P35 Chipset Question

[Pyroflea]

1) Does the P35 Chipset support SLI? Crossfire?

2) How is this chipset for overclocking?

 

[nukemaster]

No, Current Intel chipsets to NOT support SLI and the P35 does not have enough data lanes for 2 x16 cards. Some boards may do 8 and 8, but intel has a chipset just for crossfire. If you want CF look for a X38 or the newer X48 chipsets

The p35 is a good overclocker. many users take there Q6600's to 3.6+ on them, but all cpus clock differently so there is no guarantee.

 

[Pyroflea]

Alright, thanks. Overclocking is good, as I am planning on overclocking my CPU soon-ish.

So, clarification. SLI doesn't work, but depending on the board it may support CF? :s

 

[nukemaster]

Yes. Some boards have the P35 and just split the 1 x16 into 2 x8 slots for crossfire. The performance hit should not be too bad.

Still keep an eye out for the X38's and X48's

Something that's is worth a read. In some cases x8 and x8 work better, but I think it just the motherboard being better.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/10/12/crossfire_comparison_intel_x38_versus_p35/1

hope this helps

 

[Pyroflea]

That was interesting, thank for you it. I'm just trying to decide between keeping my current P35, or getting and X38. There is no guarentee I will go CF (kinda a nVidia guy), but it might be worth the upgrade.

How does the X38 do for overclocking?

Any news of the X38 going down in price? I just don't feel justified paying significantly more at the time being.

 

[shadowthor]

probably be dropping price, as it is starting to get phased out.

 

[Pyroflea]

Well then I think I will wait until prices go down a wee tad, before purchasing a new Motherboard. Also, I know there are apparent issues with using DDR2-1066 with the P35 (I'm using it currently, no issues. But I think my BIOS has it set to DDR2-800 =s), but is there any possible issues using this with the X38?