which is best mb

[sudeshc]

Hello

I am confused about motherboards.
Which is of the following MB is best?
For AMD: ASUS or Gigabyte? (I have seen ASUS K8S-MX performance is much better than Gigabyte K8N GM2. with AMD 3000+. Gigabyte is terribly slow)

For Intel: Intel original or ASUS or Gigabyte?

When one says A is better than B, what is exactly compared?

Thanks,
Sudesh

 

[cmdrdredd]

It varies from board to board. One mfgr will have one board that is better than anything else, next release can be terrible.

 

[WildHorse]

Anandtech makes comparisons of mobos all the time.

Why don't you start reading some of the recent ones HERE.

When one says A is better than B, what is exactly compared?

The comparisons that Anandtech regularly publishes explain very clearly exactly what they are comparing.

 

[jkresh]

there is supposed to be a new intel comparison this week (maybe today or tomorrow if we are lucky). Including overclockign results for 680i boards for core 2 quad processors (ie qx6850 and q6600 g0).