miggs78 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) Is this really true that Skulltrail will support both SLI and CF.. http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/19/int...ces_skulltrail/ Edited March 14, 2008 by miggs78 Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) Not if you want to run Tri-SLI, not spend $650 on a motherboard, and not spend $1,500 for a single processor. Edited March 14, 2008 by brandon Link to post Share on other sites
miggs78 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Not if you want to run Tri-SLI. damn how fast are you.. I just posted, I was editing it.. Oh and thanks brandon Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) SkullTrail is quite possibly one of the worst idea Intel has ever had. Edit: As you may have seen from reading my posts, I truly despise SkullTrail... Don't let that get in the way of this thread. Edited March 14, 2008 by brandon Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 SkullTrail is quite possibly one of the worst idea Intel has ever had. Edit: As you may have seen from reading my posts, I truly despise SkullTrail... Don't let that get in the way of this thread. I second that. Skulltrail will go as a failure in my books. Hopefully Intel isnt letting their Wallet run their ideas. Perfect system with more then enough Power is no more then $1500. Get an P35 motherboard, $150 Get a new Q9300 $270 Get a single 3870 x2 $430 Get a 750w Power Supply $80 Get a 250gb hard drive $70 get a nice roomy case $100 Get 2gb DDR2 800 Ram $50 Get a DVD Drive thats SATA $30 Buy some extra fans $10 Thats Almost $1200, with the rest I would buy a nice 23" monitor for $220, a Logitech MX518 Mouse for $35 and a nice old keyboard lying around for free. Your At $1445 before taxes and you get a whole lotta fun with that. $600 on a mobo is dum, $1000 on Ram is asking fr a divorce, $1500 on a CPU is crazy. $1800 on some GPU setup is insane. Figurinmg out 2/3 of the parts were DOA is priceless. Link to post Share on other sites
MeltDown Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Skulltrail is no dumber than running triple-SLI with $1800 worth of 8800Ultras and getting spanked in benchmarks by two 3870X2s that combined to cost $900. Running triple-SLI or quadfire other than for benching is also pretty pointless. However I do know several people who would love to have a dual-socket 771 board that actually supported FSB overclocking, although they couldn't care less about SLI, CF, or having the QX9775. Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I wouldn't go so far as to say spanked, but it is in the same league, except it costs half that of the 8800s. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 But lets admit it, people that dont know anything about computers will hear "Triple SLI" and gorge over it. On Ebay, If I try selling a single 3870X2 verson a PC that has 2 8600GTS in SLI for the same price, trust me, SLI wins even though it performs far less. Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny3 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 what if kingpin ran tri sli? i think its neat reguardless Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Whatever works for him works? Dont forget, you get Quad Crossfire now? SO why Triple SLI? Or Triple Xfire a 3870x2, and 2 3870. We know how much Xfire performs better then SLI. SLI gains 50% while Xfire is more like 70-80% Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny3 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 cause usually 3 nvidia cars is enough to blow 4 ati's outta the water Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Proof to verify that claim? Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Proof to verify that claim? When FW gets started, we shall see. Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I'm talking about real games. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 will games even support that? Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Yes, provided the drivers allow support for games. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 You know what I figured out, I would like to share. This is how ATI labels the Drivers. Year 2008 gives you the 8 in 8.3 Month March gives you the 3 in the 8.3 So January we had 8.1 February we had 8.2 March we had 8.3 Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 AMD has been doing that for years. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 AMD has been doing that for years. Whats Nvidias Motives?? They went from like 9x.xx to 16x.xx? Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Looks like they're going off revisions, and not release dates. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 The Nvidia ones confuse me. Its like 169.234 then 169.235245346356 Then 169.2352454 Then next month it will be like 234.89 ATI keeps it simple. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
brandon Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Either approach works just fine. A larger number indicates a newer driver. Link to post Share on other sites
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