I am really stuck in between a rock and a hard place right now due to our favorite corporate money-grubbing companies Intel and Nvidia.
Right now I have a p5k Deluxe, e6850 and 8800gtx. This is all fine and dandy except for the fact I can't play crysis on my Dell 3007FPW. Despitea 4ghz chip, the most powerful card out there, and 4GB memory, the instant I set shaders to anything above medium (and that IS the setting that makes the game look different from far cry), I get single digit FPS.
I have no good options at all right now. I never imagined I'd have money ready to go and not be able to spend it. I can't grab another 8800gtx for SLI right now because my motherboard (which I otherwise love) doesn't support it. I can't put a higher performing card in because Nvidia won't release one. I can't get a 680i board for SLI because not only are a large portion simply not stable and kill ram (I've had over eight different 680i boards and they all sucked), but they don't support penryn either.
Seriously, what am I supposed to do? What are the odds of Nvidia giving in and liscensing SLI to Intel? And if so, will I have to upgrade motherboards anyway or will it be retroactive to current boards (in other words, driver or hardware related)?
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