Core 2 Duo Motherboards

[jseamless]

Which boards will be available? Which one is going to offer good performance and a reasonable price?

 

[puffpio]

There is a core2duo mobo roundup on anandtech right now on the front page

 

[Nightmare225]

Every P965 -based board and most new i975x boards support Core Duo 2. For your needs, I would consider a P965-based board. If you are doing Crossfire, you will have to get a i975x.

 

[jseamless]

What is crossfire?

 

[John]

Originally posted by: jseamless
What is crossfire?

A Chrysler automobile

http://www.ati.com/technology/crossfire/index.html

 

[soydios]

CrossFire is when two ATi Radeon graphics cards work together. SLi is when two nVidia GeForce graphics cards work together. If you didn't know what it is, you probably don't need or want it.

 

[bongsteen]

"A Chrysler automobile"

i like it, you make my day.

 

[fixxxer0]

beat me. damn yous!

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: puffpio
There is a core2duo mobo roundup on anandtech right now on the front page

I must be blind, i dont see a motherboard roundup for conroe.....

*edit*
The roundup is missing motherboards that are out right now for conroe.

 

[us3rnotfound]

im glad there's all these reviews, but just release this stupidass chip already, its getting a little olde

 

[FireChicken]

Originally posted by: us3rnotfound
im glad there's all these reviews, but just release this stupidass chip already, its getting a little olde

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: puffpio
There is a core2duo mobo roundup on anandtech right now on the front page

You let me know when you find a review of the Intel BOXDP965LTCK without all the overclocking nonsense and what-have-you. I just want to know if it's stable and reliable with a Core 2 Duo Conroe E6400 on it and what DDR2 800 RAM works best on it so I can buy that setup and have none of the instability and hectic-ness of my NForce4-based AMD builds.

Thanks.


Btw, that Intel board is only $140 on NewEgg. It's P965, one PCI-E x16 slot for those of us who have no interest in SLI/Crossfire (which is most of us), and don't care about overclocking because we just want something stable and reliable.

 

[aceO07]

A bit off topic, but on the boards with 2 PCI-E x16 slots can I use 1 of the slots for any card besides a graphics card?

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: aceO07
A bit off topic, but on the boards with 2 PCI-E x16 slots can I use 1 of the slots for any card besides a graphics card?

If the card has a PCI-E interface, than yes. Otherwise, enjoy frying your system!

 

[the Chase]

Did they pull the roundup? If they did- which was the best performing board?

 

[secretanchitman]

the Asus P5W DH Deluxe is the "best overclocking board" for the intel socket 775 right now. says AT.

thankfully, my mobo should be in tomorrow! (see my sig)

 

[aldamon]

Gigabyte DS3.

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: Kromis

Originally posted by: aceO07
A bit off topic, but on the boards with 2 PCI-E x16 slots can I use 1 of the slots for any card besides a graphics card?

If the card has a PCI-E interface, than yes. Otherwise, enjoy frying your system!

Yup, that's what I wanted to know. No, I wasn't thinking of putting PCI into PCI-E slot..

 

[the Chase]

Originally posted by: aldamon
Gigabyte DS3.

What FSB have you been able to hit with your 6300 so far?

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: aceO07
A bit off topic, but on the boards with 2 PCI-E x16 slots can I use 1 of the slots for any card besides a graphics card?

Any PCI-Express x1, x4, etc. card will work. The motherboard manufacturers seem to think you might want to stick a physics card in there.

 

[R3MF]

anyone seen any sign of the Gigabyte mATX 965 motherboard.

and can anyone confirm that it does indeed have solid capacitors like the dailytech said, i read somewhere else that the solid capacitor boards have a letter designation in the product code which is absent in the mATX board, unlike the full ATX versions?

 

[dakotagts]

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: aceO07
A bit off topic, but on the boards with 2 PCI-E x16 slots can I use 1 of the slots for any card besides a graphics card?

Any PCI-Express x1, x4, etc. card will work. The motherboard manufacturers seem to think you might want to stick a physics card in there.

Ha, yea right... Physics card.


Someone show me the value of it for future gaming and I will buy one. However without DX10 out, will the physics card be worth it? hmmm.