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Re: Motherhead weighs in, pisses on Fussbett budget and life by extension
[quote name="Caltrops"][quote name="Fussbett"] I need two identical cards for SLi, right? Imagining a day where I'll be so spendy as to buy two new video cards, I figure I will also be able to buy a new SLi motherboard to go with them. I'll spit in a homeless man's face on the way home just to really show that's I've arrived. Thats a way of saying I'll probably get the non-SLi non-Firewire version of that board, the Asus A8N-E.[/quote] I googled around on that variant and it looks like a solid board and a good choice. Firewire comes free with Audigy boards so no huge loss there. As for the SLI, yes FUCK having that option available. Though prices drop, people give away older vid cards, the homeless sold to organ harvesters. Shit happens. Price grabber is showing me A8N-Es at $104.00, A8N-SLIs at $117.00 and A8N-SLI Deluxes at $150.00 I have no idea what the state of the Canadian economy is, or if this is a more a philosophical issue with you, but I might be tempted to kick in the extra $13-33 bucks to keep doors open. An even more frugal solution is the Asus <a href="http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=207&model=596&modelmenu=1" target="new">A8N5X</a>. Which is almost guaranteed to make the homeless smile and nod in approval as you head home from the motherboard store.[/quote]