No more than my xbx2, p5b, and c51xem2aa killed...
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I don't know if it matters but like I wish the 780i boards could have had all solid capacitors to extend their life
Well I've had no problem running D9 in mine (tested ballistix and run OCZ)
Like kunnak said, if its got the issues of the 680i board sorted then it should be alright. And it does run tight timings and 1t command at wicked speeds for ram overclockers.
All solid would be nice. That might come down to the manufacturer of the board.
Even though the scores are a fair bit slower in most scenarios, hopefully the features outweigh that, and hopefully it has good FSB capability.
If all that works out, then even with the slight dissadvantage, it might just be good to use.
Can anybody confirm the memory controller in 780i has the same defficiency as 680i when paired with Quads -i mean huge drop in memory bandwidth then there are two or more threads simultanioisly trying to read from the memory?
On 680i, total bandwidth drops dramatically, being less than 1/2 of what P35 has.
if they could just make sure it would clock cd2/quads better than p35 it would be nice.
nothing else would matter
At least, this should be advertized openly that 680i/ and possibly 780i has poor memory performance with Core 2 Quads. This may not be that important for gamers, but can seriously affect some HPC applications.
Any more news on this yet? :)
I'm on my 3rd 680i board now... they keep dying :(
I haven't got much faith left, starting to wish I didn't use SLI or i'd have gone p35 or x38 by now ..
i don't know if 3 cards are really usefull for main stream, somebody explain?
Its a masterpiece. Can't wait.
so is this board delayed??? or is it still coming on the 12th.
With few PCI 2.0 vid cards out there..makes me wonder if two 8800gt's would even be worth it. Would the extra PCi bandwith even help....or needed?
here is a thought:confused: Since this board has 3 PCIx slots, I would think that once Nvidia releases a dual GPU single card GFX card (like the old 7950GX2's) this could open the doors for 6 GPU's in 1 PC:yepp: That would be a nightmare for drivers, but if nvidia "SUPPORTS" it better then the "QUAD SLi" of last year, this could make for 1 hell of a gaming rig. Hell, maybe Crysis could finally get 50+FPS now:rofl: . This is just my thought, and woould actually buy this board if something like this is possible.
that was a bit of a let down
Will my ek blocks i have on my 680i fit this board seeing it looks almost exactly the same layout wise..?