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| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 688724 | 2008-07-17 01:02:00 | The DFI got great reviews, wasn't on my list originally but it looked good. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 688725 | 2008-07-17 01:07:00 | Actually, I just read a review on the board above. Despite its specs being drool worthy, it doesn't perform all that well. Are you only getting the LANParty for it's SLI? |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 688726 | 2008-07-17 01:09:00 | I've never been a fan of DFI boards. Haven't got a real reason. They just seem gimmiky, and they don't have the same performance as the nice Asus boards. You could get an uber nice Asus board for that price. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 688727 | 2008-07-17 01:21:00 | Well I respect the opinions here or I wouldn't be asking for advice. I will check out the ASUS board more fully. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 688728 | 2008-07-17 03:58:00 | Thinking of upgrading to vista for more ram. Can anyone give me a overview of the differences in the vista offerings home/pro basic/premium etc And you guys convinced me to change to the ASUS board Thanks that is exactly why I started this thread for this kind of information. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 688729 | 2008-07-17 04:06:00 | You can probably find the info you want here en.wikipedia.org | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 688730 | 2008-07-17 04:26:00 | Don't bother with basic. Go for home premium. If you go to ascent's motherboard page (www.ascent.co.nz) you can go through the search functions on the left. If you want SLI on your board you'll definitely pay extra, but to see the SLI boards go to the "Chipset" drop down menu and select only the nVidia chipsets. IMO, if you don't seriously plan on getting a second graphics card any time soon don't bother with SLI, it's not worth it. Also, most of the high end Motherboards are expensive because they include a lot of overclocking solutions. If you don't plan on overclocking, then I wouldn't spend this amount of money on a board. You'll probably find a board around $200 would suit your tastes more if you don't plan on either of these things. Although having a board called "Maximus Extreme" (www.ascent.co.nz) does add a fair amount of geek factor to your computer. Even if you don't use even a third of it's features. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 688731 | 2008-07-17 04:33:00 | "Maximus Extreme" (www.ascent.co.nz) Holy Crap. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 688732 | 2008-07-17 04:37:00 | I like a lot of overhead, what I am not planning now I might want to do in 3 months. With the new nvidia cards coming out the 9800GTX are dropping in price so picking up a 2nd one to SLI is certainly a possibility for me. Nah the ASUS is a good choice I think Now to decide if I want vista...... |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 688733 | 2008-07-17 06:50:00 | If you have the power then vista's not a problem. The only problems come with developers not porting to it properly, so some games don't work as well as you'd expect. Also DX10.1 is used by a grand total of pretty much nobody. Which is really annoying. So that's not so great a reason to go to it. 64bit is good in theory too, in practice there are a few more issues with compatibility than I'm happy with. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
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