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Jul 31, 2002, 01:09 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Help Me Spend Money! New Motherboard or Xbox?
I have a very simple question. I am using an FIC AN11 Motherboard......It is ATA100, No Raid Controllers, No Built in NIC, Support for 3GB Ram. I am thinking of upgrading to a new motherboard. I have an AMD 1800+ chip and a 40GB Hard Drive Capable of the new ATA133 speeds. I do not use onboard graphics. If I get an ASUS, MSI or other "Brand Name" board, what benefit will it give me? Can you tell the difference between ATA100 and ATA133? What would a new board give me that would be worth the $100 to $200? Or should I just get the XBOX I have been looking at for awhile? If there is no significant difference, I don't see a reason to buy a new board. What do yall think? New board or Xbox? You can also give me other ideas on how too spend my $400 bonus....(Please don't suggest a new graphics card)
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Jul 31, 2002, 01:15 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 914
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If you're happy with your computer's speed and will be for a while, get an Xbox. It's handy to have, especially when you screw up your computer and have to reformat
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Jul 31, 2002, 02:02 PM
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Junior
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Wave Existence
Posts: 2,065
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screw the Xbox. Get a PS2!!!
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Jul 31, 2002, 02:06 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 874
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Sorry Dallasstar but i'm going to say XBOX mainly because I have one...I'm just not much of a fan with PS2. So go with an XBOX!
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Jul 31, 2002, 09:03 PM
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WTF
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Sweden
Posts: 174
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lol, Xbox are you mad ? What a shit console i would rather get a NES then a Xbox.
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Jul 31, 2002, 11:59 PM
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A Legend in Underwear
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Unknown
Posts: 5,256
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Re: Help Me Spend Money! New Motherboard or Xbox?
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Aug 1, 2002, 03:38 AM
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Abit Staff
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 124
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get an xbox and talk to me on modding the F**k out of it
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Aug 1, 2002, 05:18 AM
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Junior
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Wave Existence
Posts: 2,065
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bah! you computer people don't know how to choose consoles
 . The most powerful console isn't always the best  (the same doesn't apply for PCs of course). PS2 all the way!!!!  Why get an xbox when the console only has a few games worth playing? |
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Aug 1, 2002, 06:19 AM
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The ONLY sonofacpu!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: A motherboard in Santiago, Chile
Posts: 111
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I am with dallastar, don`t buy that *thing* from Microsoft, get PS2, that also has the advantage of having a lot more games....
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Aug 6, 2002, 08:52 AM
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I'm blind not deaf!!
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Sounds like your pc is doing just fine for now. There's really not much to upgrade to in the CPU market right now anyway unless you want to try overclocking a 1.8A to 2.4 gig.
You will not notice any difference between an ATA100 and an ATA133 controller. Hard drives these days hardly even reach ATA66 specs. |
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Aug 6, 2002, 08:58 AM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 662
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And yes PS2/PS1 are superior. BTW... Dallas... Nice choice of Avatar... Or should i call you Mr. Valentine from now on? |
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Aug 10, 2002, 08:52 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Posts: 12
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Well, I finally decided....I went and got a new Sony DPP-SV55 Digital Photo Printer at $185 off the Retail price, only paid $199. Needed one around for my Sony Digital Camera. I also got a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP Motherboard with the following specs and a Nissan Sentra GXE Fully Loaded;
Chipset Southbridge : VIA 8233A(CE) VIA V-Link architecture (266MB/s) VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller Super I/O : ITE IT8705F Smart I/O : Winbond Smart@IO Promise PDC20276 ATA 133 RAID controller Raeltek 8100BL Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN controller Creative CT5880 PCI sound controller Dual BIOS MEMORY Type : DDR333 (PC2700) / DDR266 (PC2100) / DDR200 (PC1600) -184pin Max capacity : Up to 3GB by 3 DIMM slots(DDR266/200) SLOT 1 x AGP universal slot (4X/2X-AGP 2.0 compliant) 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant) 1 x FDD port 4 x UDMA ATA133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports 1 x 2ports USB 1.1 connector (by cable with rear USB bracket) 2 x 2ports USB 2.0 connector (by cable with rear USB bracket) Memory Stick / Security Digital (MMC) / Smart Card Reader connectors 2 x cooling fan pin header I/O PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse 2 x USB 1.1 ports 2 x COM ports 1 x RJ45 LAN port Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector 1 x joystick POWER ATX power connector Power-off by Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP shut down and Switch H/W MONITORING System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS H/W detect & report power-in voltage, CPU voltage, and Fan Speed BIOS Dual AMI BIOS, 2 x 2M bit flash ROM AMI BIOS with enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000/WinMe/XP compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) and Anti-Virus functions IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP and CD-ROM bootable AC recovery ON/OFF control OTHER FEATURES Suspend-To-RAM (STR) Supports USB KB/MS Wake up from S3 Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection |
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Aug 11, 2002, 04:16 AM
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Pax Modder, Pax Expert
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: S.S. Marie, Mi
Posts: 4,511
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get SNES the 16-bit system lol
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