Board recommendations - again

Post by **FZ1** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:26 am

I'm planning on getting the ATI All-in-wonder X800 XT video card/tuner which is AGP only

They don't make a "great" PCI-E vid/tuner board. AGP is ok, but I want to ditch my ABIT board and go with a Nvidia chipset board for the 939 CPU's but I'm having trouble tracking down a good one. I have found the DFI NF3 Ultra Lanparty online but they are hard to come by - Newegg, Zipzoomfly, etc don;t even carry them. I'm womdering why.

Any other suggestions. I'd like to OC a little but really I'd like a good quality, stable board. I think the AV8 is too flaky.

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:52 am

I honestly wouldn't recommend ABIT to anyone, they are on their deathbed.
Track down the DFI NF3 Ultera, from what I hear its a top notch board.

Kill_A._Byte · Post by **Kill_A._Byte** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:18 am

[/url] http://www.microcenter.com/search_resul ... ab38d9f13f [url] There is a place for this board near you. Check it out.

Post by **FZ1** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:52 pm

I'm not seeing it

These boards are either PCi or socket 754

Kill_A._Byte · Post by **Kill_A._Byte** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:00 pm

OK how's this http://www.atacom.com/program/print_htm ... SER_ID=www

Kill_A._Byte · Post by **Kill_A._Byte** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:09 pm

Or here http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=246478
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this helps ya.

Post by **FZ1** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:04 pm

OK, again socket 754...I need 939

Kill_A._Byte · Post by **Kill_A._Byte** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:56 am

Sorry man, I think my browser is playing tricks on me

The ATACOM one is 939 http://www.atacom.com/program/print_htm ... SER_ID=www

Post by **FZ1** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:11 am

Yeah, that's the ONLY place that I could find that carried it. That's what worries me. I'm wondering why only 1 place is carrying it. Surely there must be some demand for AGP NForce boards. PCIE is a great thing but since most all games aren't even utilizing it to it's full potential (and won;t for some time), AGP is still a good choice.

My company will reimburse me 20% every 3 years for computer purchases (includes parts and software etc) and my three year anniversary of my last reimbursement is in January '06. I'm trying to stick it out until then but I'm not very patient. It sound sbetter than it is...the amount reimbursed is taxed at like 60% so you end up getting less than half back.

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:44 am

I actually had very good luck with the ASUS A8V Deluxe. Not a great overclocker, but was my main board without incident for over 5 months.

Post by **FZ1** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:51 am

I just upgraded the BIOS on my ABIT AV8 and it seems to be doing better but overclocking is the pits although I thin it's my temps. I need to move to a water cooled solution. So much to do....so little cash.

Bal`thzar · Post by **Bal`thzar** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:42 pm

ok couple of suggestions I have the same exact Vid card and I picked up a Soltek KT800 MB runs like a champ ($44 bunch of us at overclockers picked them up) Chief Value has ALOT of refurbs that are coming cheap and really can't tell that they are refurbs other than the ocasional open accessory baggie. If you are not on the market for a refurb there is

the MSI Neo2-F or the MSO Neo2 Platinum, they are both AGP they are both NF3 they are both really good all around and are solid overclockers.

<shrug> this soltek was my first departure from ASUS in about 10 years

Post by **FZ1** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:53 pm

I think I'm going to order the DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D & the eVGA Geforce 7800GT (the overclocked version model #256-P2-N517-AX). It runs almost on par with the GTX but is only $369 at Newegg.

ELIK18 · Post by **ELIK18** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:40 pm

AGP-DFI NF3
PCIE-DFI NF4