AMD MB recommendations

[wesbc]

Ok, I have since gone through 2 MSI K7t266 Pro2 RU boards and am now going to return it for good.
Was having problem with it being compatible with my Visiontek Geforce 3 Ti 200 card. Even replace the video card but no good. Can't return the Geforce card as UPC was cut out for rebate.

I chose the MSI board for the Raid and USB 2.0. Very useful as I have a Lian Li PC-68 USB case, which has the 4 extra USB port up front.

So I'm looking at the Abit KR7A-Raid, but might wait for the KR7A-133-Raid.
Here's what I have.

AMD XP 1800+
Alpha heatsink (The big one)
2 X 256 MB Crucial DDR
Visiontek Geforce ti 200
SB Live!

Your suggestion and reason would be greatly appreciated. Especially if you are using one with the Visiontek Geforce card.

Thanks

 

[Funky303]

Hi there.. I'd suggest you the MSI Nforce powered board, the K7N420 Pro (MS-6373). Since I also had just problems with my MSI K7t266 Pro (nv4_disp.dll Driver in loop mode, poor/crappy IDE performance , heavy instability, crashes with SB Live, data loss bec. of the VIA 4in1s and so on.) I would recommend you the board above.

I bought it, plugged everything in, installed XP & everything worked.

It's stable, fast & has great onboard audio already inclusive. With the new drivers released a week ago you also have EAX 2 supported.
Also not to forget the onboard LAN & the D-Bracket LEDs with 4 more USB ports on the Mobo, so you could use your Lian Li Case. the only thing missing is USB 2.0 but I wouldn't cry about that. better buy a Firewire Controller instead.

The ony question I have:

do you have 1 stick of 512 MB memory or 2x 256 MB modules ?

since the nforce Board has a nice TwinBank Memory architecture, you should have 2 identically memory modules for best memory & system speed.