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Originally Posted by Praetor
Dont break it 
It uses the VIA chipset. Just like my board.
Which is why I suggested NF4U. If you stop and think about it 16x16 is useless for the foreseeable future considering AGP8X isnt really tested and AGP4X isnt a serious handicap.
Yeah, the drivers support SLI. Games are independent
Two 6600GTs in SLI will outperform a 6800Ultra. And cost roughly the price of the 6800GT (you do need to do your homework there though)
Via chipset. And im quite serious (considering ive got one). You said you dont care for SLI .... but you evidently want PCIe, so get the NF4U as I suggested -- if you get the DFI board its possible to get a perfect mod to NF4SLI so you double the value there for nothin ... and even if you dont you can still run it in mock SLI mode and even if you decide not to do that the NF4U is a superior chipset
Ya the chipset is horrible -- ok that might be a bit over the top ... its not bad -- if you want to use your computer. If you want the most performance (OC or otherwise) out of the box then its not the ideal platform |
I saw a website somewhere pit dual 6600gts against a single 6600gt and an ultra 6800gt annd the 6600gts only scored more in the higher resolutions with less dropped frames but the overall score was basically the same other than when you increase to really really high resolutions, in some cases the 6600gt single outperformed the 2x 6600gts in sli... I also read that most games especially the not-so-popular ones don't have drivers written for them to utilize sli, what exactly is wrong with the av-8 other than the lack of those features, is there something directly wrong with it that i should know such as failure or anything? You also didn't answer my question about the Power Supply which i really need to know id appreciate it if you could help me out.
My budget is around $1600, if you can tell me where i can find a config with
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
1GB DDR Ram @400Mhz
nForce 4 Motherboard
sound blaster live 6.1
200gb 7200rpm hdd 8mb cache
16x dvd+/-rw dual layer
thermaltake fan
For around this price range then id really be interested but i can't afford anything more than around $1600 because i also have to buy a monitor and speakers and a keyboard and mouse. Please help me out here. At first glance I was going to get the nforce4 but it's more expensive and i heard that it didn't offer that much of a performance upgrade because of the 8x8 pipes?