s939 AGP motherboard that support A64 X2 out of the box?

[deanx0r]

I am looking into buying a A64 X2 and a new motherboard and the later one needs to support the X2 out of the box as I dont have any single core A64 to boot and flash the bios.

The DFI NF3 Ultra was in my mind but I rather avoid DFI for now.

I am interested into the ASUS A8V Deluxe and the MSI K8N Neo2. Will the combinaison of their stock bios and A64 X2 allow me to at least boot and reflash the bios for a full support of dual core cpu?

 

[Topweasel]

Originally posted by: deanx0r
I am looking into buying a A64 X2 and a new motherboard and the later one needs to support the X2 out of the box as I dont have any single core A64 to boot and flash the bios.

The DFI NF3 Ultra was in my mind but I rather avoid DFI for now.

I am interested into the ASUS A8V Deluxe and the MSI K8N Neo2. Will the combinaison of their stock bios and A64 X2 allow me to at least boot and reflash the bios for a full support of dual core cpu?

If you have to have AGP (why what vid are you using) get the Neo2. As much as I like Asus i would not be able to overcome the VIA chipset in the A8V. As far as out of the box I don't think any NF3 board is going to be on the shelfs with X2 bios. In Fact I think all three of those use Beta Bioses for support. Most of them have a .9 micron bios though which should allow you to boot the coputer up as a Single core CPU.

 

[jose]

Look here if you are thinking of the A8V dlx :

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1661941&enterthread=y

 

[Topweasel]

Originally posted by: jose
Look here if you are thinking of the A8V dlx :

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1661941&enterthread=y

OP Please Please Please aviod the A8V with all of your power. Get the Neo2 or the DFI (as long as it uses the NF3) but for the love of god aviod VIA like a plague.

 

[AthlonPowers]

I recently made the jump to X2 - got the Neo2 (shipped with v1.8 BIOS) and it booted up first time and allowed me to update the BIOS to v1.9 which supports dual core.

 

[WarlordBB]

I second AthlonPowers experience. My Neo2 shipped with 1.8 (and at the time I got my X2, 1.9 wasn't out).

My system ran fine with my X2 4400 with 1.8 but only saw one processor. Updated to 1.9 and I'm typing this on it as we speak with both cores bored out of their minds but completely functional.