A7n8x or A7v8x?

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which is the better board good and bad points. i will be using an old ATI
graphics card (9600xt all in wonder) and I read that they don't work very
well with Via does this problem show up on the asus boards.

thanks
Keith

 

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Keith Whitfield wrote:
> which is the better board good and bad points. i will be using an old ATI
> graphics card (9600xt all in wonder) and I read that they don't work very
> well with Via does this problem show up on the asus boards.

The A7N8X is better.

You get:

FSB of 200MHz not 166MHz.
Dual Channel RAM.
Better onboard (chipset) features.

No bad points. (Cost?)

Dunno about the ATI VIA issues.

Ben
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I have one of each. The VIA board has an ATI 9500 and the NVidia board has
an old Geforce2 MX400. I don't use the ATI latest drivers since I get
artifacts with them. I use the drivers from the Microsoft download site
without any problems what-so-ever.


"Ben Pope" <ben_popeREMOVE_ME@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1110846176.6a70e2a399c7045cfcff42a22e83571b@teranews...
> Keith Whitfield wrote:
>> which is the better board good and bad points. i will be using an old ATI
>> graphics card (9600xt all in wonder) and I read that they don't work very
>> well with Via does this problem show up on the asus boards.
>
> The A7N8X is better.
>
> You get:
>
> FSB of 200MHz not 166MHz.
> Dual Channel RAM.
> Better onboard (chipset) features.
>
> No bad points. (Cost?)
>
> Dunno about the ATI VIA issues.
>
> Ben
> --
> A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html
> Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups.
> I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...

 

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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:30:28 GMT, "Keith Whitfield" <k.whitfield@NO
SPAMblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>which is the better board good and bad points. i will be using an old ATI
>graphics card (9600xt all in wonder) and I read that they don't work very
>well with Via does this problem show up on the asus boards.
>
>thanks
>Keith
>

A7N8X v2.0/Barton/ATI 9800 Pro.
Zero problems (22 months).

Ed

 

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"Ben Pope" <ben_popeREMOVE_ME@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1110846176.6a70e2a399c7045cfcff42a22e83571b@teranews...
> Keith Whitfield wrote:
> > which is the better board good and bad points. i will be using an old
ATI
> > graphics card (9600xt all in wonder) and I read that they don't work
very
> > well with Via does this problem show up on the asus boards.
>
> The A7N8X is better.
>
> You get:
>
> FSB of 200MHz not 166MHz.
> Dual Channel RAM.
> Better onboard (chipset) features.
>
> No bad points. (Cost?)

I'll go with that and add that I have ATI 9800SE all-in-wonders
on both of my A7N8X deluxe v2 mobo's and have zero problems
with them, so would have thought a 9600xt version would be fine.
HTH
--
Rob

 

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I've got a rage 2000 pro graphics card on a A7V600 MB that has VIA chips.
seems to work fine but I don't OC or game
"Ben Pope" <ben_popeREMOVE_ME@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1110846176.6a70e2a399c7045cfcff42a22e83571b@teranews...
: Keith Whitfield wrote:
: > which is the better board good and bad points. i will be using an old
ATI
: > graphics card (9600xt all in wonder) and I read that they don't work
very
: > well with Via does this problem show up on the asus boards.
:
: The A7N8X is better.
:
: You get:
:
: FSB of 200MHz not 166MHz.
: Dual Channel RAM.
: Better onboard (chipset) features.
:
: No bad points. (Cost?)
:
: Dunno about the ATI VIA issues.
:
: Ben
: --
: A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html
: Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups.
: I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...