Abit or nForce 680i

Could you report some of the talking points you and your friend had between the two?
 
He was talking about how his motherboard would be upgradable to future graphics cards (680i)

We agreed the North/south bridge was better on the Abit

We agreed the Abit had more room.

680i can SLI if you ever wanted to.

680i 1200 mghz

680i DDR3
 
About the only advantage the 680i has is SLI.The IP35 Pro will support any upgrades the 680i can,is more stable,and doesn't have the issues the 680i has suffered from.And it's a great overclocker.
 
+1 to michael

only get 680i if your rich and want sli 2 gtx/ultra
 
I personally wouldn't even bother with the 680i. For the same reasons VM had hell with the 680i+vista (I can say it publicly though) I stopped using the board as well in builds (no build-order contract to fufill). Go with the Intel. If you would like to use Nforce I would go with 650i if you don't mind a lower overlclock and no DDR3. On caveat with certain 650i boards is that you may need a slightly older Intel processor to flash a board to be able to run E6750-Q6600.
 
michael.pa2 said:
About the only advantage the 680i has is SLI.The IP35 Pro will support any upgrades the 680i can,is more stable,and doesn't have the issues the 680i has suffered from.And it's a great overclocker.
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MzL said:
+1 to michael

only get 680i if your rich and want sli 2 gtx/ultra
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QFT.

SLI is only needed for high resolution rendering/gaming. So unless you have a 24" screen or 1920x1080+ resolution, you don't need SLI.
 
There's a theory that you can get a pair of 8800GT and beat the performance of a single 8800GTX in certain games at approximately the same price point. That's probably the most compelling reason to get a 680i board right now, and even that's heavily game dependant.
 
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