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Big Budget for System but...

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Limp Gawd
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...There's hesitation!

I have a "budget" of .. a lot. I am currently runnign on an ASS old system:

AMD XP 2000+
512 (crucial, ugh) ram PC2100
Abit Something or other mobo
Geforce 3 Ti 500 (gainward) 64mb

Anyway... stop laughing.

So I want to build a system. I want to have the SLI on the nvidia cards so this is what the hesitation is. I don't want to get a mobo now that I am going to abandon once there are mobo's that support SLI. I am thinking of Gainward/BFGtech 6800U Golden Sample/OC for the SLI.

So basically, I want a system capable of SLI and I am not sure if I should just get a mobo for now until an SLI capable mobo comes out... or should I just wait it out? Anyone else in my shoes?
 
I am not in your shoes per se, but my dilemma is whether I should swap out my P4 2.4C and IC7-G for an Athlon 64 and socket 754 mobo or not.

So a question: what CPU are you looking at?

AMD procs currently have no PCI-Express capable mobos, and the Intel PCI-Express mobos currently only have 1 graphics card PCI-E slot. I don't know when dual PCI-E graphics mobos would be out though.

Stomach your ass old system for now (not like it's that bad, and what do you have against Crucial?!?), what's the point in spending money for a mobo, just to spend more on another one.

That, or get something and be happy with it.
 
I agree with your comment on getting a mobo and then having to get another one. I also read (I think on anandtech) that the Intel chips currently wont support 2 video card.

I am undecided on the processor, but I would probably go .....AMD, but depending on when the 64 bit software will be available.
 
Ok, a couple of months since I started this thread. Now there's an ASUS board that supports SLI for AMD 64 cpu's but I am waiting for a board from ABiT. My last 2 boards have been abit boards and I like them and have had no issues (except one dying chipset fan). I hope it's not much longer of a wait for ABiT to shovel an SLI supporting mobo so I can build something better. I also am hoping for a price drop on the Nvidias sometime soon!
 
No one has a motherboard (except Alienware, maybe) that supports multiple modern videocards that are any good. The nForce 4 SLI chipset will bring some boards with it, and Intel, VIA, and ATi will shortly follow with their versions. It might be worth the wait, for the sake of competition in terms of features, stability, performance, and price. As it is, it looks like an nForce 4 SLI solution will lead the pack for the rest of the year, or maybe the K8T890 series of chipsets from VIA. That means you're looking at an Athlon 64 based system this winter.

Now realize that both Intel and AMD have 64-bit compatible x86 chips out, but the software isn't ready for it, so you're going to have to judge on 32-bit performance. AMD's Athlon 64 has a pretty consistent lead, but don't take my word for it, read some benchmarks that interest you.
 
I'd still call your current setup decent.. at my college apt I have a much older comp.. as for your question - it seems like you'll have to wait a little more..
 
xonik said:
No one has a motherboard (except Alienware, maybe) that supports multiple modern videocards that are any good. The nForce 4 SLI chipset will bring some boards with it, and Intel, VIA, and ATi will shortly follow with their versions. It might be worth the wait, for the sake of competition in terms of features, stability, performance, and price. As it is, it looks like an nForce 4 SLI solution will lead the pack for the rest of the year, or maybe the K8T890 series of chipsets from VIA. That means you're looking at an Athlon 64 based system this winter.

Now realize that both Intel and AMD have 64-bit compatible x86 chips out, but the software isn't ready for it, so you're going to have to judge on 32-bit performance. AMD's Athlon 64 has a pretty consistent lead, but don't take my word for it, read some benchmarks that interest you.
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http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_17032.html
That's the Asus that has support for SLI. Why do you say it doesn't support modern cards? And yes, I am looking for an AMD system because of the benchmark results, unless Intel can churn up something better.
 
Is it available right now? Because that was the point of my statement. NVIDIA's solutions will come out soon, but to my knowledge, they aren't out yet.
 
xonik said:
Is it available right now? Because that was the point of my statement. NVIDIA's solutions will come out soon, but to my knowledge, they aren't out yet.
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Alienware's solution isn't out yet by the way. You can pre-order it, but the earliest they ship is December 11th, that was if you ordered the first day they advertised it.
Alienware pulls this trick a lot, they even offered the 6800 before they knew the speeds or the official name. :rolleyes:
 
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