7950 GX2 -- who's to buy, and with conroe?

[Madellga]

I don't know if I'm lucky or that's common with the GX2, but I can run my EVGA at 600 GPU / 700 RAM (from 500/600). I own the card since 1 month and it is stable so far. I do have a good air flow on my housing.

 

[m21s]

I must be lucky too. :thumbsup:

 

[Hikari]

So, what is the consensus? P5W-DH is a bit pricey... But, was looking at P5W-DH or the DQ6.

I have an E6600 and my 7950 GX2 hated both an Asus P5B-VM and an Abit AB9 Pro, so I just want stuff to work at this point. 2GB of Patriot CAS4 DDR2-800 memory that I was using fine in the Abit... Want to order tomorrow since I've RMAd the Abit for a refund.

What is the possible bad point of a 975x board? 965 is newer, just slightly handicapped due to the lack of an extra x16 PCie slot.

 

[KvT]

So what about P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe ??? Everyone's talking about 975x or 965 but I think the nforce chipset still rocks. Many conroe users have this board by now. Has anybody had any problems with it.
Here's a nice comparison study of the best conroe motherboards
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=c2dmb&page=2

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: lopri
1. Go ahead with the BFG. They're one of the better manufacturers. There are no performance difference between different brands.
2. They'll probably be launched within next 2~3 weeks, but availability and, more than anything, OC-ability will be far below that of 975X/P965
3. Low end Conroe - Gigabyte DS3 / High end Conroe - ASUS P5W-DH

GX2 with P5W DH won't work....yet.