Abit IC7-Max3 vs Abit AA8XE Fatal1ty

Hi everyone,

Was just wondering if any of you out there had any experience or an oppinion
on the motherboards in the subject? Would it be worth my while to upgrade
from the IC7-Max3 to the Fatal1ty board? Apart from the obvious CPU
difference, will the end result be a better system?

Thanks for all help,
SC

In data Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:57:08 +0100, SC ha scritto:

Was just wondering if any of you out there had any experience or an oppinion
on the motherboards in the subject? Would it be worth my while to upgrade
from the IC7-Max3 to the Fatal1ty board?

IMHO you can stay other time on ic7-max3 and wait..

"SC" wrote in message...
Was just wondering if any of you out there had any experience or an
oppinion on the motherboards in the subject?

Yeah, got both an experience and an opinion, which one do you want?

Would it be worth my while to upgrade from the IC7-Max3 to the
Fatal1ty board?

Without knowing what CPU, graphics card and memory you're running, it's
impossible to give a 100% accurate answer, but on the face of it the answer
is no.

Apart from the obvious CPU difference, will the end result be a better
system?

That's a piece of string question. Going to the AA8XE locks you into a PCI
Express graphics card and DDR2 memory, as well as a processor change, so
whether or not you'd get a "better" system depends what processor, memory
and graphics you've got now, and what you planned on upgrading to.

As a general point though, going to this new board right now is probably not
going to represent a fair return on investment. Right now, you can get
better performance from your IC7 Max 3, coupled with the right components,
than you could from the AA8. If you want to get a bit more specific about
your component choice we could give you some more specific advice, but going
on what you've already told us, the best advice is not to bother.
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