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[jojo29]

:roll: ok what i want to know is which mobo from EACH of these company's is the BEST for wat I'M asking, not which mobo company is the best but which mobo from each of these companys is good for what im asking. Remember i want a 939 for the AMD 64 FX series board using the better of chipset of the 2(VIA K8 or nforce, i prefer the Via chipset but if the nforce is better list the nforce one first then the via) and i'd like the board to an AGP slot(no pci flames please) its a gaming board i want but i do want the agp slot as i want the ATI X850XTPE (agp)

Foxconn-
Asus-
MSI-
DFI-
Gigabyte-

please list the mobo that matches my needs from each company it could be more than one but the best is better

 

[Monkeytool]

yes master!

 

[peleejosh]

msi - k8n neo2 Platinum
asus - a8v deluxe

 

[cornholio2]

Originally posted by: Monkeytool
yes master!

LOL!!!!! YES MASTER!!!!!

 

[larry89]

DFI- NF4 SLI-DR

 

[cornholio2]

Originally posted by: larry89
DFI- NF4 SLI-DR

:Q He wants the AGP and NOT PCI-E......

 

[jojo29]

ok ok sorry for the hasty and demanding tone of the post, i just want to know which board is each company's best for what i'am asking.Again sorry for posting such a hasty and impatient post as i was in a hurry to post as i posted this at work.thanks

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: cornholio2

Originally posted by: Monkeytool
yes master!

LOL!!!!! YES MASTER!!!!!

.

 

[ericlala]

just search newegg with your criterias and you should only come up with 1 board from each company. If more than 1 comes up, it is either a different chipset... so just choose the more expensive one

 

[Monkeytool]

Originally posted by: jojo29
ok ok sorry for the hasty and demanding tone of the post, i just want to know which board is each company's best for what i'am asking.Again sorry for posting such a hasty and impatient post as i was in a hurry to post as i posted this at work.thanks

Eh np, my reply was meant as a joke anyway. If you look around, pretty much everyone agrees the NF4 is the way to go, but agp is pretty much out the door so its hard to get a lot of reviews on those boards, assuming they are comparable to their pci-e counterparts you can get a pretty good idea of which boards are best. To answer your question, "best" is pretty subjective, but each company will have different levels of each chipset, so the "best" Foxconn via board will be the most expensive, because it has the most features, and there will only be 1 or 2 choices anyway. In any way, the point is the answers wont tell you much, maybe tell us why you ask, then we can better help you.

 

[jojo29]

ok the reason "why" iam asking is because i just want to know which board is gonna do the things i want to do:give me all the options i want or could want even and get the job done. By that i mean yeah pci express might be the way "everyone is going" but pci isnt being used by games yet, actually games are barely even taxing the 9800's yet, and when i say "taxing" i mean that the game wont run smoothly on the card. games arent caught up with the cards yet and obviously will never be which is why im still looking to agp, because until games stop running on them and taxing them i wont change to it yet..i say yet because one day they will need only pci. thats my metality. there hasnt been a game that has really taxed my system enough where i couldnt run it on high settings. i have what i need..for now.The only thing i would really need to "upgrade" within the next 2 years and still be competive is an fx processor and my ATI X850XTPE. thats why im loooking for boards, s i have an Asus k8v se deluxe and its great just doesnt support the fx chip. so again the only board company i know is asus. i know what board i would get from them as it would be the a8v line.
what would be each board manufactures' A8V equivalent is what i want to know
Foxconn
Gigabyte
MSI
DFI
now that you konw my mentality and what i want please just put in the "A8V" equivalent from those companies

 

[Waylay00]

MSI - K8N Neo2 Platinum
DFI - Does not have a 939 board with AGP (supposed to though by June)
Foxconn - Unsure
Gigabyte - Names are too hard to remember. They make like 15 different boards for one chipset.

 

[Lukozer]

Speaking as an FX-55 and X850XT PE owner (ok so my vid card is PCI-E), i would chime in and mention that at the current rate of production, and current pricing in many countries, you would save money going PCI-E rather than AGP. That said, sticking with AGP, i would say the best "equivalent to the Asus A8V" is...

Foxconn - Not sure, i wouldn't recommend them
Gigabyte - GA-K8NSNXP-939
MSI - K8N Neo2 Platinum (though i'm loathed to recommend an MSI board to anyone)
DFI - As mentioned, do not make an AGP skt939 board

I feel i should mention that my top recommendation for your requirements is actually the Abit AV8-3rd Eye motherboard... I'm using the Abit AX8 and it has surpassed my high expectations. I would recommend you give the Abit board some consideration...

 

[theMan]

asus- a8v deluxe REVISION 2 (very important!)

MSI- k8n neo2 platinum

 

[CheesePoofs]

If your getting a new rig, there's no reason to go agp. Its more expensive, and you wont' be able to upgrade it in the future. Plus you have to use an older chipset with less features than a pcie chipset to use an agp card.

 

[KheeWhee]

First choice: an Asus a8v deluxe version 2. Asus have fixed all of their problems. FSB is topped about 267, memory should be ocz PC3200 platinum rev 2.0 if you want to overclock easely. Board is limited to 2,8 volts, so you need a ram which will overclock at this maximum.
Second choice: Abit av8 K8T800 Pro.
Third choice:MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
If you wait until june, you may have a DFI which should top all of these.

 

[rise]

agreed cheese. there is no reason to stick with agp if you are getting a new mobo anyway. you're better off selling your present card and upgrading the vga as well.