Best P4 Socket 478 Mobo

[sheemone00]

Hello folks, my ASUS P4P800 Deluxe is giving me some problems and I think its the compatability issue with the VGA card (RADEON 9700 Pro). So instead of going out and buying a new VGA card (~ $200 geforce 6600 GT looks mighty tempting ) I just decided to get a new mobo.

I read the round-up of socket 865/875 article part 1 (part 2 never came out T.T) and I can see that from that IS7 is one of the top leading boards, but I was wondering if any new boards came out after jun 2003 that perform better than the boards reviewed in that article.

Also how does SiS Chipsets perform compared to 865pe/875p?

 

[stickybytes]

SiS can't really be compared to the intel chipsets, especially in overclocking.

 

[MDE]

I like my IS7, but that's the only Intel board (other than an ECS i848 based board) I've been able to do any fiddling with.

 

[sheemone00]

I'm leaning towards the IS7 series but I hear that people were getting problems. Have they released a new version of the IS7 that solves these problems?

Also what's the difference between the IS7-e, IS7, and IS7-g?

I would do the research, but I have limited internet access this week and I don't have the time.

 

[Mucker]

First of all, what kind of issue are you having with the 9700Pro and the Asus? I don't think your going to see alot of bang for buck by going from 865 to 875. IMO, you may want to start saving up for a new MB, CPU, and VC. If you plan to stick with AGP for a while, I'd suggest buying a great AGP VC first. You'll be able to use it on the P4P800. Later on, you could upgrade to an AMD 64 CPU and a nF3 socket 754 board with AGP.

The better route would be to stick with what you have and go AMD 64 and a 939 nF4 mb with a PCI-e VC. Just my $0.02....

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