Based upon advice from this and the CPU forum, I bought a new Mobo/CPU/RAM last week.
I bought and installed an A64 2800+, MSI K8N Neo Platinum, and 1.5GB PC3200 RAM.
Couldn't be happier with the system. With my 6800oc vid card, this sytem simply smokes my old AthlonXP 1700+ / ATI Radeon 9000 combo!
What I find odd is that none of the N-Force mobos I looked at have integrated video. While I would have just shut it off anyway, I thought nVidia's reasoning for getting into the chipset business was to develop mobos with integrated high end graphics. Did that just not pan out for them? I didn't really pay attention.
I bought and installed an A64 2800+, MSI K8N Neo Platinum, and 1.5GB PC3200 RAM.
Couldn't be happier with the system. With my 6800oc vid card, this sytem simply smokes my old AthlonXP 1700+ / ATI Radeon 9000 combo!
What I find odd is that none of the N-Force mobos I looked at have integrated video. While I would have just shut it off anyway, I thought nVidia's reasoning for getting into the chipset business was to develop mobos with integrated high end graphics. Did that just not pan out for them? I didn't really pay attention.