Gigabyte P35-DQ6 or eVGA 680i A1

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by herr_kingkong

ok am wondering if the 8800gtx will be fine in p35

As far as I know, the 8800GTX doesn't have any problems with the P35 chipset (I don't own the 8800GTX or a board with the P35, so I can't know for sure). I never heard of anybody having any problems with this combination. I'm guessing you should be fine.

Just remember that if you plan on going SLI, you'll have to get an nVidia chipset; the P35 is a single-GPU chipset.

Rich, how'd I do?

[herr_kingkong]

Thank you .

i no p35=no sli 680i=no good oc for q6600

[Quakindude]

If someone gave me an Asus product, I would turn right around and Ebay it. Asus customer service, like Rich said, simply sucks ass. Period. IF you get a working board from Asus, great, but I hope to God you never have any issues with it. Asus doesn't contribute to their forums at all, are slow to offer updates and bring an interpreter if you ever call them.

There should be, in my mind, just a couple of determining factors in your decision because either way, you'll get a great product.

1. Do you want to use SLI? If so, the EVGA 680i is the board to own.
2. EVGA and Nvidia are aggressively pursuing customer wishes and concerns when it comes to the 680i chipset. Bios P30 is out, but I wouldn't use anything over P28 for now. P29/30 are causing more issues than they solve. I wouldn't say the 680i is no good for overclocking the Q6600, just that the overclocks being gained with the P35 are higher. The 680i's are well known for overclocking very well.
3. The MSI P35 reviews extremely well. It appears to have slots for DDR2 and DDR3 ram. So future proofing is a plus to this board although it will be some time yet before DDR3 is worth switching to.
4. The P35 seems like a very good overclocker. So I wouldn't base your decision on overclocking abilities alone.

[herr_kingkong]

OK and raid 0 680i or P35

[Quakindude]

P35 is going to offer better Raid support.

[herr_kingkong]

Raid support. and speed

ok 4x1gb of ddr2 1066 nvidia or intel

[Capper]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

As far as I know, the 8800GTX doesn't have any problems with the P35 chipset (I don't own the 8800GTX or a board with the P35, so I can't know for sure). I never heard of anybody having any problems with this combination. I'm guessing you should be fine.

Just remember that if you plan on going SLI, you'll have to get an nVidia chipset; the P35 is a single-GPU chipset.

Rich, how'd I do?

Better!!!

The P35 is not a single GPU chipset, it officially supports ATI's Crossfire technology.

[Quakindude]

The 680i has had some issues with Raid. It's really hit or miss on if you get a board that supports more than your basic array. Bios revisions seem to bork arrays as well. Intel is using the ICH9R chipset with the very well implemented Intel Matrix Storage technology which gives that board the edge over the 680i. I personally won't run a Raid array anymore. So Raid options play little in my decision making process.

As far as the 4 1Gb sticks of ram go, you won't see many, if any, reviews with people using that type of setup. For one, Windows 32-bit OS's will never see all of it due to the way Windows handles memory addresses. Two, it slows down the memory transfer rates from having to address 4 different banks of memory. The recommended configuration would be 2x1Gb sticks for a total of 2Gb of ram. Unless you're running a server or doing some very intensive image and video manipulation, having more than 2Gb of ram isn't going to give you any serious performance benefits in a 4x1Gb config.

Not with the typical home user/gamer utilization anyway.

[herr_kingkong]

Vista performs better with 2GB or 4GB of RAM

[Quakindude]

Depends on if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version. 32-bit Vista is basically the same as 32-bit XP Pro when it comes to handling memory. And Vista is pickier about memory overclocks IMHO.