| soulsamurai said: F**k, F**k, F**k ,F**k F**k,...........i hope the take it back i didn't even open it yet. Ok question? These new processors are just socket 775 right??? Doesn't that mean there could be a BIOS update to allow the chip? Or do these new processors take a new kinda of socket? Edit : And the reason i went with the Nvidia motherboard is cause i plan on doing a three way SLI 8800 GTX. 3 graphics cards working together *drools* |
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10093&Itemid=37
The new Core I7 is pin incompatible with socket 775.
Ok if you can't take it back - relax because the initial performance of the CoreI7 for games isn't all that much higher if at all than the Core 2 Quad. Also the Boards are expensive and so is the memory - DDR3 is required. So yes the board won't be top,top of the line but it will still run incredibly quick and remember with decent memory you can overclock that board to devilishly high speeds. The main issue is that the you can't run the newer processors on it and one minor inconvenience is that some of the new X58 boards can run both ATI/Nvidia multi-gpu setups.
So perhaps the older board will give you a price/performance advantage, especially if Intel cuts the cost of the older Quad cores.
The minimum DDR3 3x1gb will cost $99 on newegg.
Tease.
