XFX nVidia 680i LT or MSI P35 Neo2-FR?

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Hi guys.. I have an offer from a forum member to do a trade for my motherboard..

My P35 Neo2-FR for the XFX 680i LT..

What do you guys think? Please justify your reasons.

I am planning to be getting a Quad in the future, and I will buy another 9600GT to put in SLi if I get this motherboard.

Thanks!

 

[Ham]

I am planning to be getting a Quad in the future

Stick with the P35. Quads and 680i is like cutting off both your legs and trying to run a marathon.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Even at stock settings mate? I am not planning to OC the Quad high at all.. 3GHz is plenty enough for any game to not be CPU limited.. even 2.4 is fine but 3GHz is what I am going to go for..

I hear people get 3GHz most of the time..

I will be with this E2140 for a long time to come, so Quads really aren't my concern at the moment to be honest.. if I wasn't going to be getting a Quad.. might just stick with this CPU... would you say I should do it then? I know the 680 chipset loves duals

 

[Ham]

From my experience even 3Ghz was a struggle. Needing something ridiculous like 1.65v for the 333fsb.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

I am planning to stay Dual now.. will be upgrading to i7 instead of Quads.. when the price on that drops to a reasonable level.

How about now?

 

[SwaleSmith]

the 6 series nvidia boards are a little hit and miss especialy for overcloking (I speak from expereince) if your gonna go down the road of overclcoking quads with SLI i would only recommend what I'm using wich is the 790i from evga I have tried the striker II and it sucks went through 3 with code init failures got sick and went evga not saying it the best best overcloker going but it gets my qx9770 upto 4,1ghz satble and never causes me trouble.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Right.. I am not going to do it. Forget it Thanks any ways lads.

They're are a troublesum chipset, as I know from my friend who has a Striker 680 but it loves to OC Duals.. not Quads which is a bad thing for me.

I am going to stick with my motherboard, get a Quad and a higher end motherboard and be done with it. Then I will get a multi GPU set up when I get some cash for it

 

[Thanh55]

Very smart decide you are..ehhehe