is the msi neo4-f a good moterboard for athlon 64 socket 9..

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te reason is that im on a limited budget and that's the most expensive
1 i can afford. so pleas if u use this mb then let me know how it is.

 

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<jlowe1991@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> te reason is that im on a limited budget and that's the most expensive
> 1 i can afford. so pleas if u use this mb then let me know how it is.
>

If your on a budget this will force you to have to buy a PCI-E graphics
card and add to the expense. Also some peole are having problems with
certain steppings of the 90nm athlon
64's.

The cheapest route to A64 technology is a neo2 socket 939 board, as this is
allows you to use your old AGP graphics card.

It will be some time before cheap pci-e cards are significantly faster than
their AGP cousins. Then you can consider upgrading again.

 

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It doesn't have the Creative sound chip.

"John Russell" <john_e_russell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> <jlowe1991@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:1112852346.144747.182720@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> te reason is that im on a limited budget and that's the most expensive
>> 1 i can afford. so pleas if u use this mb then let me know how it is.
>>
>
> If your on a budget this will force you to have to buy a PCI-E graphics
> card and add to the expense. Also some peole are having problems with
> certain steppings of the 90nm athlon
> 64's.
>
> The cheapest route to A64 technology is a neo2 socket 939 board, as this
> is allows you to use your old AGP graphics card.
>
> It will be some time before cheap pci-e cards are significantly faster
> than their AGP cousins. Then you can consider upgrading again.
>
>
>

 

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"Wookie" <Tom@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> It doesn't have the Creative sound chip.

So what?
The creative chip dosn't replace Soundstorm by a long way. Also creative
show little sign of creating 64 bit drivers for it.

 

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I wish there was an NF4 board that did have soundstorm ... or NF3 for that
matter. I have an NF7-S board right now and really like Soundstorm. I
think that the MSI-Creative sound chip is the best audio solution right now
for NF4 boards and also less CPU intensive.


"John Russell" <john_e_russell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Wookie" <Tom@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:GuadnY0jb5zkbMjfRVn-3w@comcast.com...
>> It doesn't have the Creative sound chip.
>
> So what?
> The creative chip dosn't replace Soundstorm by a long way. Also creative
> show little sign of creating 64 bit drivers for it.
>

 

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John Russell wrote:
> Also
> creative show little sign of creating 64 bit drivers for it.

Hang on, you're right !

I've got the K8N Diamond, and I've just noticed there are no 64-bit drivers
for the onboard sound, whatsoever !
Damnit, I wanted to install it too. I'll be HELLA mad if I have to buy a PCI
soundcard !

 

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Hi,

Although I don't have the same board, I am on Athlon 3000+ 939. All
this 64-bit driver talk, is everyone running 64-bit WinXP? Is it just
a time limited beta, or do you all have it? Thanks.

Greg
MSI RS480M-IL

 

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gwfung wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Although I don't have the same board, I am on Athlon 3000+ 939. All
> this 64-bit driver talk, is everyone running 64-bit WinXP?

I will be, as soon as it's finally available.

> Is it just
> a time limited beta, or do you all have it? Thanks.

It's not quite available for retail yet - but it is finished, and should be
along in the next few weeks.