New mobo selection issue

[imported_DocHolliday]

Planning on building a new system soon... when I build them I go balls out and build something really nice and keep it for a couple years and then restart the process. Well, I'm trying to decide what mobo I want to buy. I really can't decide how I want to do this, be it sli or whatever. Any suggestions?

 

[anarchyreigns]

DFI Lanparty Ultra/SLI

 

[Rike]

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR

Add an A64 3700+ San Diego, a gig of OCZ VX RAM, a pair of 6800 Ultras with some 15K RPM SCSI drives in RAID 0 then water cool the whole thing. You'd have an OK system. :roll:

Seriously, the DFI Nforce4 boards are a good choice, whichever one you might get.

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

I'm not sure if I'd want to do the sli thing or not. it still sort of seems like overkill. Also, I don't know much about this board and it's switching between sli and single card operation. I know that asus is coming out w/ their sli premium board that's supposed to let you do this through either the bios or software (cant' remember which) would it be worth it to wait?

 

[anarchyreigns]

Originally posted by: DocHolliday
I'm not sure if I'd want to do the sli thing or not. it still sort of seems like overkill.

Then get the Ultra.

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: anarchyreigns
Then get the Ultra.

Ditto.

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D

It's what I would buy if I were starting from scratch right now.

 

[AristoV300]

^^^ I'll second that.

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

so you wouldn't wait for the new asus board?

 

[Rike]

What's the feature you just have to have on the new Asus board?

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

software switching between sli on non sli

 

[Rike]

Is that something you plan on doing on a regular basis? The PCB card on the deluxe is a piece of cake. Software switching of SLI is not a feature I would pay for or wait for, but that's me.

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

well i remember reading that software compatability w/ sli was a problem? or am i dreaming stuff up?

 

[Rike]

software compatability? What do you mean? Lots of people have SLI systems running without problem. Most SLI problems are user error.

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

Originally posted by: Rike
software compatability? What do you mean? Lots of people have SLI systems running without problem. Most SLI problems are user error.

PEBKAC! but really... I thought a lot of games didn't make much of a difference between sli and non sli... so i'm having an issue trying to predict the future of games. Will 2 gf 6800 ultras = or exceed the next gen vid card performance?