Which Goes Better With A 9800 GX2

drwho · Mar 26, 2008, 12:05 AM

Which of these two motherboards would be a better choice for a 9800 GX2?

This one?

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6 LGA 775 DDR3 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Or this one?

Newegg.com - XFX MBN790IUL9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

One of these boards will be teamed with an e8400 processor and 4 gigs of G.Skill DDR3 1600 memory.

Tipstaff · Mar 26, 2008, 02:42 AM

Personally I'd go with the Gigabyte board. Overall better quality, better support, and stability. However, going with the XFX board gives you 2 benifits: 1) it's running on a chipset designed for nVidia products, and 2) you have the ability to go with SLI in the future, which is something the Gigabyte board doesn't offer you (only Crossfire).

PandaZ3 · Mar 26, 2008, 08:10 AM

I would agree with Tipstaff, I would like a Gigabyte board with that Invidia chip-set for the best of both, but the Intel chip-set will handle a single 9800X2 just fine. The Chip-set doesn't matter much until you try to use two Video card slots.

drwho · Mar 26, 2008, 08:54 AM

Well, I can certainly say that I definitely have no plans to go with a dual video card setup, just don't see the need for it. I have my certain games that I like to play, but don't consider myself an avid gamer.

drwho · Mar 26, 2008, 11:22 PM

Well, I just ordered the Gigabyte x48T-DQ6 from the Egg and 4 gigs of G.Skill DDR3 1600 memory. After taking a closer look at both boards tonight, decided that I didn't like the heatsink pipes going all around the CPU Socket on the 790i. I have a Thermalright SI-128se that I use for cooling and no way did it look like it would fit the XFX 790i board. Hopefully I will have the board and memory by the weekend.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 27, 2008, 01:59 AM

i was going to say to get an EVGA 790i board if you were going with an NVIDIA based MoBo, but whatevers. you got the gigabyte board instead

.

still a good choice

looking at the gigabyte board pictures though, i'm astonished that it needs heatsink material on the back side of the PCB!

PangingJr · Mar 27, 2008, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drwho

Well, I just ordered the Gigabyte x48T-DQ6 from the Egg and 4 gigs of G.Skill DDR3 1600 memory. After taking a closer look at both boards tonight, decided that I didn't like the heatsink pipes going all around the CPU Socket on the 790i. I have a Thermalright SI-128se that I use for cooling and no way did it look like it would fit the XFX 790i board. Hopefully I will have the board and memory by the weekend.

i think i like that RAM kit, and it's a 4GB kit as well. the G.Skill HZ is usually means, the kit is a very good overclockers RAM.

i'll be very interested in using a DDR3 platform a lot more than now, only if it's not selling for more than a half grand (for one kit, this is what i have to pay for it).

anyway, good luck and have fun with the computer building.

PangingJr · Mar 29, 2008, 05:25 PM

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**Mousey** · Apr 3, 2008, 06:58 PM

Holy shhhhhh have you seen the amount of USB Ports on that gigabyte board? MEH!!

PangingJr · Apr 3, 2008, 11:31 PM

taken from www.hardware.feichti.com
i don't understand the language itself, but from the pics the cooling system looks nice.

CDsDontBurn · Apr 4, 2008, 03:57 AM

that's a bit overkill on the watercooling there...

Judas · Apr 10, 2008, 10:43 AM

holy crap lol... walk about water cooling everythign

they should use kyrotech at that point...

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Apr 10, 2008, 02:46 PM

I like intel chipsets, nice and stable. In addition, they get supported for a long time. If you are doing SLi, no other way to go but nVidia IMO. But single card I like intel chipsets better.

Mar 26, 2008, 12:05 AM	#1
drwho DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 473 Rep Power: 34 System Specs	Which Goes Better With A 9800 GX2 Which of these two motherboards would be a better choice for a 9800 GX2? This one? Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6 LGA 775 DDR3 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Or this one? Newegg.com - XFX MBN790IUL9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail One of these boards will be teamed with an e8400 processor and 4 gigs of G.Skill DDR3 1600 memory. __________________

Mar 26, 2008, 02:42 AM	#2
Tipstaff DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,515 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Personally I'd go with the Gigabyte board. Overall better quality, better support, and stability. However, going with the XFX board gives you 2 benifits: 1) it's running on a chipset designed for nVidia products, and 2) you have the ability to go with SLI in the future, which is something the Gigabyte board doesn't offer you (only Crossfire). __________________ >><<

Mar 26, 2008, 08:10 AM	#3
PandaZ3 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cornelius, Oregon Posts: 401 Rep Power: 0	I would agree with Tipstaff, I would like a Gigabyte board with that Invidia chip-set for the best of both, but the Intel chip-set will handle a single 9800X2 just fine. The Chip-set doesn't matter much until you try to use two Video card slots. __________________ It has to be Plugged In? To electricity? Video cards in house, MSI HD 3870, ATI X1950 XTX, 1X1900 XTX, X1900 XT and X1900 Crossfire, ASUS and Sapphire X1800 XT's, X850 Pro, X800 Pro, AIW 9600XT, 9600 Pro, 9550 SE, 9200, 7000. XFX 6800 GS

Mar 26, 2008, 08:54 AM	#4
drwho DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 473 Rep Power: 34 System Specs	Well, I can certainly say that I definitely have no plans to go with a dual video card setup, just don't see the need for it. I have my certain games that I like to play, but don't consider myself an avid gamer. __________________

Mar 26, 2008, 11:22 PM	#5
drwho DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 473 Rep Power: 34 System Specs	Well, I just ordered the Gigabyte x48T-DQ6 from the Egg and 4 gigs of G.Skill DDR3 1600 memory. After taking a closer look at both boards tonight, decided that I didn't like the heatsink pipes going all around the CPU Socket on the 790i. I have a Thermalright SI-128se that I use for cooling and no way did it look like it would fit the XFX 790i board. Hopefully I will have the board and memory by the weekend. __________________

Mar 27, 2008, 01:59 AM	#6
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,842 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	i was going to say to get an EVGA 790i board if you were going with an NVIDIA based MoBo, but whatevers. you got the gigabyte board instead . still a good choice looking at the gigabyte board pictures though, i'm astonished that it needs heatsink material on the back side of the PCB! __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Mar 29, 2008, 05:25 PM	#8
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Apr 3, 2008, 06:58 PM	#9
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Apr 3, 2008, 11:31 PM	#10
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 55	taken from www.hardware.feichti.com i don't understand the language itself, but from the pics the cooling system looks nice.

Apr 4, 2008, 03:57 AM	#11
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,842 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	that's a bit overkill on the watercooling there... __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

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