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Several of us that have this motherboard have been posting on the (worthless) ASUS forums about this mobo having an issue with BSOD's after coldboots. The only thing our builds have in common is that we are using win7. If anyone is using this mobo with win7 let me know if it's stable after...
I'm considering both of these boards for an i7 860 build. Mostly looking for a moderate OC for 24/7 use. I'm considering several other boards from other manufacturers but haven't seen much on either of these and they both seem promising...
Then there's this... http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/4/24/ati-radeon-5870-and-5870x2-specs-revealed.aspx Nice (if true) comparison of 58xx vs. 48xx. If this is accurate, the 5870x2's performance is more than 2x the 5870.
On a side note- how soon before we can expect to see...
I saw this and several other threads elsewhere, and having just recently received my 489a ZDFC from the 'egg, I thought, "RMA incoming" as I've been thinking about using this card for my first water-cooled build. I took it out and removed the HS/F and it looks nothing like the above cards-...