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Which motherboard to upgrade to?
First, just to give a little background, I currently have an ASUS
P4S333 motherboard with an Intel P4 1.7GHz CPU, a GeForce 2, 768 Megs of RAM, and so on. For Christmas I got a MSI GeForce FX 5700 video card. When I installed it nothing happened at all (I believe the term is that it didn't "post?") for a few minutes, and finally it dropped to the BIOS screen. The video card was checked and it is fine, and my old video card still works okay. After looking around the web it seems that the ASUS P4S333 has problems with the newer video cards. So I want to upgrade my motherboard. I never had any problems with my old ASUS board, so I figure I will stick with them. At my local store they have... ASUS P4P800 (regular and deluxe) ASUS P4S800 ASUS P4S533MX Frankly, I'm not enough of a hardware guy to know what the real differences are, apart from which boards are "better" than others. Basically, I just want something that will play the current games well (like KOTOR, etc.). I will be transfering all my current hardware (CPU, hard drive, CD-W, DVD player, RAM, Soundblaster card, and so on) as well as my new video card to the new motherboard. I will be using Windows XP. I am hoping to get some recommendations and advice about which board might be best for me. The ones above are all in my price range. I have read about some people having problems with the P4P800, but it is hard to tell if this is just the vocal minority. Since my P4 1.7 GHz CPU is a little old (~2 years?), do I have to worry about compatibility issues with these new motherboards? Would something like the P4P800 be pointless since my older hardware might not take advantage of all the features? What board might be best for my somewhat older hardware and new video card? Are there ones other than the above that I should consider? Thanks for any suggestions, I'm just hoping to make an informed decision Cheers, Mike |
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