Will there be a bottleneck?

<<Onafets>> · Mar 26, 2009

Marineborn said:
there might be a slight bottleneck, and i mean slight, but you can always bump it up a lil to get rid of that pesky bottleneck

Where did you get the sig picture from

No it won't bottleneck

Blacksniper87 · Mar 26, 2009

its based on the g31 chipset so it is definitly a budget board im not sure but you might want to spend a bit more and get a better board

Wile E · Mar 26, 2009

Blacksniper87 said:
its based on the g31 chipset so it is definitly a budget board im not sure but you might want to spend a bit more and get a better board

I agree. Save money and buy a better board, especially if you plan to OC and/or Crossfire. G31 is crap for both. Look for a P45 board at least.

BradleyKZN · Mar 26, 2009

Yeah I realize its a small upgrade but currently my mobo only supports 2x DDR2 800 and this one is 4x DDR2 1066 and it has Xfire as well

Wile E · Mar 26, 2009

BradleyKZN said:
Yeah I realize its a small upgrade but currently my mobo only supports 2x DDR2 800 and this one is 4x DDR2 1066 and it has Xfire as well

I need links to this board. I don't think G31 supports xfire.

Blacksniper87 · Mar 26, 2009

it does well all motherboards with two pci-e slots are technically x-fire compat. Hell even my p35 p5k mobo recken its x-fire

BradleyKZN · Mar 26, 2009

http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=yS3ZeqfUdCTCIFT2 its actually a p35 chipset which is strange but with those features its worth it for the price, its only double the price of my g31

BradleyKZN · Mar 26, 2009

That motherboard is so hot it can have my children!

Wile E · Mar 26, 2009

Meh, Do yourself a favor and buy a P45 board. The second slot on P35 boards only operate at 4X PCIe 1.1 speeds. A pretty significant bottleneck for modern cards.

BarbaricSoul · Mar 27, 2009

yeah, I wouldn't get that board with X-fire in mind

Mussels · Mar 27, 2009

as A P35 owner, yes, do NOT go crossfire on P35.

Its fine for anything else (sound card, physx card, whatever) but not for crossfire.

BradleyKZN · Mar 27, 2009

Even so, its still the cheapest board with 4 ddr2-1066 slots

it would appear i got confused, under overview it says 2x pcie x 16x (blue @ 16x- black @ 4 or 1x) lol i thought it meant just having a card in the black slot made THAT card run @ 4x and that having a card in the blue slot made them both run @ 16x. What a noob i am indeed! :rockout:

tofu · Mar 27, 2009

Don't know if your local computer stores carry the DFI Blood Iron P45-T2RS, but consider that motherboard for a moment. P45 chipset, dual PCI-E, 4DDR2-1066 slots and a price tag of $110 US. http://www.dfi.com.tw/portal/CM/cmp...ormal&mode=view&downloadFlag=false&itemId=545

a_ump · Mar 27, 2009

P45 are great boards, but if money is your issue look at a P43 as they overclock very well, it's just the lack of crossfire support. With a good overclocking board your q could be overclocked to at least 3ghz maybe more eliminating your bottleneck. If your went crossfire your Q at 3ghz would bottleneck the xfire setup with HD 4870's unless you pushed it to 3.4ghz+. at least thats the general response i got when i planned on upgrading to GTX 260's SLI with my q6600 at 3ghz.

i polled YES, due to your current motherboard not being able to greatly overclock your processor. get another motherboard such as P43 then you'll be golden. gl

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Will there be a bottleneck

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