eVGA 680i Upgrade?

**Blue_Thunder27** · 12-17-07, 07:24 PM

Well i got an email today from my good friend eVGA asking me if i wanted to upgrade my 680i mobo to their new 780i mobo. Now my question is for $89.99, is it worth it?

Newegg.com Link to the Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188024

What do you get for the $89.99 (€79.99)?
• New EVGA 780i Motherboard (132-CK-NF78-XX)
• 3 Way SLI Bridge ($20 USD €14 Value)
• Support for 45nm Processors
• Free Ground Shipping** ($10 USD €7 Value)
• PCI-E 2.0 Slots
• 3 x16 PCI-E Slots
• ESA Certified Platform
• New Upgrade Warranty (–A1 Limited Lifetime / -T1 2 Year Limited
Warranty)

**SI42** · 12-17-07, 08:46 PM

Go for it, it isn't my money. hehe

**SapiensErus** · 12-17-07, 10:45 PM

Are you planning on going triple SLI or upgrading to one of the new processors anytime soon?

I dont see reason to right now myself, your rig is pretty badass if I remember correctly.

Chances are, by the time you do *need* to upgrade they will be several generations past that mobo they are offering you now.

I say wait...

My 2 cents.

**WileECyte** · 12-17-07, 10:50 PM

Triple-SLI also requires either a GTX or Ultra, GT & GTS need not apply...

**Mcstrange** · 12-18-07, 07:19 AM

is it worth it?

No.

**Blue_Thunder27** · 12-18-07, 11:25 AM

Thanks all, deleted the email.

**sacredsarcasm** · 12-18-07, 09:08 PM

also, and the reason i didnt do the card upgrade, you have to send in your old part BEFORE they send you the new one. I have a backup card so i could have done the card upgrade, but a mobo out for four or five days. NO FUCKING WAY

**Blue_Thunder27** · 12-18-07, 11:28 PM

I live right next to the damn place, so it would have only taken 2 days. :P

**MasterBlaster** · 12-19-07, 03:08 PM

Got the same one, i might wait a couple of weeks before i go for it. I want to see if hte prices of the GTX standards come down, i might pick up another one of those.

**Mcstrange** · 12-19-07, 03:11 PM

GTX prices are not likely to drop much. As they do they will simply bump them up to the g92 technology (like the GT and the new GTS, which will make them faster and maintain their price point.