I think we are done here guys unless somebody wants to keep things alive once we see a motherboard with 3 or even 4 full 16x version 2.0 PCI-e slots that are all 16x electrically. In the meantime based on everyone's great comments I will soon buy the Q6600 (or Q6700 if I can swing it), a 780i...
Also...the case with door off issue is more from the SATA power connection cables from my power supply. The smaller SATA data cables stick out too and the 90 degree heads you linked would help but its the power connects that are the bigger problem. I literary have about 1" of space from the...
Quicksilver, once again thanks for the great clarifications and also once again this re-confirms that the overall best "bang for the buck" for my flight simulator upgrade is most likely a 780i with a slightly overclocked Q6600. And I should probably look at scrapping my 7900's now for whatever...
Beast, ...gotcha.. are you sure the 3rd v1.1 16x slot isn't running at 8x electrically? And please help verify if this holds true for the 780i too as that is what I am currently looking at as I could still use my existing DDR-2 with the 780i series.
Thanks for the cooling tips... why the hell would they make a convex base to touch the CPU ?? That sounds damagingly dangerous! On my Pentium D I have a Zalman "Ultra Quiet" CNPS9500 AT. It does a good job I guess but I don't really know how to verify that as I am not currently overclocking and...
BadRobot above said that PCI-e 1.0 slots are fine for now so my question is this. I am currently using my 2 BFG 7900's at a restricted 8x bandwidth. (I also assume these cards are PCI-e V1.0 and I assume the 8800's are as well too ..but they however have Vista support correct?) Out of the 4...
My preliminary search for a TRUE cooler on Ebay yields a nice beer cooler. Perhaps a good addition to the flight galley! ......"Yes stewardess I think I will have another Guinness..." (by lapping I assume you don't mean drinking ???) :)
Kern, thanks for the opinion.... I couldn't have said it better...I think we posted at the same time above! The PSU I already have..a honking BFG 1,000 watt ! I like my current case a Thermaltake Xaser III...nice aluminum front.. but I think I'm going to buy a tabletop/rackmount case soon. As I...
Again the key of this post is trying to find any new board that has 3 (or even 4!!) x16 slots all running at PCI-e V2.0 and or all slots running at 16x electrically but as Quicksliver pointed out in the very beginning of my post...it unfortunately just doesn't exist yet (and if it did it would...
It seems some of us are in dis-agreement now over the 790i too. There are a few good 780i motherboards I found such as the : ASUS STRIKER II, ASUS P5NT, MSI P7N DIAMOND, XFX NFORCE 780i, and the EVGA 780i...all of which can be bought for abut 250. Any opinions on these 780 boards???
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Thanks for the suggestions on video cards guys but for now I think I will just be purchasing a motherboard and CPU as I initially plan on continuing to use my 3 BFG 7900gtx 512 cards and all the other airframe surplus I still have. I don't think that the 8800's performance will be so noticeably...
Quicksilver, thanks for your grand efforts and for the excellent showdown of wares. I will have to take a week to review each category to determine prices vs. functionality. I personally think Nvidia has great multi-monitor support as that is what I've been using with my flight sim for years...
This computer's application is for flight simulator 2004 and flight simulator X only.... if anything else did not work on it I wouldn't care. I prefer to say on XP-Pro X64 but would move to Vista x64 if the new motherboard only supported that.
Skulltrail looks awesome but 700.00 just for the mobo...O-U-C-H. Ok..so then price "bud---jets" for a system..I would say I only want to spend what is a reasonable amount to get the job done without overkill. $1,000.00 - $2,000.00 ???
However I really think it would be fun if we all make a...
I don't know how to classify my "flat panel" trainer as I have not begun to seek the necessary requirements for FAA certification. I'm not trying to reproduce any one particular aircraft either but rather all aircraft. You can spend thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars buying real...
Thanks for the latest info guys I think we are making some progress now! I was checking out the EVGA 790i Ultra board which looks like it may be a good candidate for my upgrade. I also have to ask how many of you are running Vista x64 as I assume to get the benefits of dual and quad core chips...
From what I've found so far in some Google searches is Crossfire will only support 2 monitors in Crossfire mode. I'm not too clear on the newer "Hybrid" Crossfire or CrossfireX set-ups that use a "Physics" card ???? In any case the goal is still a minimum of 5-6 independent view monitors and I...
Glad to know I'm on the bleeding edge of technology here! Again I would love to have any system that will support 3 video cards with 6 monitors at anything above 8x bandwidth.
So if I even have to get a cheaper motherboard that can do 16x-16x-8x I can stand that for now as the 8x slot would...
I am quite unfamiliar with the Crossfire system. Is that exclusive to AMD chipsets, or non-Nvidia chipset motherboards and or any specific type or brand of video card? If I can run 3 cards in a tri-linked Crossfire set-up and actually display 5 or 6 independant monitors then I am certainly game...
Im already familiar with the Matrox system and the IR tracker head system too. The Matrox set up just expands a single view over 3 montors via a single video card output. This is essentially useless to those who really know about its limitations as this will set you back several hundred for the...
Excellent, thank you for the steer. I will look at those. I also looked at the XFX 680i SLI last night as it too has 3 PCI-E slots. The outer two will run at 16x electrically and the center one will run at 8x electrically. (again I hope in non SLI too) All the lane size vs. what it will actually...
Ok,, well then ARE THERE any motherboards with 3 PCE-e x16 slots that will support 3 video cards linked via SLI or Crossfire and will allow me to run 5 or 6 monitors at any bandwidth (8x or otherwise) ???
Hi folks, I am a pilot and flight simulation experimentalist building an advanced set-up for student training. Last year I bought a Gigabyte Quad Royal motherboard which was (and still is to my knowledge) the only "monsterboard" to date that has had 4 PCE-E slots (two 8x slots, and two x16...
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