Is DDR2 800mhz RAM compatible on these motherboards because i see they say DDR2 1200 RAM standard and i was just wondering.
Yes DDR2 800 memory will work fine on them.
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Is DDR2 800mhz RAM compatible on these motherboards because i see they say DDR2 1200 RAM standard and i was just wondering.
If the Striker II Formula is as reliable as the Striker Extreme was I'll probably go for it. I just want a board that will work and not die on me every two to three months.
Well the Striker Extreme is actually more full featured board than the Striker II Formula is. It has the internal LCD poster and eSATA ports which I prefer to have. The only thing the Formula has over the Extreme is a third full speed PCIe x16 slot and official 45nm quad core support. That's it. The Striker Extreme by most accounts has been improved by BIOS 1303 and 1301 by a large margin. Apparently they now overclock quad cores with the best of them.
I haven't been able to verify this as my Striker is probably the worst overclocking Striker Extreme out there.
I just don't like ASUS not putting eSATA ports on their Formula boards and only including that feature on their DDR3 Extreme boards.
I've blown out a couple strikers but nowhere NEAR the evga's. It's a solid product, though finicky.
Striker Extreme seems to be better unless you want tripple SLI. The best BIOS with latest rev boards do out OC the quads. Rumors are another BIOS will fix 45nm quad support but I can verify that the e8400 dual does indeed "work".
I'll say this. The striker was the worst board out of the box and a lot of the choices seemed asinine. However today, it's the best and they were smart. GOOD bios updates do take some time but ASUS has been on point with fixing issues.
But IIRC you have a REV 1. I fried some of those, the next REV is much better. And even some people with REV 1 have great results. I've hated this board since I bought it, but now it seems like the smarter choice. At it's current dropped price, it might just be the best SLI (not tripple) option. Toss in the EK mobo liquid blocks and it's golden.
I feel the same.
I wouldn't call a product that dies every two months a solid product. That's not even finicky. The ASUS and Gigabyte offerings aren't nearly as bad as the reference boards in regard to overclocking. Finicky is a DFI, dying goes way beyond finicky.
I think it is, but I am not sure why you say it isn't good for 3-Way SLI. My experience says it is. I don't think it has been proven that the reduced bandwidth of the middle slot amounts to jack.
I do agree with this completely. That has been my experience as well.
Again I think it's fine for 3-Way SLI. Otherwise you are correct. The post rev 1.00G boards were far better overclockers.
If you have all 3 PCI slots being used by 8800ultras will that included adio card fit?
If you have all 3 PCI slots being used by 8800ultras will that included adio card fit?
I would wait on buying the Asus II striker formula....
People are still having major problems with the P5NT-Deluxe 780i.. with 2 recently released bios updates.
Not meaning to fight but... you did go evga for a while. You didn't deal with strikers failing left and right, that has been fixed, and evga has not, but the early revs do still fail (though granted not as massively).
You brought up triple x16 slots, not me. I'm vouching for your claim as it is true, but as you say when you reverse it's pointless. IMHO Striker 680i is currently the board to get..
I've got a 1.00g board here that runs, I'll toss it in and see what gives. However I think you might just have a crap board. I thought ASUS was nuts with their multi layer PCB and uber PWM, it just didn't make sense, and it fucked up a lot of crap.
I'll go one more, on the Striker 2. It's a POS. Lacks the options that made the first good, and uses the same chips.... ummmmm... yeah.....
If you have all 3 PCI slots being used by 8800ultras will that included adio card fit?
I wouldn't see why not. It looks like it fits in-between the NB and first PCI-e slot.
The included will but it's absolute crap.
[RCKY] Thor;1031961735 said:Just to add, my evga 780i has been /rock/ solid since I got it. Booted right up on the 680i drivers and everything at first, which made the transition pretty damn easy.
The ESA/nTune that actually works right is pretty damn nice as well.
I would wait on buying the Asus II striker formula....
People are still having major problems with the P5NT-Deluxe 780i.. with 2 recently released bios updates.
Dan is it worth it that I wait for the 790i?
DDR3 is getting hella cheap and it's only a matter of time before 2x2GB 1600MHZ DDR3 is viable..
The reason I was reading is one review said the Striker II is great but it's DDR2 limitation refrains them from a full recommendatoin... Is DDR3 going to be a huge boost (Like going from an X2 939 to a Conroe 2 1/2 years ago?
THanks
I need to use SLI and I need a god damn solid chipset
DDR3 isn't worth it right now as the performance boost is minimal at best and I've never seen the performance DDR3 modules "hella cheap". I don't see the Maximus using DDR2 as a limitation. In fact I think quite the opposite on the subject. The DDR3 motherboards I've tested all overclock poorly in comparison to their DDR2 counterparts. For example the Maximus Extreme only made it to 460MHz while the Maximus Formula made it to 547MHz. That is a huge difference and the real difference between those boards is the memory support. Even with the best DDR 3 memory out there the results just aren't that good. Basically right now DDR3 memory costs more and doesn't provide hardly any increase in performance. It will be a while still before that changes.
As for the 790i SLI, I would say that it isn't worth waiting for. Again if you aren't going for SLI there is no point in going with an SLI compatible chipset over an Intel chipset which will be superior. If you do want SLI then I'd still wait as none of the 780i SLI boards are what I would consider solid at present.
I wouldn't call it a POS, but I do hate the fact that the Formula boards get less features than the Extreme boards do. I'd prefer it if they were the same except one supported DDR2 and the other DDR3. If it weren't for the fact that the Striker Extreme may not handle quad core 45nm processors very well, I'd have no reason to switch boards. The 780i SLI chipset based boards are just not very exciting.
No it isn't. I have heard FAR worse cards than the Supreme FXII's. They aren't a match for the Creative X-Fi, but that's to be expected.
Maybe POS is to harsh but still. If ASUS does manage to get 45nm support, and they have said it's working, I see no reason to "upgrade" to a board that is essentially the same thing with less features.
How many people splurge on a 300+ mobo, SLI, and do not get a good sound card?
So Dan, with your experience with DDR3 and supporting mobos, at what price point for a decent set of DDR3 1600-1800 speed memory would consider low enough to give a recommendation for that setup?
Thanks
Maybe POS is to harsh but still. If ASUS does manage to get 45nm support, and they have said it's working, I see no reason to "upgrade" to a board that is essentially the same thing with less features.
How many people splurge on a 300+ mobo, SLI, and do not get a good sound card?
I don't have a sound card
Well my striker II formula was just delivered at home so will be building tonight.
Any advice? I never had a 680i and am jumping straight from the machine in my sig to DDR2 4GB, Q6600 and 8800GTS512 SLI with this board, on Vista 64.
Will let you know any issues I have.
Problem is that my hell got worse once my instant replacement warranty wore off man. I regret paying 400 bucks canadian for the striker 2 weeks after launch, and i regret only getting 1 year instaswap- i also regret demanding an evga to run 1066 ram (which i didn't snice the evgas go retarded after 3 months)Welcome to the hell I've been enjoying for the last 14 months.
Problem is that my hell got worse once my instant replacement warranty wore off man. I regret paying 400 bucks canadian for the striker 2 weeks after launch, and i regret only getting 1 year instaswap- i also regret demanding an evga to run 1066 ram (which i didn't snice the evgas go retarded after 3 months)
I HATE BEING AN EARLY ADOPTER
I have three way SLi and use an X-Fi sound card, too.
Yes its a pain in the ass. I had to watercool the "middle" card with a DangerDen 8800 cooler, but it cleared the way for the sound card slot; and the combination works flawlessly.
I left the other two cards to air cooling under the direction of RivaTuner.
I also have seen nothing comforting about the 780i boards, thats why I dressed up my 680i.
I really dont get all the problems with 680i boards.......
Is it OC?
Is it OC + SLI????
Is it just bad manufacturing?
I mean 14 months after release some of these boards just plain suck, I'm really lucky, my board has been very nice to me, but all I OC is my CPU and I leave the RAM alone.
I want a 780i but this 680i stuff has me very reluctant.
The problem can't be narrowed down to a specific cause. They do however seem slightly more problematic with the quad core CPUs than with dual core CPUs. In any case the boards just fry. The north bridge will get fried or start actiing screwy and before you know it you've got fried RAM and a dead motherboard. This happens less with the Striker Extreme, P5N32-E SLI, GA-N680SLI-DQ6, and abit IN9-32X MAX. All of which are not reference design boards which use superior cooling for the north bridge and all have a better power design and power component selection. If I had to narrow it down on the 680i SLI reference boards I'd say their crappy 6-phase power design is to blame. As I have stated before their voltage components are at least a generation behind those of everyone else. The 780i SLI is just as bad. Even EVGA seems to have recognized this fact since they hired motherboard engineers and they are bringing out their EVGA 780i SLI FTW Edition motherboard. It features an 8-phase power design, solid state capacitors and superior voltage regulation. In addition they've realized that 6 SATA ports doesn't cut it and they've bumped the number up to 8.
For overclocking with a single card, do you think X38/48 would be a better choice?
For overclocking with a single card, do you think X38/48 would be a better choice?
Dan_D said:... EVGA 780i SLI FTW Edition ...
Yes. Way better choice. The x38's are overclocking monsters
I never imagined the day that I had such low hope on a product..
So many stable builds and this happens... I want to cry.
Now with Skulltrail and the Striker II within the same month or allegedly (Striker II's launch date was at-latest feb 4th-- the same day as skulltrail) I have no choice but to abandon 775 and ASUS :'(
Goodbye Striker, nvidia and your shitty boards..
Still an nVidiot though
heh.. nice. they might have to arm wrestle BFG for that trade mark.