Abit or Asus Nforce 2?
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Hey guys
I own an Asus a7n8x (non deluxe) with the latest standard
bios (1002.A). Now there are uber bioses, vdd mods, NB and SB
cooler changes and such, all to do something very simple, to hit 200fsb without any problems.
I recently read about the Abit NF2 board. This is the nforce 2
of them if i'm correct. The thing is, that the 1.2 rev of this board
supposedly reaches 200fsb without doing all/any of the above mentioned.
Is this true? Could i reach 200fsb if i have 3200 memory (dual channel)
and a 1700+ 0307 cpu? I want to go to 2200mhz max.
And what about the Bios of Abit? with asus you can easily do it
in windows, while with Abit you have to do the stupid floppy way.
And it seems to be less safe too, since you now have the option at
excaliber pc to order a bios saver with it, and they even mention
that the bios might mess up easily. Now what would you guys do, which board, and what are the answers to those questions?
And finally this:
On the Abit site, the NF7 does not have the 5-bits FID Override technology (frequency ID) feature that the NF7-S and NF7-M have. Is this true? must i spend more money to get the M version just for that feature because the standard NF7 doesn't have it? And what exactly does it do?
Ok i know these are a lot of questions but i would really appreciate
any help.
Thx in advance
Yngwie II
I own an Asus a7n8x (non deluxe) with the latest standard
bios (1002.A). Now there are uber bioses, vdd mods, NB and SB
cooler changes and such, all to do something very simple, to hit 200fsb without any problems.
I recently read about the Abit NF2 board. This is the nforce 2
of them if i'm correct. The thing is, that the 1.2 rev of this board
supposedly reaches 200fsb without doing all/any of the above mentioned.
Is this true? Could i reach 200fsb if i have 3200 memory (dual channel)
and a 1700+ 0307 cpu? I want to go to 2200mhz max.
And what about the Bios of Abit? with asus you can easily do it
in windows, while with Abit you have to do the stupid floppy way.
And it seems to be less safe too, since you now have the option at
excaliber pc to order a bios saver with it, and they even mention
that the bios might mess up easily. Now what would you guys do, which board, and what are the answers to those questions?
And finally this:
On the Abit site, the NF7 does not have the 5-bits FID Override technology (frequency ID) feature that the NF7-S and NF7-M have. Is this true? must i spend more money to get the M version just for that feature because the standard NF7 doesn't have it? And what exactly does it do?
Ok i know these are a lot of questions but i would really appreciate
any help.
Thx in advance
Yngwie II
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Epox, Abit, Or MSI man :D
Asus ALL the way! :)
ya .. me agree ... Go for Asus Nforce 2 (NonDeluxe)
OP
thx for the replies.
Asus a7n8x (non deluxe)
Asus a7n8x (non deluxe)
Why not wait a little while longer for the Nforce 2 Revision 2 boards, they coming very soon, they will have proper 400mhz ddr support and 200fsb etc without the vdd mods. The Abit NF2 1.2 doesnt have this fixed from what i have seen but the revision 2 boards will.
Asus ALL the way!
ASUS has "low" performance...
Go for ABIT NF7-S, the best currently.
