Best Nforce Ultra 400 ? Giga-byte, Asus, Abit, or MSI + why?

I buy Abit just for the a.)bios b.)bios-support. No other manufacturer
supports their product as well. There's already 8 bios releases for
Version 2.0. I owned the KT7a - and there's still product support past
it's prime. They never ducted the capacitor issue either, lol, course
this group beat em over head with it and Abit thought Homie was a hero
until the lawyers got a hold of it.

Alan wrote:

I am looking to buy another Nforce board and looking for input from current
owners.
My deciding factors a

1. Stability
2. Performance
3. Price

I use a computer for rendering drawings, dual screen with XP 2500, OCZ 3500
ram.

As I peruse the boards, many Nforce owners are having similar problems,
regardless of manufacuter, with the new VIA KT 600 coming out, what do you
think?

If you wouldn't mind taking the time to respond.


Alan




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Mark H --- Frag on !
NF7-S v2.0 Win2k-sp4
512k micron Bios 18
XP1700+@2200 1.6v
Radeon 9500 np 128
audigy & soundstorm
zoomless modem

I have both an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.4 and a Rev 2.0. Both of these are
great boards. I also have a Gigabyte 7NNXP. The Gigabyte is in my view the
best nForce2 board on the market today. It does have a few drawbacks. Its
expensive, about $190.00 US and the IDE GigaRAID is slower than a normal IDE
drive. My son has an ABIT NF7-S and he feels that it is the best nForce2
board made. I don't think that you can go wrong with any of the three
brands.
My son has a XP2500 Barton on his ABIT NF7-S that he has overclocked to 12 X
210 for 2520MHz and 420FSB with Corsair XMS3500, he is using some homemade
water cooling. I have a XP3000 Barton on my Gigabyte 7NNXP, it is running at
11.5 X 230 for 2530MHz and 460FSB with Corsair XMS3700. I'm using a Swiftech
water cooling setup with dual radiators and water blocks on both the CPU and
GPU. I did not have a great deal of success overclocking the ASUS A7N8X, I
could get the FSB to 200 and no more. Of these three boards I would go with
the least expensive. If your into overclocking I would go with the Gigabyte
either a 7NNXP or a 7N400.
"Mark H" wrote in message
...
I buy Abit just for the a.)bios b.)bios-support. No other manufacturer
supports their product as well. There's already 8 bios releases for
Version 2.0. I owned the KT7a - and there's still product support past
it's prime. They never ducted the capacitor issue either, lol, course
this group beat em over head with it and Abit thought Homie was a hero
until the lawyers got a hold of it.

Alan wrote:

I am looking to buy another Nforce board and looking for input from
current
owners.
My deciding factors a

1. Stability
2. Performance
3. Price

I use a computer for rendering drawings, dual screen with XP 2500, OCZ
3500
ram.

As I peruse the boards, many Nforce owners are having similar problems,
regardless of manufacuter, with the new VIA KT 600 coming out, what do
you
think?

If you wouldn't mind taking the time to respond.


Alan




--
Mark H --- Frag on !
NF7-S v2.0 Win2k-sp4
512k micron Bios 18
XP1700+@2200 1.6v
Radeon 9500 np 128
audigy & soundstorm
zoomless modem