[HLUG] tim

[j michaelson]

hi tim,

thanks for the advice. with the motherboard you recommended, an athlon
64 3200+ and an nvidia 6600 i could upgrade for less than £300. very
tempting.

john m.



On 12/20/05, Tim <Hg80 at nerdshack.com> wrote:
> Firstly i'm using a ASUS nforce 4 sli motherboard with a fan on the
> chipset and have no problems with it and from reading reviews on the net
> and magazines the motherboard i own is best for gaming.
> Secondly there is no huge difference in the Nforce  4 and Nforce 4 Ultra.
> Nforce Ultra has support for SATA II
> Nforce Ultra has better sound
> umm think thats it
>
> Anywayz in my personal opinion  i would go for  his motherboard its the
> same as mine the ASUS
> http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3KGX&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=motherboard+939+pcie&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0
> ok its about £20 more expensive then the low end Nforce 4 board but it
> is the most reliable and fastest nforce board out there plus if you want
> to upgrade in a few moths / years time then u can do a nice upgrade by
> buying a second  graphics card and using SLI which will increase games
> performance by about %30-40 for a low price. Also i would use the
> onboard souns as its 7.1 surround sound and it doesn't sound bad at all.
>
> Tim
>
>
> j michaelson wrote:
> > hi tim,
> >
> > you gave me some advice on motherboards at the meal, but my memory
> > isn't that great so i've lost most of it.
> >
> > a lot of motherboards that i'm looking at have the nforce4 chipset and
> > some have the nforce4 ultra chipset. is it the ultras that i should be
> > looking at?
> >
> > thanks.
> > john.
> >
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