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780i w/ 9800GTX vs Asus Rampagew/dual 4850's

Post Date: 2008-07-10
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    Posted: 10 Jul 2008 at 1:49am
Which would you guys recommend?

theNvidia 780i Core 2 Quad (Chipset: nforce 780i Sli) with the 9800 GTX 512MB

or the

Asus Rampage Formula (Chipset: Intel X48) that supports crossfire with 2x crossfire Dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB for an extra $200 dollars
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Without even looking at benchmarks, I can tell you that two 4850's should crush a single 9800 GTX (and im a NVIDIA fanboy).  If money isn't an issue, I'd go with the extra power at GPU.
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AFAIK, X48 does not support DDR3. So if you want to get DDR3, Nforce is the way to go.
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X48 and twin 4850's, hands down.
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are the ati cards w/ crossfire compatible with vista 64 bit, because I've heard they have some problems together?
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depends on their driver support.  I think one of the ATI fanboys could answer that question better than me, but issues with Crossfire isn't Vista's fault.
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