Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
Don't know why nVidia chipsets would be a problem but I'm typing this on a Gigabyte AMD 690G/SB600 board and I must say its been super so far. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. FORC5 wrote: Never used one of their mb's b4 Newegg back ordered a mb I ordered and on some suggestions I have heard here ordered and GA-M57SLI-S4 NF570 SLI way overkill but customer needs a LPT port and a lot of others are loosing this port. fp
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
Awful expensive chipset! Greg Sevart wrote: I think the advice is to stay away from Nvidia's 680i chipset completely, regardless of the board maker. I could not agree more. Awful chipset. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:22 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? At 09:31 12-17-2007, Anthony Q. Martin typed: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. Why as I've had great experience with nforce based Gigabyte boards? I'm typing this on one now. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
Guys, I simply said I don't use an nforce board...not that there's anything wrong with them. I was just supply the info that I have no personal experience with them. It seems as those nforce board users are protective for some reason, but I wasn't raining on ya. zaske wrote: Don't know why nVidia chipsets would be a problem but I'm typing this on a Gigabyte AMD 690G/SB600 board and I must say its been super so far. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. FORC5 wrote: Never used one of their mb's b4 Newegg back ordered a mb I ordered and on some suggestions I have heard here ordered and GA-M57SLI-S4 NF570 SLI way overkill but customer needs a LPT port and a lot of others are loosing this port. fp
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
Folks, Please accept my apology...I really wasn't trying to knock the nforce boards since I have never used one. I was simply trying to say, in an overly terse manner that I don't use an nforce, thus trying to make it clear that my comments are in regards to non-nforce Gigabyte boards. I read my statement over and over and my brain must have inserted the I in front every time. Carry on! Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. FORC5 wrote: Never used one of their mb's b4 Newegg back ordered a mb I ordered and on some suggestions I have heard here ordered and GA-M57SLI-S4 NF570 SLI way overkill but customer needs a LPT port and a lot of others are loosing this port. fp
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. FORC5 wrote: Never used one of their mb's b4 Newegg back ordered a mb I ordered and on some suggestions I have heard here ordered and GA-M57SLI-S4 NF570 SLI way overkill but customer needs a LPT port and a lot of others are loosing this port. fp
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
I think the advice is to stay away from Nvidia's 680i chipset completely, regardless of the board maker. I could not agree more. Awful chipset. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:22 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? At 09:31 12-17-2007, Anthony Q. Martin typed: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. Why as I've had great experience with nforce based Gigabyte boards? I'm typing this on one now. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
I have had nothing but good Experiences and Customers as well with 680i Chipset boards. Although, none from Gigabyte. The 680i boards I get are from either Asus or eVGA. If you are going to do SLI 680i is the only way to go. Regards, Tim The Beave Lider MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/dowbeave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:26 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? I think the advice is to stay away from Nvidia's 680i chipset completely, regardless of the board maker. I could not agree more. Awful chipset. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:22 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? At 09:31 12-17-2007, Anthony Q. Martin typed: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. Why as I've had great experience with nforce based Gigabyte boards? I'm typing this on one now. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
In favor of an Intel X38 then or something else down the road at top dollar again? It's my impression 680i is OK as long as you don't want to do Quad core? Not that I plan on buying quad and the recommended rev 2.0 Gigabyte 680i board is off the market as of November anyway. Meanwhile here sits my empty TT Armor case waiting for a mobo to get cheap enough! Greg Sevart wrote: I think the advice is to stay away from Nvidia's 680i chipset completely, regardless of the board maker. I could not agree more. Awful chipset. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:22 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? At 09:31 12-17-2007, Anthony Q. Martin typed: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. Why as I've had great experience with nforce based Gigabyte boards? I'm typing this on one now. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak. Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
I just found any build I've done on that chipset to be generally less stable than comparable P35-based builds I've done. Supposedly the 680i chipset is hit-or-miss in terms of quirkiness...but I must have missed 3 times in a row. eVGA (2) and Gigabyte (1). Once I dumped the 680i and went P35, I've been treated with, bar none, the most stable workstation I've ever used. I've been averaging about 6 weeks between reboots, which for my main machine is outstanding. That being said, the builds I've done for others on 680i seem to be doing reasonably well, but they don't demand nearly as much from their machines as I do. While I can appreciate the fact that SLI is only available for Intel platforms on the 680i (and now 780i) chipsets, I would argue that SLI itself is a waste of time, money, and patience. I find it quite entertaining that the 680i is incompatible with Intel's 45nm chips, whereas the ancient 965 (and a select few 975 boards) work with it quite well... Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Beave Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 6:15 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? I have had nothing but good Experiences and Customers as well with 680i Chipset boards. Although, none from Gigabyte. The 680i boards I get are from either Asus or eVGA. If you are going to do SLI 680i is the only way to go. Regards, Tim The Beave Lider MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/dowbeave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:26 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? I think the advice is to stay away from Nvidia's 680i chipset completely, regardless of the board maker. I could not agree more. Awful chipset. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:22 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? At 09:31 12-17-2007, Anthony Q. Martin typed: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. Why as I've had great experience with nforce based Gigabyte boards? I'm typing this on one now. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ?
X38 is exceptionally nice. The Asus p5e3 wifi is easily one of the best boards I've ever used. We got in the first round of 780is on Friday, 5 EVGA boards and 2 Asus Striker 2s. The striker 2s are pure garbage, using a qx9650 they still freak out, are unstable and frequently bluescreen. The eVGAs are nothing special, but they seem solid: the new layouts resemble the 790fx boards. I do like the pure coal look to the evga though. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: j maccraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:56:39 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? In favor of an Intel X38 then or something else down the road at top dollar again? It's my impression 680i is OK as long as you don't want to do Quad core? Not that I plan on buying quad and the recommended rev 2.0 Gigabyte 680i board is off the market as of November anyway. Meanwhile here sits my empty TT Armor case waiting for a mobo to get cheap enough! Greg Sevart wrote: I think the advice is to stay away from Nvidia's 680i chipset completely, regardless of the board maker. I could not agree more. Awful chipset. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:22 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? At 09:31 12-17-2007, Anthony Q. Martin typed: I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an n-force, though. Why as I've had great experience with nforce based Gigabyte boards? I'm typing this on one now. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak. Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
