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Dec 15, 2003, 08:36 AM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Help a newbie
Hi all i would like to ask some advice i have just got a new 5900fx card and am getting slow bench marks i belive this is due to my motherbord so i am thinking about upgrading it
i am totaly new to this i have never atempted this before and would like to know 1. what bored to go for buget aroung £100 2. how easy is it to install a new mother bord 3.will i have to reinstall windows 4.what are the problems i may come across 5.my curent bord has onbord sound will the new bord come with the same or do i also need a seperate sound card 6.willi be able to save the rest of my pc ram case etc my curent spec is P4 2.53 512ddr FX5900 80gig dvd cdrw sis 651 chipset (the bottle neck ithink) jeantech 500Wpsu Thanks in advance Hot |
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Dec 15, 2003, 04:29 PM
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There is always next year
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Re: Help a newbie
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2. Boards are very easy to install. as long as you know how to use a screw driver and read you will be ok. 3. You don't have to. but i highly recomend doing it. 4. this board comes with onboard sound. 6. Yes, you can use all of your current hardware and have room to grow. Hope that helps. good luck  |
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Dec 15, 2003, 04:35 PM
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I would stay away from abit boards for the P4.
If you can go a little above I would get this board: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/cgi-bi...aMB_2d029_2dAS |
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Dec 15, 2003, 06:41 PM
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There is always next year
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whys that your the first person i heard say that. It's a intel based chipset. I would stay away from the sis based chipset im currenlty running the 648 chipset by SIS and it has some agp problems and im not the frist to say that.
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Dec 15, 2003, 06:45 PM
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sharkims (who has tons of money to test tons of mobos) has had TERRIBLE experiances with Abit P4 mobos. I have had TERRIBLE experiances with Abit AXP mobos.
Shakims like his P4C800 alot out of the tons of P4 mobos hes tried, so thats what one I would go with. He was getting real boards, not reviewers samples so his info is more reliable than a review site. I wish he visited DH more to back me up. |
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Dec 15, 2003, 06:52 PM
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There is always next year
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Location: Oregon
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witch board did you recomed you link didnt work.
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Dec 15, 2003, 07:14 PM
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Seen my brain?
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Super FSB, you can be garanteed with an MSI board. The 865PE Neo2-FIS2R or the 875P Neo-FIS2R(which is actualy cheaper than most 875P boards). Can hit 300, I'm running both of those boards with 2.4c's @ 300fsb, 3.6ghz.
The P4C800-E Deluxe is also a VERY nice board. Not garanteed to overclock quite as high and ASUS has been having some problems with BIOS's lately. Boards dying as a result of a bios flash, in 'FINAL' release form. The ABIT-IC7 MAX3 is an unfortunate way of suckering a consumer in. As it boasts some huge 3.2v VDIMM. It can not go above 2.8v without fluctuating dramaticaly. @2.9v you will see 2.7-3.1v fluctuations. |
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Dec 15, 2003, 08:58 PM
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There is always next year
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But you would agree. to recomend a intel chipset over a sis chipset for a P4?
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Dec 15, 2003, 08:59 PM
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There is always next year
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Personlly i have never had a abit board i was actully going to get the IS7-E but ill take you word for it and check out the Asus P4 Mobo's thanks for the headsup
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Dec 15, 2003, 09:33 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
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I've installed a couple Abit IS7-based boards and have never encountered any problems with it.
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Dec 24, 2003, 05:59 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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been away for a while sorry for the late reply
my motherbord is a sis chipset 651 it only suports x4 AGP has only 2 dimm slots i have a fast processor p4 2.53 fast video card FX5900 128 2700 512 ram but my curent bench marks with the latest oficial nivida drivers are 2001-10500 2003-4800 aquamark03-34000 i have tried usuing different drivers like the omega drivers and the starstorm drivers but thease create lower benchmarks then the oficial drivers i think it must be my motherbord i dont see what else it could be Thanks Hot |
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Dec 24, 2003, 06:03 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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thinking about getting this motherbord can i have your oponions please
http://www.belka.com/Merchant2/merch...uct_Code=12038 Thanks again |
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Dec 24, 2003, 06:13 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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oh by the way happy christmas one and all!!!!!
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Feb 25, 2004, 02:09 PM
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There is always next year
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Feb 25, 2004, 02:42 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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i did get the bord and am very pleased with it my 3d marks improved by about 15 - 20%and this bord has some very nice overclocking tools built into the bios cool bord
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Feb 25, 2004, 03:06 PM
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There is always next year
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Im glad it work out for you im starting to look for a new board my self
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Feb 25, 2004, 03:24 PM
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DriverHeaven Granddaddy
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