Help me pick a new Motherboard

BeerLotus · Posted: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:29:20 Post Subject:

Its not like I have a choice

HackaX0rus · Posted: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:37:02 Post Subject:

its still a compaq Laughing

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BeerLotus · Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:02:35 Post Subject:

shut it, it can still play HL2, CSS, and SWRC

Shadowsilence · Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:03:14 Post Subject:

HackaX0rus · Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:59:26 Post Subject:

i belive it does..the compaq my mom and siblings use has a 2400...BL what processor does your compaq have?

BeerLotus · Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:05:09 Post Subject:

AMD athlon 1800+, very impressive huh

Shadowsilence · Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:04:53 Post Subject:

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

Other than the argument of "my dad can beat up your dad" I still haven't seen anything that would give me pause to switch to AMD. There are 64 bit chips on both sides and the motherboard manufacturers are stepping up with intel SLI boards. Are there any flat out near-equal comparisons? My computer will be used for gaming primarily, but the wife's PC will be used for CAD in addition to gaming (She designs objects for roller coaster tycoon 3).

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:24:49 Post Subject:

It comes down to price. As far as I know you have to get a Xeon CPU to get the EMT64 extensions on an Intel CPU. Which is in the $245 range for a 2.8Ghz. Versus around that price you can get an A64 3400+ for less, and a 3500+ for about $20 more.

I would suggest getting a budget of what you want to spend, and price a comparably priced A64 system and a Intel EMT64 based system and see which one gives you the biggest chubby. Grin

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:34:58 Post Subject:

And if you REALLY want SLI on the Intel board, figure out just how long you want to wait, and how much you are willing to pay for one as they are first released.