x1050 res im getting between 21-50 fps with the average around 28. Does this sound about right? when i disable sli and play with one card the difference isnt all that much.
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no bottleneck - crysis is just poorly made
 
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