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250923 2004-07-09 06:16:00 Can someone recommend a 'value for money' reliable Motherboard and video card for my P4 2.8 cpu?

I have ASUS P4S800 in mind but still undecided for the video card. Is this ASUS good?

Cheers
bk T (215)
250924 2004-07-09 06:25:00 Whats your budget for vid-card? fus1_n (3818)
250925 2004-07-09 06:27:00 and what do you intend to use your video card for?

The 9800pro are at an excellent price nowadays.
metla (154)
250926 2004-07-09 06:27:00 > Whats your budget for vid-card?

somehere around $150.00
bk T (215)
250927 2004-07-09 06:32:00 scratch the 9800pro then.

All you can get is a 5200,which means very little,might as well grab the asus board with the onboard 9200 and be done with it,.
metla (154)
250928 2004-07-09 06:36:00 ASUS P4S800D or ASUS P4S800-MX (the ASUS P4S800D seems ok)

If you could manage an extra $60 for a ATI Radeon 9600 pro ($220)..... or save money and go for Ge-Force 4 MX 440($80). or geforce fx 5200 ($120)
fus1_n (3818)
250929 2004-07-09 06:53:00 > ... might as well grab the asus board with the
> onboard 9200 and be done with it,.

Which ASUS MB with this onboard 9200, metla?
bk T (215)
250930 2004-07-09 06:58:00 the

Asus P4R800-VM, S-478, ATI IXP200 chipset, 4 x 184pin DIMM up to 4GB, Dual channel memory architecture, 1 x AGP 8x, 3PCI, ATI 9200 128MB & 6-CH Audio on board, 4xUSB2.0, ATA 100, 3 Com 10/100 Lan ,SPDIF, Hyper- Threading Technology supported


Its a small board though,only 3 pci slots,which may or maynot be an issue.Doesn't have s-ata either which may or maynot be an issue....
metla (154)
250931 2004-07-09 07:00:00 > ASUS P4S800D or ASUS P4S800-MX (the ASUS P4S800D
> seems ok)
>
> If you could manage an extra $60 for a ATI Radeon
> 9600 pro ($220)..... or save money and go for
> Ge-Force 4 MX 440($80). or geforce fx 5200 ($120)

completely agrees!

Unless you don't play games, a FX 5200 or GF4 MX will drastically bottleneck ur CPUs performance.
Kenshin (2501)
250932 2004-07-09 07:06:00 yeah get that m/b, then when you have enought $$$$ get a good vid-card and shove it into the AGP slot.

Who needs more than 3 pci slots? and SATA 150 has even been slower than ATA-133 in some tests - its a waste of time.
fus1_n (3818)
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