hexeis wrote:Do you think it's worth it to go through the trouble of returning this mobo and getting a 680i ?
The problem is that Intel's BIOS is unlike what I"m used to and I've had a laptop for the past year so I'm rusty tweaking desktops.
Currently my settings are
200 Mhz
667Mhz
4
4
4
12
and it results in a 3:5 888Mhz DDR
I don't know how to take it higher with this board.
Hexeis,
To be honest if you want a 680i WickedLD9 here on the forums is getting ready to sell his BFG Tech 680i to buy a 975XBX2 for his personal Kentsfield system... maybe you guys can work out a swap deal if you really wanted to go that route. Brian and I both have 680i and 975XBX2 boards and after using both we both prefer the 975XBX2 as it has better memory performance and is more quad-core friendly.
I'm getting ready to post an article that shows the differences between 800MHz - 1250Mhz memory on the 680i motherboard and the differences are hardly anything...
As for the 975XBX2 change the memory strap to 800Mhz.
Everything I read tells me the 680i has more memory performance can you shoot me a link showing XBX2 > 680i?
