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De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 14 Jun 2008, 23:37

Hey people I am looking in upgrading my PC parts.....
and i am not sure which way to go

i am stuck between Intel, Gigabyte or XFX
i am leaning towards the XFX nVidio 790i Ultra but from what i read of the 680i
about crashing and all those not fun things i am wondering again what to do
and which way to go with motherboard choice...

Please any help would be great....

Zana · Post by **Zana** » 14 Jun 2008, 23:45

I found out That Gigabyte motherboards on a personal scale more durable. i(preferbly a Gigabyte board with Intel chipset). Other models i found flimsy, and pack in about 2 to 3 years of extreme use. I dont know much about XFX...

VinceThePrince · Post by **VinceThePrince** » 14 Jun 2008, 23:48

From my experience with XFX, they are pretty decent (i.t.o GFX cards)... but you can never really go wrong with a Gigabyte mobo...

SoulBlade · Post by **SoulBlade** » 15 Jun 2008, 08:21

I've only exp with asus boards and gigabyte gfx's. Go gigbyte dude.

Frozenfireside · Post by **Frozenfireside** » 15 Jun 2008, 10:26

I say gigabyte as well.

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 15 Jun 2008, 14:25

Thanks people

but the question is what gigabyte board
i am looking for one the in future can be used for SLI and DDR3
so ya I am not sure which way to go...

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 15 Jun 2008, 14:27

You can afford ddr3?

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 15 Jun 2008, 16:07

I34z1k wrote:You can afford ddr3?

As you can read in my post I said for future upgrade

andyddr · Post by **andyddr** » 15 Jun 2008, 16:19

Ever thought of going the EVGA 790i route?
Their boards are very well built and offer a full two year warranty. Actually KingPin used an EVGA 790i with an EVGA 9800GX2 to break the single card 3DMark 06 record a few months ago.

Read more http://www.evga.com/articles/389.asp

As for DDR3, well it is still a bit too pricey IMO (although the DDR3 2000MHz is starting to perform better than high end DDR2 memory).

What about a 780i board with 2GB of OCZ Reaper or Crucial Ballistix memory? It'll cost you a third of the price and the performance will be just as good.

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 15 Jun 2008, 16:55

andyddr wrote:Ever thought of going the EVGA 790i route?
Their boards are very well built and offer a full two year warranty. Actually KingPin used an EVGA 790i with an EVGA 9800GX2 to break the single card 3DMark 06 record a few months ago.

Read more http://www.evga.com/articles/389.asp

As for DDR3, well it is still a bit too pricey IMO (although the DDR3 2000MHz is starting to perform better than high end DDR2 memory).

What about a 780i board with 2GB of OCZ Reaper or Crucial Ballistix memory? It'll cost you a third of the price and the performance will be just as good.

I have been looking at the 790i motherboard but now I am confused between the :
EVGA SOCKET 775 790I QUADCORE 3XPCI-E MOTHERBOARD FC132-CK-NF79-A1 (http://www.zaps.co.za/?pid=8917)
and the
XFX N790-IUL NFORCE 790I ULTRA 3-WAY SLI ESA READY SOCKET LGA775 QUAD-CORE CPU NVIDIA NFORCE 780I SLI FANLESS HEAT PIPE DESIGN 4X DDR3 2000 SATA2 ATX MOTHERBOARD FMB-X790IUL
(http://www.zaps.co.za/?pid=6778)
the price difference is R100
so I am confused why cause from what i can see they are the same....

Frozenfireside · Post by **Frozenfireside** » 15 Jun 2008, 17:18

XFX < EVGA

andyddr · Post by **andyddr** » 15 Jun 2008, 17:36

Maybe this will make it a bit easier (on your budget that is):
http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/evga- ... -1520.html

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 15 Jun 2008, 17:36

Frozenfireside wrote:XFX < EVGA

May I ask why

Frozenfireside · Post by **Frozenfireside** » 15 Jun 2008, 18:20

Because EVGA have had some great reviews lately and XFX hasn't.

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 15 Jun 2008, 18:36

Evga is REALLY good.

XFX is known to have REALLY bad issues, i.e popping ram.

andyddr · Post by **andyddr** » 15 Jun 2008, 18:42

EVGA is the number 1 seller of nVidia based motherboards and graphics cards in the States and outsells Asus in Europe.

They were voted the best graphics card manufacturer for 2007 by the users of X-bit Labs.

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 15 Jun 2008, 19:51

OPB use them, I use them. Awesome stuff IMHo.

terminator2 · Post by **terminator2** » 15 Jun 2008, 19:57

De1ty wrote:Hey people I am looking in upgrading my PC parts.....
and i am not sure which way to go

i am stuck between Intel, Gigabyte or XFX
i am leaning towards the XFX nVidio 790i Ultra but from what i read of the 680i
about crashing and all those not fun things i am wondering again what to do
and which way to go with motherboard choice...

Please any help would be great....

yeah im upgrading and going straight for Gigabyte because from personal experience they are topz

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 16 Jun 2008, 00:11

thanks for your help
but what kind of support do we get here is SA for either XFX or the EVGA if the board had to go all off'ish

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 16 Jun 2008, 00:15

We have an evga supplier who keeps their 10 year warranty going

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 16 Jun 2008, 00:22

I34z1k wrote:We have an evga supplier who keeps their 10 year warranty going

So from that i can take it that it is a better bet going with EVGA

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 16 Jun 2008, 08:29

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 16 Jun 2008, 09:44

ok now my next question which involves gfx cards which do i go for the XFX or the EVGA or Gigabyte (all nVidia range)
and is it better going for the ones with 1gig memory with 256bit or the 512meg with 256bit???

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 16 Jun 2008, 09:49

EVGA. Rather give us specific cards.

De1ty · Post by **De1ty** » 16 Jun 2008, 10:19

GeForce 8800 Ultra GV-NX88U768H-B (Gigabyte)

GeForce 9600GTGV-NX96T1GHP (Gigabyte)

XFX T98F-YDB GEFORCE 9800GTX BLACK EDITION 512MB 256BIT

XFX T94P-ZHF GEFORCE 9600GT 1024MB 256BIT

EVGA 8800GT AKIMBO 1GB 600MHZ FC01G-P3-N809-AR

Here are some of the cards I am looking at but I am not really sure....

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