Thinking of ditching my 680i and 8800Ultra for this combo...

[Matt C.]

Ok. So I have been thinking about doing this for a while now.

I really don't hardcore game with my computer like it is built for. I just use it for school work and internet with the occasional Crysis and COD4.

Right now I have a 680i with a 8800Ultra. I have though about selling those two and picking up a p5k-e and (2) 2900Pro's and flashing them to XT bios ($160 each on newegg..can't beat that price) I would have about $240 left over after I sold those two and purchased the p5k and 2900's.

Would it be beneficial to switch to that combo? Should I get some 3870's over the 2900's? I haven't seen to much that leads me to believe the 3870's are that much better.

[zanzabar]

the 3870 isnt much faster than the 2900 but it uses half of the power, and with the oc that u can get from moving to the p35 it would out perform in most cases

u might want to spend the extra money for the x38 and go for the abit quad gt x38 since it will have a 3rd 16x slot for tri or quadfire (3870x2 for quad) and it has 2x 16x pci-e2 slots for the initial cards

[Matt C.]

well im trying to save money for other stuff. so that is why i dont want to use an x38 board.

[cky2k6]

be careful with those 2900pros for 160, I do not believe you can flash them to the xt bios, because they have a 256bit mem interface rather than the 512 that the old pros had. for that price, you should get the 3850s.