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Offline PspKicks316

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Quick question.
« on: June 12, 2008, 12:31:33 PM »
Can this mobo[790i ultra] use DDR2 even though it says it uses DDR3?
And, how the hell are you supposed to get your PCI cards in there with 2 or 3-way SLI working[9800gx2.well,any actually]?They block the PCI ports! I was thinking about doing 2 or 3-way when I build my desktop but I guess I'll have to settle for 1 card instead, considering I have 2 PCI cards I need to put in too.

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9800 gx2

If it can use DDR2, then I'll get that. If not, I'll stay with the 780i..

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Re: Quick question.
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 01:47:59 PM »
You can only use ddr3 and as for the pci slot question u can still use them depending on the card you get. only thing is that the pci-card will block the grafix fan.

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Re: Quick question.
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 02:23:24 PM »
I plan on doing water cooling anyway. But uhm, damn! If I can find some cheap DDR3 then I'll so go for that instead I guess :P

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Re: Quick question.
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 04:13:21 PM »
You can get 2 gigs of DDR3 1066 for like $102 on newegg, but honestly, the 790i isn't even worth it at this point, with a 780i and 3 9800GTX you can achieve the same performance and even better in some situations as a quad SLI setup with 9800 GX2.

Also the price of 3 9800GTX is cheaper than two GX2

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Re: Quick question.
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 04:36:54 PM »
Yes but then I can't have my 2 PCI cards in. A sound card and a wireless adapter [needed or I won't have access the way my internets set up. Everything's upstairs, and my PC will be downstairs.]
I'm still going for just 1 GX2, maybe 2 if I find a diff solution

 

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