What? The 975 doesn't natively support ddr2-800, its southbridge is older and it gets throttled by 965p boards in benchmabarks. Some boards, like the Asus p5b-e offer crossfire support etc.
I can't think of any good reason to use 975 at this point CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 16:42:36 To:"'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [H] Best Core2 Duo mobo? More than 16 PCIe lanes, performance, overclocking headroom... (the rest are really ICH8/R:) any PATA channels, Ethernet... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [H] Best Core2 Duo mobo? > > > > > >From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> > >To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> > >Subject: RE: [H] Best Core2 Duo mobo? > >Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 14:33:09 -0600 > > > >The big problem with Intel's offerings is that only the 965 is really > >designed for C2D, but the 965 is a mid-level (non-enthusiast) chipset. It's > >solid, but lacks some features. > > Like what? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay up-to-date with your friends through the Windows Live Spaces friends > list. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spa c > es.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk
