AMD 64 or 64-FX

[PP Mguire]

Hmm so which are better? the OPteron or the Xeon gods?

 

[Smauler]

[snip]Also I have the 754 board, should I even look at the 939, I have only seen a few of the boards around also....

And is it worth the money to switch and get a PCI express board, I have to buy 2 cards to get the full us out of it would I not...

There are quite a few 939 boards about. However, there are none about now that support PCI-Express I know of (if there are, please reply ). I'm just going to say one thing though, A8N-SLI. This board is a killer in pre-release reviews, SLI is storming again. The great thing about it is that you can grab one GFX card now, and one later, to keep costs down, and performance up.

 

[PP Mguire]

whats gfx? And i was beeing told that the single card boards are smoking the SLI boards.

 

[Smauler]

gfx = graphics.

Have a look here for some examples of difference between SLI and standard : http://www.behardware.com/articles/536/page6.html. DOOM3 at over 100fps, 1600*1200, 4x/8x is more impressive than anything else I've seen.

Also, check here : http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?page=6&articleid=612&cid=2. 3Dmark 2005, 9210 points.

There aren't any single card solutions that can come close to these results as yet AFAIK. Admittedly, the A8N-SLI motherboard is not out yet, though.

[edit] - screwed up the first link, & typo.

 

[PP Mguire]

wow.