I just fired up my new box last night:
evga 680i,
Core2 duo X6800
2G RAM
2 - evga 8800 GTS in sli
150C HD
750G HD
X-Fi
etc...
This thing just *smokes* my old machine. The only benchmark I've done so
far is FEAR, but with most settings at max and AA at 4x, avg FPS was an
insane 140+, peak FPS exceeded 220. Absolutely nuts.
I plan to grab Mad Onion's 3DMark 2006 tonight and see how it benches, but I
expect to go into uncharted territory.
Any benchies you guys interested in seeing me run? Post a link, I'll d/l
them and give it a shot.
btw, CW built this one for me. He was very patient, changing video cards
and moboards mid-stream, as the 680i and 8800's were made available after he
started the build. But I'm glad I went with the higher-end, as now I'm
DX-10 ready, even though it went a few hundred over my budget. Still, I see
comparable units in PC mags for thousands more.
anyway, there certainly are no performance issues so far with the 680i.
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Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Core2 Duo Mobo....... redux........
650i supports sli. It has 2 pcie for sli the 680i has 3.
680i has support for 1333mhz fsb, but el won't ship those until 3q 07
680i also does smart sli and dual gigabit, 650i is one gigabit and you
have to flip a dongle to turn on sli
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:59:16
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Subject: Re: [H] Core2 Duo Mobo....... redux........
That's it? 680 supports SLI and 650 does not?
Everything else, memory speed, CPU support, etc, etc, is the same???
Uhhh. $150? And 1 extra pci-e 16x slot
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:34:27
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Subject: Re: [H] Core2 Duo Mobo....... redux........
What's the real world difference between the nVidia 680i and the 650i ??
The evga 680i board is great
The Asus p5n-e 650i chipset is the best bang for the buck.
The asus striker and p5n32-e sli 680i boards are utter trash
Asus p5b-e and deluxe are both good boards
Gigabyte 965p-ds3 is a good board
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