Intel CPUS

[Jenox]

Yeah my 7900GS works on it, I just can't SLI them because it's a CrossFire chipset, but I'm waiting for R600 to come out.

 

[darksideleader]

any performance difference between SLI and Crossfire though? I'm thinking of getting a Athlon 64 x2 5200+ with 2 x1950's but will a Core 2 Duo E6400 with 2 7900GT's be better?

 

[freestyler105]

any performance difference between SLI and Crossfire though? I'm thinking of getting a Athlon 64 x2 with 2 x1950's but will a Core 2 Duo E6400 with 2 7900GT's be better?

Go for the Core 2 Duo setup. Although you may want to consider an 8800GTS over that for the DirectX10 support.

 

[darksideleader]

hmm any cheap SLI ready Intel motherboards?

 

[freestyler105]

hmm any cheap SLI ready Intel motherboards?

Check out this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131142

I'd still recommend an 8800 over an SLI setup right now.

 

[darksideleader]

ooo this ones nice for its price though i always found ATI better any cheap Intel Crossfire motherboards out there? cheapeast i could find is like 400 CAD

 

[freestyler105]

ooo this ones nice for its price though i always found ATI better any cheap Intel Crossfire motherboards out there? cheapeast i could find is like 400 CAD

Well AMD owns ATI now, so they'd be hard to find (they don't want Intel using their graphics)

I think the 975X chipset works with both SLI and Crossfire though, so look at these two:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130051

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127235

 

[darksideleader]

oh nice it does but probably ATI will do something to make crossfire work better with AMD CPUs. Mabye one day Intel will buy Nvidia who knows :/