[Saxon]

Hey I realy don't know much about computers and im trying to upgrade so I can play newer games. right now the Mobo I have is a k7n2 from MSI with the nforce2 chipset.....can I use ATI/Radeon video cards? I've had one person say I can and one person say I can't. I want to make sure before I buy it thanks

[digitalwanderer]

Which K7N2 is it? I had (my 7 year old son has it now) a K7N2-L from MSI with a Barton 2500+ that I used quite happily with my 9700 pro, x800 pro, and a borrowed 6800 GT.

Worked just spiffy.

The only drawback to that mobo for me was it wouldn't clock past 175 on the front-side bus, so I picked up an NF7-s rev2 that runs at 12x200 for me with a lil 2400+ mobility barton. (35w)

[Saxon]

ok cool thanks....its the k7n2 delta

[digitalwanderer]

Lucky! I believe the delta version is later (newer) than mine and has the fixed/improve south bridge so you can take it past 175 FSB.


It should be just fine with a 9700/X800/6800 or whatever, so long as you get an AGP version and not a PCIe one.

Also make sure you got a decent power-supply.

[Saxon]

im getting a Radeon 9600 Pro 128mb...whats decent though and how do i check what i have

[frx218]

get a 9800 pro pay a lil more get a lot more

[NeoTribal]

Originally Posted by frx218

get a 9800 pro pay a lil more get a lot more

I concur.

You can probably pick one up @ www.newegg.com for cheap...

[Saxon]

well im getting it for 80 shipped + diablo 2 and LoD...should i just get the 9800 pro?