Looking for a Crossfire motherboard

btarunr · Nov 28, 2007

Tatty_One said:
Maybe it was a different Foxconn.....do they have more than one x38 board, this one came in at around £150. Actually just checking the site.....your Foxconn is more expensive!....check here:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...GA-X38-DQ6+Intel+X38+Chipset+?productId=28440

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...conn+Intel+X38A+775+Mainboard?productId=28888

Hmmm...a very tidy shopping site.

The Foxconn board is cheaper than the Gigabyte board here in India, in the US as well.

Here's a list of X38 based boards from Newegg.com, you'll find the Foxconn board upto $20 cheaper.

Pinchy · Nov 28, 2007

btarunr said:
975X ? hahaha. Most 975X boards don't even support the Core micro-architecture out-of-box unless flashed with an update. Compare the prices of the 1066 MHz FSB Core processors with the 1333 MHz Core processors and you'll know that the 1333 MHz ones are cheaper, which the 975X boards don't support.

He has an e4300. It will support it out of the box. If he wants futureproofing, why get a P35...why not go all the way and get an X38? Running crossfire with 2900XT's on 16 x 4 is just pointless imo.

btarunr said:
Most 975X boards don't support DDR2 800 and refuse to go beyond DDR2 667. Even if they do go on and support DDR2 800, they won't support CAS-latency 4 and will stick to 5.

Now would you compromise on all these for the 8 x 8?

ABIT AW9D. Supports DDR2 800. $110. 8 x 8 crossfire. He will see much of a performance increase with dual 2900XT's on this mobo than any P35 that has 16 x 4.

Wile E · Nov 28, 2007

He can still get a P35, and not get stuck with 16x + 4x. The ASUS Blitz boards do 8x+8x Crossfire. They call it Crosslinx technology. They essentially put a chip on the board that allows the 16x bandwidth to be split to two slots.

btarunr · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
He has an e4300. It will support it out of the box. If he wants futureproofing, why get a P35...why not go all the way and get an X38? Running crossfire with 2900XT's on 16 x 4 is just pointless imo.

ABIT AW9D. Supports DDR2 800. $110. 8 x 8 crossfire. He will see much of a performance increase with dual 2900XT's on this mobo than any P35 that has 16 x 4.

I'm not recommending a P35 for Crossfire either. X38 is the most sane choice for CF on an Intel platform.

Wile E · Nov 28, 2007

btarunr said:
I'm not recommending a P35 for Crossfire either. X38 is the most sane choice for CF on an Intel platform.

I agree. Altho, as per my post above yours, not all P35 boards are 16+4.

Pinchy · Nov 28, 2007

Wile E said:
He can still get a P35, and not get stuck with 16x + 4x. The ASUS Blitz boards do 8x+8x Crossfire. They call it Crosslinx technology. They essentially put a chip on the board that allows the 16x bandwidth to be split to two slots.

Never heard of em, but after a quick search they look to be priced at $365

. May as well get an X38 aye :rolleyes:

btarunr said:
I'm not recommending a P35 for Crossfire either. X38 is the most sane choice for CF on an Intel platform.

Well, until about 5 mins ago I thought the X38 motherboards were $300+...Until:

http://www.digitan.com.au/product.php?productid=43331&cat=1039&page=2

ABIT IX38 QuadGT @ $258. Thats pretty close to the budget

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btarunr · Nov 28, 2007

Wile E said:
He can still get a P35, and not get stuck with 16x + 4x. The ASUS Blitz boards do 8x+8x Crossfire. They call it Crosslinx technology. They essentially put a chip on the board that allows the 16x bandwidth to be split to two slots.

Bullseye! This is the board that kept ringing in my head.

This has the IDT 89HA032 BXG PCI-Express switch that splits the x16 x4 lanes into x8 x8

Wile E · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
Never heard of em, but after a quick search they look to be priced at $365 . May as well get an X38 aye

Thus the post I made just above yours.

Pinchy · Nov 28, 2007

Wile E said:
Thus the post I made just above yours.

I dont get it :confused:

Tatty_Two · Nov 28, 2007

16 x 4 is Intels base spec, manufacturers can play with that if they like, bottom line tho is IMO there is little point in buying today a XFire board that is not going to support, or at least support well ..........up coming technology as in 45nm never mind 1600Mhz FSB (less importantly).

When you refer to "he" and his E4300 who are you referring to? The OP is getting an E6750.

Wile E · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
I dont get it

lol. Look at post 55

Pinchy · Nov 28, 2007

Wile E said:
lol. Look at post 55

Yeah, were you refering to their price or the actual 8 x 8 P35? (When you quoted me on post 56)

Tatty_One said:
When you refer to "he" and his E4300 who are you referring to? The OP is getting an E6750.

I just got it from the original posters (TonyStark's) sig.

cepoi · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
ABIT AW9D. Supports DDR2 800. $110. 8 x 8 crossfire. He will see much of a performance increase with dual 2900XT's on this mobo than any P35 that has 16 x 4.

if u r planning to get q6600 G0..dont buy this board(ABIT AW9D)

Pinchy · Nov 28, 2007

cepoi said:
if u r planning to get q6600 G0..dont buy this board(ABIT AW9D)

The 975x's arent even meant to support quad cores are they?

btarunr · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
The 975x's arent even meant to support quad cores are they?

Well, the D975XBX2 does, FSB 1066, though.

cepoi · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
The 975x's arent even meant to support quad cores are they?

ABIT say AW9D-MAX support quad core with bios update...and q6600 B3 has no problem at all running on this board...the problem here with G0 stepping..

Wile E · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
Yeah, were you refering to their price or the actual 8 x 8 P35? (When you quoted me on post 56)

I agreed that the X38 was the way to go. I was just pointing out the there was an 8+8 P35 board.

Tatty_Two · Nov 28, 2007

Pinchy said:
Yeah, were you refering to their price or the actual 8 x 8 P35? (When you quoted me on post 56)

I just got it from the original posters (TonyStark's) sig.

Ahhhhh right.....I got it wrong then of course I was referring to Judas :ohwell:

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