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DVA339
Captain, B777-200
Joined on October 13 2001
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Southeastern United States
436 legs, 871.2 hours
403 legs,
794.1 hours online 378 legs,
723.0 hours ACARS 5 legs,
10.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 12:55 ET by Brian Myers
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I am building my new system and I already have a Q6600 Quad-core 2.4 ghz cpu, and a 512 mb Nvidia 8800Gt, but I do not know what motherboard to buy. My goal is to use two 8800's in SLI so it has to have two pic-express ports. Are there any good ones you guys already have? And also, I am going to get Vista, is the 32 bit or the 64 bit best for FSX?
Brian MyersCaptain, B777-200
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DVA4069
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on February 18 2007
Everett 250 Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Six Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"War Eagle!" Southeastern United States
681 legs, 2,227.3 hours
478 legs,
1,098.5 hours online 607 legs,
1,936.8 hours ACARS 25 legs,
59.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 15:49 ET by J.T. Coston
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Sounds like a very good system so far, I am running 1 8800 at the moment and run fs9 maxed out at like 30 framed locked.
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DVA1070
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on January 28 2003
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"I believe I can fly" Jeffersonville, IN USA
218 legs, 841.9 hours
182 legs,
778.3 hours online 108 legs,
505.1 hours ACARS 42 legs,
200.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 17:13 ET by Adam Gaweda
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For an SLI setup, Asus boards with NVIDIA nForce chipset ( P5N-D, P5N-T Deluxe, P5N-E SLI, Striker II Extreme) are the way to go.
Go with 32 bit Vista.
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DVA4851
Captain, B737-800
Joined on August 15 2007
Eastern Canada
19 legs, 28.5 hours
13 legs,
23.1 hours online 13 legs,
21.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 18:28 ET by Octavian Constantinescu
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asus boards are definitely great. i would also check out the new 7xx series of motherboards from evga and others who make them.
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DVA3119
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on May 08 2006
Online Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Stumbled out with the sun down there" Sioux Falls, SD USA
459 legs, 1,963.2 hours
157 legs,
339.2 hours online 414 legs,
1,840.9 hours ACARS 6 legs,
17.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 19:52 ET by Justin Taylor
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I also like high end MSI boards. The asus board I had gave me some problems, but I have owned 3 msi's and not 1 issue.
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DVA4851
Captain, B737-800
Joined on August 15 2007
Eastern Canada
19 legs, 28.5 hours
13 legs,
23.1 hours online 13 legs,
21.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 21:03 ET by Octavian Constantinescu
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there are many good manufacturers. i could recommend gigabyte and dfi as well, but dfi is geared more towards the hardcore overclockers.
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DVA5129
Captain, MD-11
Joined on October 25 2007
Century Club
50 State Club
Tallahassee, FL
175 legs, 636.2 hours
74 legs,
189.8 hours online 154 legs,
553.6 hours ACARS 10 legs,
25.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 21:05 ET by Richard Lennon
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I have to quad core om the asus board and love it
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DVA1070
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on January 28 2003
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"I believe I can fly" Jeffersonville, IN USA
218 legs, 841.9 hours
182 legs,
778.3 hours online 108 legs,
505.1 hours ACARS 42 legs,
200.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2008 21:12 ET by Adam Gaweda
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The SLI-compatible MSI boards have a tall heat sink on the south bridge. With a large video card installed, the sink comes in contact with the card.
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