The thing is that some of us have no choice of mobos except the 680i or 780i. SLI for me is absolutely necessary and I have no choice on that matter. I have tried a 965 and a P35. I just returned a X38 because I thought I would try an Ultra video card and I thought that it would be good enough. Alas, it wasn't. It couldn't handle what I tried to run. I blame LG for making the panel and Dell for marketing the darn monitor Yes, I'm one of those suckers who's going to run out and buy three video cards when they are released...