Price Guide, November 2005: Motherboards
by Haider Farhan on November 5, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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As Kristopher Kubicki reports, it appears that the 975X will not support NVIDIA's SLI technology. Currently, in order to be able to run a SLI setup on an Intel based system, you'll need the nForce4 chipset. Another advantage to the nForce4 chipset is that it also supports dual core processors.
Two boards that we recommend are the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Pro [RTPE: GA-8N-SLI Pro] and the MSI P4N SLI-FI [RTPE: MS-7160-020], both of which are on sale for $131.50 shipped. We noticed that the MSI P4N Diamond [RTPE: MS-7160-010] had a decent reduction of about $11, bringing its price down to $188.20 shipped.
For those still interested, you can also pick up an old, cheap 915G motherboard with basic integrated graphics.
As Kristopher Kubicki reports, it appears that the 975X will not support NVIDIA's SLI technology. Currently, in order to be able to run a SLI setup on an Intel based system, you'll need the nForce4 chipset. Another advantage to the nForce4 chipset is that it also supports dual core processors.
Two boards that we recommend are the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Pro [RTPE: GA-8N-SLI Pro] and the MSI P4N SLI-FI [RTPE: MS-7160-020], both of which are on sale for $131.50 shipped. We noticed that the MSI P4N Diamond [RTPE: MS-7160-010] had a decent reduction of about $11, bringing its price down to $188.20 shipped.
For those still interested, you can also pick up an old, cheap 915G motherboard with basic integrated graphics.
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highlandsun - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
Yeah, the Gigabyte offerings look good, though I'll be waiting for the GA-K8N51PVMT-9 with 6150/430.rrcn - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
Updated. ;)Anton74 - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
Indeed, kudos to AT! :)siliconthoughts - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
Agree totally. In fact I'm posting from one (Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9) that is pretty nice.Featureset spanks the listed integrated video boards (Microatx with Gigabit, firewire, 3Gb SATA2, 1x PCIe and 16x PCIe and 2 PCI slots, HD audio, athhlon X2 compatible.)
To top it off, MWAVE carries it for $72.50! cheap, good and fast. Such a sweet deal, yet strangely not in the list.
Anton74 - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
Yes, I've had my eye on that exact board as well. Now all I need is retail S939 Sempron availability for the perfect office system. :)