AMD 940 and Geforce 8800GT SLI

Hitman13 · Jan 27, 2009

I am trying to building a computer for gaming and I am having trouble finding a motherboard for

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor -

and

BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC Graphics adapter PCIe - 512 MB - GDDR3 SDRAM

I only have one 8800GT right now but in the future I will be buying two nvidia chips. Can someone please recommend a good AM2+ SLI ready X16 X16 Motherboard?

Is it worth getting another 8800GT and going SLI or is the 8800 outdated already?
Thanks for the help.

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QuietIce · Jan 28, 2009

to OCF!

IMO, the 8800 is outdated but I can understand your situation.

The ASUS M3N-HT, ASUS Crosshair II, and MSI K9N2 Diamond all support Phenom II and double x16 SLI. There are probably others, I just took a quick look at Newegg to see what they had. No idea how well these boards OC. The AMD chipset versions OC very well but don't support SLI, just CrossFire.

A quick look at ORB showed your 8800GT is scoring 13-14k in 3DMark06 with a Phenom. A $100 ATI (3850) is scoring around 20k. With great OC'ing AMD chipset boards running $105 (Foxconn A79A-S) you might be ahead changing video cards and selling your existing one to take up some of the slack ...

Hitman13 · Jan 28, 2009

QuietIce said:
to OCF!

IMO, the 8800 is outdated but I can understand your situation.

The ASUS M3N-HT, ASUS Crosshair II, and MSI K9N2 Diamond all support Phenom II and double x16 SLI. There are probably others, I just took a quick look at Newegg to see what they had. No idea how well these boards OC. The AMD chipset versions OC very well but don't support SLI, just CrossFire.

A quick look at ORB showed your 8800GT is scoring 13-14k in 3DMark06 with a Phenom. A $100 ATI (3850) is scoring around 20k. With great OC'ing AMD chipset boards running $105 (Foxconn A79A-S) you might be ahead changing video cards and selling your existing one to take up some of the slack ...

13-14K?

So what you are saying is that I have another doorstop to add to my collection.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will check out those boards and see which one best works for what I want to do. I think I might just do the 8800gt SLI till I get enough cash to get 2 high end cards.
Is the Phenom II 940 a good option right now or am I painting myself into a corner?

QuietIce · Jan 28, 2009

Personally I'd wait a few more months and save some cash. The AM3 boards are already hitting the shelves (though they're not as good as the current AM2+ boards, IMO) and AM3 chips are due out May/June last I heard. A prudent shopper can usually get some good deals with a platform change. If you upgrade often then buy (what will be) a cheap AM2+ system. If you upgrade every 3-4 years then go for an AM3 system.

What are you running right now? Recommendations may change depending on your current hardware ...

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