Quote Originally Posted by hokiealumnus View Post
Depends on what you're going for. I doubt it will overclock much farther that the P35 chipset, but it might do it with slightly less voltage (I mean a tiny bit if at all). I guess it's up to you whether you think it's worth the difference between PCIe 1.0/1.0a & PCIe 2.0. If you feel like playing with your system just to see the difference, go for it. If not, leave well enough alone, sell the new IX38 and get the IP45 Pro when it comes out next month.
Quote Originally Posted by Heidfirst View Post
I would just stick with the P35 until you are sure that you are going Crossfire & buy an appropriate board then.
Thanks for the input guys. I recently purchased 2x 4850s to replace my 8800gtx, so I think I'm going to swap out my DFI T2R P35 board with the IX38 QuadGT... but before I do so, I'm trying to ask around to see if a different board is much better... such as the Asus X48 board and whatnot... I definitely don't want a $300+ board, but there are some in the low $200s that I was eyeing:
ASUS P5E Deluxe LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

or thix 38:
ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2R LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

I mean, if I was to buy a different board I feel like I might as well go with X48...

It seems like many of you are happy with the Abit IX38... I just hate changing motherboards (takes half a day with my setup between wire management, watercooling, re-installation of software) so I always like to make the right choice in the beginning...