Wait, so let me get this straight.
GK104 was never supposed to be the 'high-end' GTX, this was originally planned for the GK110. But because the cheaper to produce (and much better for business margins) GK104 is competitive with the 7970, it is now dubbed the '680'. So nvidia's true high end...
I'm a bit torn between the 2700k with Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z, or take the hit on a 3930k with Asus Rampage 4 Extreme.
The thing that erks me about the Extreme-Z is no gen3 support, and this is the reply I've received from Asus about it:
I run pretty high resolutions and settings, and the...
Why oh why has Asus not released a Gen3 version of any ROG board other than the tiny GENE-Z. I want an Extreme-Z Gen3. :(
Oh well, x79 is around the corner, might as well wait.
Quoted for truth. It looks like all the boards are touting Gen3 on their packaging and even on the boards themselves. So it's left to the CPU to take advantage of that now, but the functionality should be there.
On a side note, anyone else really disappointed with the new Asus x79 boards...
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/4374/msi_x79a_gd65_intel_x79_motherboard_preview/index.html
Check out this x79 board, and what it says on the box package. I would be very surprised if indeed it does not support it.
Well put. I will be waiting for a definitive SB-E review come launch. Signs still point to at least the mobos being PCI-E capable from photos we've seen (even if the CPU doesn't support it, future IB-E upgrade path?)
I think Battlefield 3 will take a big advantage from the 6-cores/12 threads...
What makes you say that? Ivy Bridge will only have marginal performance improvement. Most of its perks will be around the power-savings and its much improved on-board video.
Sandy-Bridge-E will have the same PCI-E 3.0, plus more cache/cores and quad-channel memory. How on earth do you figure...
i7 3930k is where the real action will be at, 6-core unlocked and half the price of the stupid $1,000 3960X for a mere 100mhz less speed and 2mbs of cache per core like current Sandy bridge instead of 2.5 (big whoop).
I'm in the same boat, BD was a flop.. and Asus doesn't have a Gen3 version of the Extreme-Z out, so I'm contemplating just waiting for x79. :/
But I've read rumours it's been delayed, and I don't want to miss SKYRIM, TOR, BF3 season.
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