Yet another intel to amd...bye bye smp

[bigbootydaddy]

Well, i finally gave up my aging dual intel's....it was real hard to let go.

went from:

ABit VP6 - great dual mobo as long as no other components conflict
(x2) Pentium 3 933 mhz cBo steppings (yay)
(x2) Thermaltake gorbs
768 mb cas3 crucial
radeon LE - SUCKS HARD with SMP. went to a gf2 gtsv and framerates climbed greatly
sold the above for 490 gross

and now i sold it all, some on here, some on ars, and now i am proud to have:

Epox EP-8K7A+ amd 761/via south
Athlon XP 1600+ (not O/C.....yet)
Alpha 6035 hs (think thats the right number) and a noisy fan from 2cooltek for $29.
256 mb crucial 2.5 cas 2100 (about to add another 256)
Gainward GF3ti 200 (so far getting almost 100fps in rtcw in 1024*768, 32bit, max all havent played with it at all)

in the end i broke even.

I want to say that the intel system kicked butt while it was good. but what mostly pissed me off was all the via problems....soundcards, etc, which has been said a million times b4.

i want to eventually go dual amd, but with the bios limits on new mobos i dunno if i will be able to with XP.

i did notice that on the epox mobo, i could turn on the MP id thingy in the bios, and it would post like i had an MP chip...is that supposed to do that??

i want to go mpx, but i need the 5/6 pci's, onboard raid, lan, no sound. dunno i that will happen.

so far this rig is rock hard stable

booty

 

[Mem]

Bigbootydaddy glad you are happy ,I too went from Intel to AMD and have had excellent stability also the pricing helps a lot.Anyway I`ve no problems buying either Intel or AMD in the future it`s all down to best for value for money for me .

 

[Daniel]

I think the bios limits on the new boards for dual XPs might not be 100% true, I read a thread somewhere else about it, I guess we will all wait and see though.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Congrats on giving a good company like AMD a chance. I migrated from Intel to AMD about 2 years ago cause I was a broke kid trying to make ends. I have yet to be dissatisfied.

You can still use XP's in the 760MP boards from Tyan. The Tiger will run you just under $200 and another 1600+ will cost $140. Not too bad for a dual system that can outperform dual Xeons at 1.7Ghz.

 

[veryape]

Glad you were able to overcome the voices telling you to stay with what you know. Isn't it great, now we have a choice between what processor to get, and they both perform well enough that it's actually a hard decision.

This is the first time in my computing life that I ever remember anyone being better or even with Intel, they always had the best processor on the block, and now we have choices. I love them both so i'm definitely not trying to change this into an anti Intel/pro AMD thread.

 

[xWeston]

why'd you get the 8k7a+? 8kha+ is so much faster... i guess you mentioned hating via. I dont have problems with my via chipset but oh well.

 

[Pabster]

IMHO, neither 8K7A(+) or 8KHA+ are good choices.

Yes, I'm the resident VIA-hater

I just don't believe in spending $120 on a motherboard with core logic so buggy it requires incessant 4-in-1 "patches" and third party "patches" to correct (some) of the flaws. Doesn't make sense to me.

I'd highly recommend SiS 735 if you're looking for all-around high performance (with a low price tag), and without the headaches which are guaranteed to occur with a VIA-chipset based mainboard.

 

[MadRat]

Pabster obviously never owned the piece of sh!t 430TX chipset from Intel. Cheers.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

You aren't going to find many SiS boards sporting onboard RAID either. Why bigbootydaddy
wants onboard sound is a mystery to me. AC97 is a joke. Most 735 makers utilize the onboard LAN though, which is a nice feature. A good NIC card will only run you about $15 though, so it's not much of a savings.

 

[sandorski]

Over at Ars there's a thread that indicates that the MPX will in fact work with dual XP's(not officially of course). The BIOS the guy who made the original claim with, was a only beta BIOS that had XP support disabled.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

<< You aren't going to find many SiS boards sporting onboard RAID either. Why bigbootydaddy
wants onboard sound is a mystery to me. AC97 is a joke. >>



hey, i dunno if i wrote it funny, but i said i wanted NO onboard sound. I have a nice Hercules GTXP that i use and never have trouble with.

I aint going suck-it-sister (SiS), i dont mind 4in1s. its only like a 30 sec download...

i skipped the 8KHA cuz i was eager to see the 761 AND RAID.

i need RAID, cuz i dont want to spend 40 bucks or so on a ata100 card for more ide's (5 devices).

hope that cleared it up, RAID is my key.

booty

 

[formulav8]

Nothing at all wrong with the Epox board you listed. I had it(My wife has it now) and it is very fast and definitely very stable. I think you will be quite pleased with it.



Jason

 

[bigbootydaddy]

so far im happy with it, 4 days no crashes.

booty