Thats a microatx board, not sure if thats what you want. I also disagree with the advice to use onboard video. Uber_g hit the nail on the head with the epox nf4 suggestion.
EPoX EP-9NPA7I Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD Motherboard
eVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
Total: about 200 bucks without using any rebates.
I wouldnt pair a 3200 with a 1900xt only because the values dont match. Yes its a better card but the majority of the lifespan of the card will be spent in a secondary machine with a budget cpu. You might want something better than a 7600 but it all depends on your budget. I think you are on the right track, good luck.
that board does have a pcie 16x slot which i would use, not the intergrated graphics. would a 7600gs/gt be a good match for a 3200?
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I might sell my DFI Ultra-D if I get a buyer for all my other parts haha.
Ultra-D is probably the best 939 socket motherboard. The only one comparable is the A8N SLI Deluxe.
Ultra-D is probably the best 939 socket motherboard. The only one comparable is the A8N SLI Deluxe.
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Is this guy on glue?????
I agree with Epsilon84 here. This one doesn't have a clue. Anyone who says onboard graphics is better than an X800 (or a ti4200 for that matter) is sniffing something he probably shouldn't be. Dude, you're on the right track. I use a 2700+ still with an X800 and i have no trouble with the newer games. And the DFI lanparty is a fantastic MoBo. Just make sure you have plenty of ram, thats all.
My crappy system has Integrated 865g graphics and it was crap like XP's right click fade effects stuttered and flash movies went out of sync with the sound - i installed an old TNT2 M64 32mb AGP card and even it was better then 865g integrated video! ah heck onboard, the only onboard video i would EVER concider is from ATi or nVidia.
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I would like to point you here
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/09/15/are_intel/page4.html#conclusion
If your not messing about (which Im kinda assuming you are), here's a few of my favourite quotes from the article
"the device still has far to go for acceptable game play"
"But today's very popular games, which are not next-generation games, are virtually unplayable for anybody that cares about gaming"
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Some onbaord graphics do run some games, but runing them and running them good are two diffrent things.
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The ATI Xpress 1100 onboard graphics on my board ran Halo and UT2004 on medium high settings with 25+ frames. Just FYI
dragonsprayer
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Here get a case and 3200+ for $52, i am sure it be $300
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140074269738&rd=1&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140074269738&rd=1&rd=1
I would like to point you here
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/09/15/are_intel/page4.html#conclusion
If your not messing about (which Im kinda assuming you are), here's a few of my favourite quotes from the article
"the device still has far to go for acceptable game play"
"But today's very popular games, which are not next-generation games, are virtually unplayable for anybody that cares about gaming"
yes you are talking about gma950 which is my exact point
im using the new gma 3000 and so far its great. looks great plays great
I'm sure 640x480 low details @ 30fps 'looks great and plays great'. :roll: :lol:
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I would like to point you here
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/09/15/are_intel/page4.html#conclusion
If your not messing about (which Im kinda assuming you are), here's a few of my favourite quotes from the article
"the device still has far to go for acceptable game play"
"But today's very popular games, which are not next-generation games, are virtually unplayable for anybody that cares about gaming"
yes you are talking about gma950 which is my exact point
im using the new gma 3000 and so far its great. looks great plays great
I'm sure 640x480 low details @ 30fps 'looks great and plays great'. :roll: :lol:Sure, looks great on a 14" CRT retina burner. 😀
apache_lives
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I would like to point you here
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/09/15/are_intel/page4.html#conclusion
If your not messing about (which Im kinda assuming you are), here's a few of my favourite quotes from the article
"the device still has far to go for acceptable game play"
"But today's very popular games, which are not next-generation games, are virtually unplayable for anybody that cares about gaming"
yes you are talking about gma950 which is my exact point
im using the new gma 3000 and so far its great. looks great plays great4
lol what do you mean when you same "games"?
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Yes. It is "decent". It's not "awesome". It's not "spectacular". But it is "decent".
It will run any game just fine. Games become more GPU limited at higher resolutions. You'll just need to play around with all the settings to get the best mix for your rig.
Haha isn't it obvious this guy is joking around? I can't believe someone could say this and anyone would take it seriously. But on a more serious note, I have played around with the graphics on those boards and while they're a lot better than previous onboard solutions, they're nowhere even near a 7300gs.
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You didn't mention what resolution you play at or what display you have so we could tell. Having said that, your cpu if fine for current games. The GPU will make a much larger difference and the 7600GT is fine currently.
Back to the resolution comment. If you game at 1280x1024+ its unlikely you will run into a CPU bottleneck on any current games or any in the next year with possible exception of Alan Wake(supposed to be very cpu intensive from what i've heard). If you turn on some eye candy such as AA or AF and so on you will make your GPU your limiting factor pretty quickly in 99% of games out there.
You're safe for now. I wouldn't worry too much about it in regards to games for up to a year from now at least.
Back to the resolution comment. If you game at 1280x1024+ its unlikely you will run into a CPU bottleneck on any current games or any in the next year with possible exception of Alan Wake(supposed to be very cpu intensive from what i've heard). If you turn on some eye candy such as AA or AF and so on you will make your GPU your limiting factor pretty quickly in 99% of games out there.
You're safe for now. I wouldn't worry too much about it in regards to games for up to a year from now at least.
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Oh then do it! Just drink more and you wont notice the loss of frames
A 7600GT would be a good match for a 3200+.
cool, any good cheap motherboard recomendations? socket 939
...might not be what you'd consider cheap but the Asus A8N SLi-Premium is one heck of a fine board, it truly is, IMO.
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No, not yet, but i'm going to try it in the near future, wit a Venice 3000+ (stock speed) and Radeon 9600Pro (Radeon 9550 OCed), 1GB of cheap ram, just wanna see how low i must go get ~45fps indoor or ~30fps outdoor
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