Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Last time I checked, Intel Bad Axe 2 is one of the best motherboards on the market (more or less tied with the ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe for the title of best 975X chipset motherboard). And most video-cameras do use the Firewire interface.
Claiming that people who buy Intel boards are idiots that advice others to go Intel just to feel better about their purchase is just poor taste.
And it takes some nerve to attack something with a decent track record like the Bad Axe motherboards and then support a brand-new motherboard in this era of memory compatibility issues and immature BIOSes.
It is one of the better current boards out of a list of 20(if your not overclocking). I never cut the board one bit. I mearly remarked upon the companies target consumer. The last time I checked Yuppie wasn't a curse word. It's a group of people that want the best name when buying a product no matter if they are giving up anything else or if another product is better. If it's name and reputation is not as intimidating they won't puchase it.
I knew I was going to get jumped on for the post I made this does not bother me. But before anyone makes a comment like I'm an idiot. That person sould have asked themselves if they ever called Intel junk or cut Bill Gates just for the reason of mocking the company/product. I'm a little sick of these over oppionated people that claim and praise one thing then a few month or a year later have no loyalty to that same brand because it's no longer the talk of ultimacy.
Yes your right of course firewire is better for HD source to source video feeds but it doesn't need to come native on the board unless the board is build for the video editing enthusiest. To make a remark of this like its the end of the world deserves some ridicule. The few people that use it can buy a very inexpense add-on card. To make a statement like USB will never be better is just plain arrogance kinda like the attitude a Yuppie carries.
Still buying an Intel board is like the guy ontop of the hill that spent $85,000 on a new Mercedes. Has a party so all his family and friends can see the new car he bought his wifey. After arriving they see in the driveway a plain-jane white stationwagon with a peace symbol for a hood ornament. His favorite feature is you can't hear the wind whisteling with one window down going 55MPH. WOW Mann! $85,000 well spent in my book. NOTT!!
Hey I'm not here to insult anyone just making a point. If you can't understand the analogy then you are either to young in experiance, prejudice or yourself a person of the example. Relax Breath its just a point. and stop smoking cigarettes they aide in raising the hostility.
Intel is targeted at doing applications and compiling this in no way makes it the best for everything. Check the latest motherboard review here on this site. I would have to say the raine of the Intel chipset has fallen. Sooner you come to terms with that the better. To shoot down a New board such as the P6N-sli without looking at its reviews seems silly to me. FYI it has no substantiated claims of a single thing wrong with it. Do you think the so called immature bios is going to fall backwards as it is updated? Just a bit more about information you do not posess the 680i and 650i chips have been on the market for 4 months now I would hardly call this new not in the computer market.
moosey who is who that post was directed at is in every single thread about the purchase of a motherboard posting and advertising that same motherboard no matter what the clients needs or wants are. You cant tell me that the Badaxe2 is that good and that it is absoultly the best board for everyone and in every system(get real). Currently the best overclocking board is the Asus Striker, The best multimedia board is the GA-N680SLI-DQ6(it does have firewire I guess a real critera in being the best motherboard), The best Buisness/encoding board is the GA-P965-DQ6, The best gaming board currently is the Asus Striker with EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 Rev2 ready to back it up or perhaps beat it. MSI's P6N Diamond is probley going to knock all of those off the hill top except one. Now thats funny I dont see the Badaxe2 in there anywhere. All these boards are 100% stable with the latest Bios. Incorrect overclocking is what makes for instability. Something extreemly restricted by Intel. The only reason they have a reputation for being stable is thats what they tell everyone. It really can't be argued since they never overclocked till recently and now the settings cant go high enough that you could make it unstable, because no other company makes motherboards in the mid and top level that don't allow overclocking to the point of instability. So people need to stop rubbing that crap in the faces of those who just don't know any better. I'd take a board for stability that is capibile of running a 500Mhz bus and run it at default 200 bus speed over one that cant get to 430 on air any day. Wouldn't you? Must be better componets in the one that can run stable at a higher speed. So that should throw the theroy of Intel being more stable right out the window. When were talking Flagship boards or mid-level boards stability comes from the user not the board. Calling Intels top-board a flag-ship is like taking a tug boat into the Russian's cold waters It's not made to do battle with the big boys
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