Devistater
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Yep, thats the only real reason I see not to get a PCI-E mobo if you are upgrading. If you have $500 in a x800 XT or a 6800 ultra in the AGP versions, then you would want to keep using that. Its like SATA, no one would buy a mobo today that didn't have SATA if they had any interest in maintaining an upgrade path in future. Similarly no one should buy a AGP mobo if they are upgrading thier graphics card at the same time because that will lock them into AGP only cards from here on out. Whereas the PCI-E is the wave of the future.Originally posted by: user1234
but if you already have agp card now, you won't be able to use it with this board).
Also the other bottom line is that in a month or two we'll have a lot more 939+pci-e boards to choose from (can't dispute that can you) , and we'll have much more information about which are the better and faster ones.
Why should I dispute it? You seem to think I disagree with everything you say. I dont, only the stuff you say that makes no sense, or that is BS you've dredged up without doing your homework.
Sure they will. I made the same point about the SLI motherboards which are very expensive now. However, look at any decent nforce 3 motherboards. Most are in the $80-$100 range if they are any good. I expect this motherboard similarly to drop to that range in 6 months to a year.Plus, as a matter of fact, prices will be cheaper, after the initial gouging dissipates (go ahead, try to dispute that).
And as a rule of thumb, it's almost never a good idea to blindly buy the first thing that's available, it's almost never the best choice.
Right, thats why I'm not buying an Intel. They were the first thing availible with PCI-E.
Unless you cannot wait, but if you're just doing it because of lacking patience than go ahead and make a fool out of yourself, but don't try to rationalize it using pathetic excuses why this is a good choice.
Pathetic excuses? Where? Quote me some. What I see is you making up stuff that has no basis in reality (like your assertion about nvidia chips being the same between ultra and sli, and your assertion a sli motherboard has 8 additional lanes), and then calling names.
The first few words about not waiting are a little bit true about me in this case. Now generally I research the crap out of things before I buy them. The nforce4 chipset series looks to be pretty dang good from the reviews I've seen so far. True, there's no reviews on this SPECIFIC motherboard yet no. But chaintech is a decent brand, they have customer service, and if you buy from a place like newegg you can always return the stuff if it turns out its crap. I dont plan on overclocking much, so if it has fewer voltage adjustments or can only adjust FSB in 2 mhz increments instead of 1mhz, I could care less. What I want to do is do a system upgrade overhaul, replace memory, graphics card, power supply, motherboard, and cpu. And at the moment this appears to be the best combination of price and features.
Unfortunately I just checked and Newegg is out of stock on this item. I should have ordered it yesterday
Note to wyck first poster, you should edit your title to reflect this