Recommend Nforce 2 MB

[SephirothPD]

Looking in the price range of 50 to 80 pounds
been looking at GA-7N400 PRO2
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components/motherboardsandaccessories/productView.htm?quicklinx=2QP8
any surgestions

 

[Spitfire_x86]

I recommend ABIT NF7 v2.0/ABIT NF7-S v2.0

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[SephirothPD]

must admit i like the look of the features but i would be looking at the next model up to support the lastest athlon xps...heres the link if u want a look AN7-GURU

http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components/motherboardsandaccessories/productView.htm?quicklinx=2TCY

Saying that i do prefere it to the gigabyte
thanks for replie...
anyone else got any ideas?

 

[Crashman]

The NF7-S is considered to be a better board from user experience here, and the version 2.0 supports ALL XP processors. It's also one of the best overclockers beyond 400FSB. It uses the NF2-Ultra 400 northbridge as a direct replacement for the NF2-SPP of the original versions.

All regular venders carry the v2.0 boards, even if they aren't listed as such. v1.x has been out of production a long time now.

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[SephirothPD]

thanks for the advice...its quite a bit cheaper than the higher model

 

[Crashman]

Ah, well, I doubt 8x will have a big performance impact on any AGP cards, ever. You see, the last of the top end cards are comming out soon. After that AGP will be a "lower" standard such as PCI is now.

Remember the TNT2 was available as AGP4x. But the Geforce didn't need it, and even the GeForce2 GTS only got a small gain from 4x. So small in fact that the BX chipset, the fastest available at the time, performed better even in games than available 4x chipsets.

I'm guessing the same thing will happen with the next generation of cards, which are being released soon. You'll probably see 8x giving them a barely noticable lead over 4x boards.

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