Your recommendations requested

[Pacfanweb]

OK, a friend has talked me out of my old MSI/T-bird combo, and is paying me enough that I can upgrade my rig a bit.

I am thinking of a dual XP mobo. First of all, is it even worth it? Do many or any games make use of dual processors?

Second, what is a good, stable dual XP mobo? I have loved my MSI turbo R mobo for over a year now. Any dual XP mobos this stable?


If not, or if dual processors isn't worth it, I need a good single XP/DDR board.

For either board, I don't need sound or lan built in. I have all separate cards.

Recommendations?

 

[halkebul]

To take advantage of dual CPUs, you need an operating system and applications that support dual CPUs. Windows XP Pro Edition (not Home Editon) and Linux supports dual cpus. Quake 3 is basically the only game that benefits from dual CPUs. In other games you may actually see a decrease in performance compared to a single CPU. For a continuous flow of dual cpu info go here.

 

[oldfoof]

I would suggest getting a Epox mb. I wouldn't suggest a dual rig there is not enough applications that can take advantage of it, As well most games cant.

If you are looking for a kt266a mobo I would suggest the Epox 8KHA+! I have been running that board for some time now... and its been just perfect! Also the newer EP-8K5A2+ kt333 & EP-8K9A2+ kt400 Boards are great!

 

[Pacfanweb]

Well, I stayed with a single processor. Ordered an MSI KT4 Ultra mobo, and an XP 2100+ cpu. 512 megs ddr 333.
I went with MSI because of reviews, and because I've been very pleased with my current MSI board.

Now I need to figure out how much I have left to spend on a video card.

This setup should pretty well spank my current 1.33 Tbird and 512 megs of pc133.