I would go with the 240gt mainly because it uses the same architecture as the 9800 series gpu's. Most of the 2** series run faster than the 88s and usually stay cooler.

L3ct3r wrote (View Post):

I would go with the 240gt mainly because it uses the same architecture as the 9800 series gpu's. Most of the 2** series run faster than the 88s and usually stay cooler.

thanks for the info..really appreciate it!  Ill give that a try!

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good to go, you better go out a buy a lottery ticket with that kind of luck

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UFANS wrote (View Post):

good to go, you better go out a buy a lottery ticket with that kind of luck

Yeah I know right! I probably should! Haha!

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Gratz on winning the contest DS...well done...

One thing I will caution is that when choosing the right motherboard, be sure if it's specs...the "unwritten rule" is that you pair Intel with Nvidia - AMD with ATI...while false to a certain degree, since I've run Intel rigs with ATI cards and vice versa, it somewhat becomes true when running two or more cards...there are only a handful of true motherboards that will allow you to run either SLI/Crossfire with an Intel chipset...basically because Intel doesn't support the idea...AMD is a bit better with this, but again make sure you get the right mobo for what you're trying to do...

Also, when you see the specs of the mobo, check for the SLI/Crossfire configuration...some are 16x for the first slot while only 8x for the second...some are 8x/4x while others are 8x/8x, and there are those that give you the full 16x/16x...for example the mobo I use is for the AM3 chipset and allows up to 4 vid cards...the two I run now are 16x/16x, and if I were to run 4 (kinda crazy but quite a few do) then it'd break down to 8x/8x/8x/8x...

Good luck with the setup...oh and yea, go buy a lottery ticket like UFANS said...heh

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NightWolf wrote (View Post):

Gratz on winning the contest DS...well done...

One thing I will caution is that when choosing the right motherboard, be sure if it's specs...the "unwritten rule" is that you pair Intel with Nvidia - AMD with ATI...while false to a certain degree, since I've run Intel rigs with ATI cards and vice versa, it somewhat becomes true when running two or more cards...there are only a handful of true motherboards that will allow you to run either SLI/Crossfire with an Intel chipset...basically because Intel doesn't support the idea...AMD is a bit better with this, but again make sure you get the right mobo for what you're trying to do...

Also, when you see the specs of the mobo, check for the SLI/Crossfire configuration...some are 16x for the first slot while only 8x for the second...some are 8x/4x while others are 8x/8x, and there are those that give you the full 16x/16x...for example the mobo I use is for the AM3 chipset and allows up to 4 vid cards...the two I run now are 16x/16x, and if I were to run 4 (kinda crazy but quite a few do) then it'd break down to 8x/8x/8x/8x...

Good luck with the setup...oh and yea, go buy a lottery ticket like UFANS said...heh

Yeah my current AMD board is MSI 770-G45 with the AM3/770 Chipset  it has 2XPCI Express 2.0 x16 slots. So is the mobo good for an SLI setup? I really dont want to upgrade my mobo and cpu if I dont have to. This Phenom II 945 quad core is really nice!

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Ok i just looked at the manual for my mobo and under the specs for slots this is what it says.

Slots
1 PCI Express x16 slot(PCI_E2), supports up to PCI Express x16 speed
1 PCI Express x16 slot(PCI_E3), supports up to PCI Express x4 speed
1 PCI Express x1 slot
3 PCI slots, support 3.3v/5v PCI bus Interface

So I guess I dont have true dual x16 PCI Express slots do I? One runs at 16 and the other only at 4? So no good for SLI??

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The rules of thumb is 16x/4 not bad, 16x/8x even better, 16x/16x the best...

Honestly at any rate, whatever loss percentages incure are negligible at best...

16x = 100%
8x = 98%
4x = 95%

I'd say it's still fine to run SLI...if you need more performance, then down the road you may want to upgrade your mobo...

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