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I'm looking at a mobo/CPU replacement in the near future, and will probably
get the 3800+ X2. But, I have a nice BFG 6800GT Oc'ed to 425/1150 (VGA),
and don't want to buy another video card just yet. What chipset should I
look at? The nForce4 Ultra will only take a PCIx vid card.

I don't plan on going SLI, and I know this may be heresy, but VGA 8x is just
as fast as PCI Express 16x. I haven't seen a review yet that shows any real
performance advantage over VGA, certainly none worth investing another $400
for a new card.

Bill G
 
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You could watch the online reviews for forthcoming uli based boards with
true agp and pci-e video slots. The first is an Asrock.


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"Bill G" <rbatty00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking at a mobo/CPU replacement in the near future, and will
> probably get the 3800+ X2. But, I have a nice BFG 6800GT Oc'ed to
> 425/1150 (VGA), and don't want to buy another video card just yet. What
> chipset should I look at? The nForce4 Ultra will only take a PCIx vid
> card.
>
> I don't plan on going SLI, and I know this may be heresy, but VGA 8x is
> just as fast as PCI Express 16x. I haven't seen a review yet that shows
> any real performance advantage over VGA, certainly none worth investing
> another $400 for a new card.
>
> Bill G
>
>
>
Basically the NF3 or Via K8T800 Pro.

Some good VIA boards:
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=175
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket939/a8v-d/overview.htm

NF3:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1652
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2253

http://tinyurl.com/dfewa

There are others but those are some of the popular ones. I have the Epox
and a 3800 X2 and 6800GT. Working nicely at 2.5Ghz. Your biggest problem
will be matching up a specific mobo with RAM that it likes. HTH...
 
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"Kill Bill" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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>
> "Bill G" <rbatty00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5OZTe.189$Ma.90@fe07.lga...
>> I'm looking at a mobo/CPU replacement in the near future, and will
>> probably get the 3800+ X2. But, I have a nice BFG 6800GT Oc'ed to
>> 425/1150 (VGA), and don't want to buy another video card just yet. What
>> chipset should I look at? The nForce4 Ultra will only take a PCIx vid
>> card.
>>
>> I don't plan on going SLI, and I know this may be heresy, but VGA 8x is
>> just as fast as PCI Express 16x. I haven't seen a review yet that shows
>> any real performance advantage over VGA, certainly none worth investing
>> another $400 for a new card.
>>
>> Bill G
>>
>>
>>
> Basically the NF3 or Via K8T800 Pro.
>
> Some good VIA boards:
> http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=175
> http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket939/a8v-d/overview.htm
>
> NF3:
> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1652
> http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2253
>
> http://tinyurl.com/dfewa
>
> There are others but those are some of the popular ones. I have the Epox
> and a 3800 X2 and 6800GT. Working nicely at 2.5Ghz. Your biggest problem
> will be matching up a specific mobo with RAM that it likes. HTH...
>
>

Don't know about using the 6800GT & NV3 just yet...
A thread I started a few days ago was answered with the following 2 links:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=938842&page=1&pp=20

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32759
 
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Look at the AGP+PCI-E motherboard that Anandtech just reviewed. They liked
it and it's only $68 at newegg.

rms
 
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"Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
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>>
> Don't know about using the 6800GT & NV3 just yet...
> A thread I started a few days ago was answered with the following 2 links:
>
> http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=938842&page=1&pp=20
>
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32759

Yeah I read all that. Don't know what to say except no problems here.
Playing HL2 and COD just fine. 11,300 3dMark03 stock setttings...
 
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"rms" <rsquires@flashREMOVE.net> wrote in message
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> Look at the AGP+PCI-E motherboard that Anandtech just reviewed. They
> liked it and it's only $68 at newegg.

Nice article. I wondered if someone would make a dual video board.

Thanks.


>
> rms
>
 
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"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
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> You could watch the online reviews for forthcoming uli based boards with
> true agp and pci-e video slots. The first is an Asrock.
>
>
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Agreed, thanks for the heads up on this.

I look at that board & think, "damn a bran new chipset", & then I think
"damn a bran new chipset". Freakin scary.
But for $68, the biggest worry is having to change out the MB later if you
have issues.
 
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"Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
> news:%B1Ue.208007$E95.67207@fed1read01...
>> You could watch the online reviews for forthcoming uli based boards with
>> true agp and pci-e video slots. The first is an Asrock.
>>
>>
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>>
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>
> Agreed, thanks for the heads up on this.
>
> I look at that board & think, "damn a bran new chipset", & then I think
> "damn a bran new chipset". Freakin scary.
> But for $68, the biggest worry is having to change out the MB later if you
> have issues.

Looking back at it, the article says they had some cold boot issues and are
hoping for a bios fix -- but they said to get it anyway. Hmm.

Maybe I'd watch for bios on the Asrock site.
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>
>> I look at that board & think, "damn a bran new chipset", & then I think
>> "damn a bran new chipset". Freakin scary.
>> But for $68, the biggest worry is having to change out the MB later if
>> you have issues.
>
> Looking back at it, the article says they had some cold boot issues and
> are hoping for a bios fix -- but they said to get it anyway. Hmm.
>
> Maybe I'd watch for bios on the Asrock site.

I think this is it:

http://www.asrock.com/support/Download/dl_939Dual-SATA2.htm


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You cant go rong with a 4000 x2 and vga id get a 7800gt personaly but i like the Budget/Bang for buck ratio for the GT series cards personaly
 
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