eVGA's got 2 new nForce4 Boards!

[The Pentium Guy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188003 <-- Ultra board ($110)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188002 <-- SLI board ($143)

Check it out. Anyone find any reviews? eVGA's pretty new to the whole motherboards scene, but they've got some nForce3 boards (I think they've only made boards for nForce3 and nForce4)

 

[rise]

somebody here bought one. i asked for some info on bios settings and maybe screenies of same but never heard from him again.

i love evga, i may try one out just for fun.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

i may try one out just for fun.

Crazy way to spend money, but whatever makes you happy .
If you do, update us.

 

[rise]

it can always be sold later, lose a few $$ gain some experience, and fun

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Yeah for sure. But hey, EVGA's selling the Ultra board on their site for $150. Newegg's selling it for $110. So you could sell it back for $120 (and pretend you bought it for $150).

1) Buy for $110
2) Sell for $120
3) ..........
5) Profit?

 

[rise]

yeah but evga still sells the 6600gt for 220ish i think.

when i get back from vacation i think i'll try out the ultra version..

 

[Bona Fide]

This board...sucks. Sorry to say.

- No IEEE1394
- OEMish design
- Front USB connectors are 1.1 only

Go with DFI, EPoX, or MSI.

 

[rise]

i'm looking at it and i'm confused by the slots too. what the hell is that blue one? its supposed to be 1x16, 1x1, and 3 pci but its got more than that, no?

bah, i'll get a grouper.

 

[toyota]

the first board IS NOT AN ULTRA BOARD. it is a regular nforce 4 board. evga doesnt make an nforce 4 ultra board. hey bona fide were do you get usb 1.1 from?? everything i see says usb 2.0. here is more info. http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1533_1.html. this looks exactly like the jetway board which has had good reviews. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813153030

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Good point(s). I missed over the fact that it's not an Ultra board. EPoX would definately be a better choice.

 

[rise]

nice link, thanks toyota. doesn't look like he's updated it yet. i'd love to know what the bios are like, not that i'm expecting much but you never know.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Main reason I'm interested in this board is the support that eVGA is known for. Other than that, this board looks fair (not *excellent*, not *horrendous*, but just *fair*). Lakc of firewire is a big turn off though.

 

[toyota]

well i want an nforce4 ultra board myself which they do not have. they also are charging more for standard nforce4 than most charge for ultra. there is no bios section on their website. i called them and thay said if they think there is a problem they would send the customer a bios flash. that just sounds very odd to me.

 

[Bona Fide]

Originally posted by: toyota
the first board IS NOT AN ULTRA BOARD. it is a regular nforce 4 board. evga doesnt make an nforce 4 ultra board. hey bona fide were do you get usb 1.1 from?? everything i see says usb 2.0. here is more info. http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1533_1.html. this looks exactly like the jetway board which has had good reviews. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813153030

Look at the Newegg specs for the SLI version.

Onboard USB Connectors : 4x USB 1.1

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide

Originally posted by: toyota
the first board IS NOT AN ULTRA BOARD. it is a regular nforce 4 board. evga doesnt make an nforce 4 ultra board. hey bona fide were do you get usb 1.1 from?? everything i see says usb 2.0. here is more info. http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1533_1.html. this looks exactly like the jetway board which has had good reviews. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813153030

Look at the Newegg specs for the SLI version.

Onboard USB Connectors : 4x USB 1.1

oh come on its just a MISTAKE. the regular nforce board on newegg says 2.0 for onboard and the evga site says 2.0 for everything on both boards. did you really think it was usb 1.1 on an nforce4 board???? geesh.

 

[MichaelD]

Scroll down the "specs" listing on the right. It's got USB2.0.

I'm considering this board b/c Newegg has a combo deal on it w/a 7800GTX. Link.

 

[wildcat86]

Originally posted by: MichaelD


Scroll down the "specs" listing on the right. It's got USB2.0.

I'm considering this board b/c Newegg has a combo deal on it w/a 7800GTX. Link.

the backpanel are 2.0, but the on board connectors for expansion slot usb ports or case front are 1.1

its a pretty basic mobo spec wise

 

[rise]

nobody got one of these with the 7800 deal yet?

 

[Imager]

Originally posted by: rise4310
nobody got one of these with the 7800 deal yet?

I'm ordering the 7800GT that comes with the free mobo. Then gonna turn around and sell the board! I might give it a try before I post it on ebay though.....
Ya can't beat the deal really.....

 

[rise]

lol, no, thats a nice deal. do you get bf2 with that as well?

if you do try it, give us some feedback. i'd love to know what the bios options are.

 

[Imager]

Originally posted by: rise4310
lol, no, thats a nice deal. do you get bf2 with that as well?

if you do try it, give us some feedback. i'd love to know what the bios options are.

With the free mobo option one you don't get BF2. But they do have a card that comes with BF2 too. Thats $419 I think. You could opt to get nothing in return and only pay $399. For $20 even the deal with BF2 is worth it since thats like $54 in the stores here.

I'll have to see if I can trade a 21" crt monitor for a low end AMD64 CPU and run that mobo for a bit....

 

[MichaelD]

I ordered the NF4 SLI/7800GTX combo from Newegg.

I'll let you guys know what the MB's like when I get it. From what I've seen, it's only missing Firewire; I don't own any FW devices, so it's a non-issue for me. As long as the board is stable, that's all I care about.