Gigabyte P35-DQ6 or eVGA 680i A1

[Capper]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Yes but as mentioned he plans to overclock, and the 680i is way more OC friendly then the Intel chipset. While Intel Boards are stable, they just are too restrictive for enthusiast.

Something else to note about 64bit Vista, not only is driver support and issue, but software is an issue as well. Many 32 bit programs won't run on 64 bit windows. You have to obtain the 64bit version if one is available, which could cost you even more money.

thats not necessarily true, the 680i is more OC friendly for the memory, but in my experience with the eVGA 680i SLI vs the Gigabyte P965-DQ6 and P35-DQ6, the INTEL boards have OC'ed the processor much better....and I'll say I'm having the same issues many others are having with the 680i chipset and a Quad Core processor in that it doesn't OC very well at all.

[Computer-Ed]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Yes but as mentioned he plans to overclock, and the 680i is way more OC friendly then the Intel chipset. While Intel Boards are stable, they just are too restrictive for enthusiast.

This has not been my experience, I have three different Intel based systems in my home at the moment and all three have been a dream to overclock if I choose. In fact I personally have never found an Intel based board that will not overclock well. The only exveption have been Intel MADE baords which do tend to be restrictive but even Intel has begun to lift that.

Something else to note about 64bit Vista, not only is driver support and issue, but software is an issue as well. Many 32 bit programs won't run on 64 bit windows. You have to obtain the 64bit version if one is available, which could cost you even more money.

As for Vista 64, I have not yet personally encounter a piece of software I want to run that will not run on Vista 64. Now I am sure there is older software that might have issues, and the obvious item of security software also comes to mind. However with the exception of security software I have not found any program that is stated to run on XP that will not run on Vista 64. In fact I even installed a Windows 98 based game yesterday and it ran perfect on the first try.

My experience has been the real issues are driver based. I know Creative has some driver issues with Vista 64 and I am sure there are others I have not seen. However for the most part the base driver support is now pretty good.

[herr_kingkong]

I must say, i love the forums
thanks for the help.

ok in sweden. the dq6 p35 =200 usd

evga 680i a1=260 usd

evga 680i lt a1=200usd


is tha lt good

[Computer-Ed]

Newegg has the DQ6 listed as $225 US here so that sounds like a good price. However, again based on my experience, I would save the money and get the DS3 series instead if you do not plan to use Crossfire. You might lose a feature or two but you will lose none of the stability and speed of the motherboard. The features you will lose, with the exception of Crossfire can be easily replaced for less cost.

Your evga pricing is again pretty close, so I would say you are not getting bad pricing.

[Capper]

Good point Ed, the DS3's are very underrated boards....they overclock like hell and offer almost all the same options, minus the second full size PCI-E slot.

I've got the DQ6 on the test bench, and I have to be honest in that its my favorite motherboard on the market...

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by herr_kingkong

is tha lt good

Well, I've read that the LT is good because of the 'unlinked' feature for the CPU and RAM when OCing. As far as i know, the Intel chipsets (P35, P965, etc.) don't have the 'unlinked' feature. So maybe the LT will make your OCing effort easier.






IMO.

[Capper]

tru again, the INTEL chipsets don't have quite the same memory overclocking options that the NVIDIA boards do......but in all honesty, memory overclocking is overrated, unless you only care about benchmarking, all you really need to worry about is CPU overclocking, and decent memory speed/latencies, so you aren't bottlenecking the CPU.

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by Capper

tru again, the INTEL chipsets don't have quite the same memory overclocking options that the NVIDIA boards do......but in all honesty, memory overclocking is overrated, unless you only care about benchmarking, all you really need to worry about is CPU overclocking, and decent memory speed/latencies, so you aren't bottlenecking the CPU.

Based on that, i would grab a nice P35 board (like the DQ6 or the DS3).

I personally think that you, kingkong, should get the DS3 and put the extra dough into something else.

[Computer-Ed]

Originally Posted by Capper

I've got the DQ6 on the test bench, and I have to be honest in that its my favorite motherboard on the market...

The DQ6 look like awesome boards and the people I know with them love them. However I heard that the 965P-DQ did not overclock as well as the DS3. I would be curious to see if your testing bares this out.

[herr_kingkong]

hi again am so glad for the help guys..


I decided to go with the P35 DQ6

because it have 5 warranty in Sweden.

so I will tested it and be in touch.

1 more question for u guys does GIGABYTE have good support

my name is saif not herr_kingkong