Good crossfire mobo?

DeViL_909 · 01-12-08, 10:00 AM

Taking the plunge to upgrade my system again. I was about to get the Abit IP35-Pro but I realized it does not support crossfire. I have already got my 3870 so going with 8800gt is out of the question now :P. My question to you all is what is an equally good OCing board that would support crossfire?

JLK03F150 · 01-12-08, 10:23 AM

The IP35Pro will run crossfire, just at 16x/4x PCIe bus instead of 16x/16x PCIe bus which you will find in the X38 chipset. From what I understand, there is very little performance loss running P35 in crossfire vs X38. Pretty big price difference in boards too.

ghost_recon88 · 01-12-08, 10:40 AM

The best one is the Asus P5E, although its kinda pricey...but at least it has the X38 chipset

DeViL_909 · 01-12-08, 11:57 AM

Got any links on performance hit on the p35? I mean if its not too big of a hit then the savings on the can go towards the new vid card lol

Rattle · 01-12-08, 11:58 AM

if your considering crossfire the asus maximus formula is the way to go.

JLK03F150 · 01-12-08, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DeViL_909

Got any links on performance hit on the p35? I mean if its not too big of a hit then the savings on the can go towards the new vid card lol

Here's one comparison of 16x/4x, 8x/8x, and 16x/16x with HD2900XT's. It's all over the place and all 3 formats win some benches.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...8_versus_p35/1

DeViL_909 · 01-12-08, 01:14 PM

Anyone have anything to say about the Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 LGA 775?

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DeViL_909 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NC	Good crossfire mobo? Taking the plunge to upgrade my system again. I was about to get the Abit IP35-Pro but I realized it does not support crossfire. I have already got my 3870 so going with 8800gt is out of the question now :P. My question to you all is what is an equally good OCing board that would support crossfire? __________________ Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 ----- Water Cooling with D5 Pump E8400 (3.0 ghz)----- On Storm CPU VisionTech 3870------- On Maze 4 acetal GPU block 4 gig Gskill DDR2 (2x2) 2x 80 gig SATA HD (raid 0) and 1x 80gig Raptor HEATWARE
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JLK03F150 Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA	The IP35Pro will run crossfire, just at 16x/4x PCIe bus instead of 16x/16x PCIe bus which you will find in the X38 chipset. From what I understand, there is very little performance loss running P35 in crossfire vs X38. Pretty big price difference in boards too. __________________ Q9650, Rampage Formula X48, 4x1GB G.Skill PC2-6400 (D9GMH), HD 6950, 2x 64GB SandForce 1222 SSD RAID 0, BFG LS1000, Gamer X6800, AW9D-Max i975X, 4x2GB G.Skill PC2-8000, GTX 650, 240GB Intel 335 SSD, 1TB WD Black, Seasonic S12-650W, Lightroom4 E8600, nvidia e-7150 i630, 2x2GB Mushkin PC2-8500, HD 4650, 500GB WD Blue, Antec 380W, HTPC What computer do you have? And please don't say a white one. - Sheldon Cooper icebob: cpu on water, cards air, me whiskey!
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ghost_recon88 Senior Jedi Master Premium Member #9 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan	The best one is the Asus P5E, although its kinda pricey...but at least it has the X38 chipset __________________ The will to live will always outweigh the ability to die
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DeViL_909 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NC	Got any links on performance hit on the p35? I mean if its not too big of a hit then the savings on the can go towards the new vid card lol __________________ Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 ----- Water Cooling with D5 Pump E8400 (3.0 ghz)----- On Storm CPU VisionTech 3870------- On Maze 4 acetal GPU block 4 gig Gskill DDR2 (2x2) 2x 80 gig SATA HD (raid 0) and 1x 80gig Raptor HEATWARE
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01-12-08, 01:14 PM	Thread Starter #7
DeViL_909 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NC	Anyone have anything to say about the Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 LGA 775? __________________ Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 ----- Water Cooling with D5 Pump E8400 (3.0 ghz)----- On Storm CPU VisionTech 3870------- On Maze 4 acetal GPU block 4 gig Gskill DDR2 (2x2) 2x 80 gig SATA HD (raid 0) and 1x 80gig Raptor HEATWARE
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