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**wrench97** · 06-18-2009, 05:58 PM

SLI of two lower cards almost never equals the higher card two 9800GTX will not equal a GTX285. the extra power requirement adds to the cost.
And nivida chipsets are buggy when they work they work well but I've given up building them too many returns. The P45 is stable and fast, chipset cooling really isn't an issue with the P45 and it oc's very well.
The best alternative at this point if SLI is really important is an i7 on a X58 intel chipset that will support SLI.

06-18-2009, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,661 OS: Win7	Re: Asus P5Q VS P5N-D Motherboard SLI of two lower cards almost never equals the higher card two 9800GTX will not equal a GTX285. the extra power requirement adds to the cost. And nivida chipsets are buggy when they work they work well but I've given up building them too many returns. The P45 is stable and fast, chipset cooling really isn't an issue with the P45 and it oc's very well. The best alternative at this point if SLI is really important is an i7 on a X58 intel chipset that will support SLI. __________________ Power Supply and Selection