ECS RS480-M or MSI RS480M2-IL

[thewholeshow]

Don't plan on overclocking at first, possibly later on. Which board should be more reliable? Also would the integrated video on either board be the same or better then my 440mx?

 

[The Pentium Guy]

They both can't overclock.

 

[thewholeshow]

The ECS board at least has OC options in the bios.

 

[keeleysam]

If yo uare going SFF, you aren't goign to want to overclock. Go for the MSI. It has 4 ram slots.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Yeah, MSI would be your best bet. Even thoug the ECS may have ocing capabilties... what the hell is a small overclock gonna get you? If you're gonna overclock, go big. 200-300 mhz won't get you anywhere. If i were you, grab the MSI and forget about OCing

 

[Kaieye]

Can either one of the motherboards support dual core ?

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: Kaieye
Can either one of the motherboards support dual core ?

Yes, they both should be able to.

 

[Josh7289]

Originally posted by: thewholeshow
Also would the integrated video on either board be the same or better then my 440mx?

I'm interested in the answer to that question, too.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Not if the MX440 is discrete. (Not integrated) Almost all current cards are better than integrated. (Depends on your definition of current)

 

[ND40oz]

I doubt that a discreet mx440 could take the integrated x300, you may be able to compare 3dmark01 scores. The x300 integrated is directx 9 compatable, the mx440 isn't. Check out the jetway pro model, it has 32 megs of dedicated ram for the integrated video. It should outperform your mx440.