rec.autos.simulators

Hi all,
going to ditch my K7t266a.
Not because of performance, it's that annoying problems with Via-chipset,
soundcard,...

I'm looking for a upper medium end (high end I might be able to afford, but most
likely cannot get here in Malaysia)

Spec as follows:

AMD CPU (going to start with my existing XP1600+ for now)
acceptable onboard sound, no AC97 (I'm sick of hunting bugs for creative. turtle
beach,...)
NO VIA CHIPSET - they spoiled the best part of my life during the past 2 years

onboard 10/100 and modem would be appreciated

I will be using my existing ATI Rad 9600

Mobo should be allright with WinME for Dualboot

What does the community have to say?

TIA

JensSchumi

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    For midrange to almost top of line AMD chips...an Nforce2 board is
the only way to go.  
Several manufacturers sell a very broad line of those boards.  The Asus
Nforce2 was considered a top performer.  I have the ABIT NF7 board and it
boots fast and runs real well.

dave henrie

I'd highly recommend getting a Shuttle XPC with nForce2 mobo.  Everything
you could possibly want but without the extra heat, noise and bulk.

I also say Abit NF7-S.  Be sure to get the -S as it includes the excellent
onboard sound processor.  This is an excellent overclocking board also.  I'm
running a 1700+ at 2.4ghz (10.5x230fsb) as we speak, with a Radeon 9700pro.
Of course you'd need superior cooling and PC3500 to achieve this sort of
result.

rms

Ups,

forgot to mention:

GPL is a MUST to run properly on the new rig.

Would prefer to run it on the WinME partition.

TIA

JensSchumi

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I've read that it comes w/o gameport. Is that correct?

JensSchumi

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Correct.

Andi.

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Ofcourse!

I've to add something about the nForce2 chipset, though. It doesn't
work too well if you're using a gameport located on the motherboard.
You can't disable it (nForce bug), and it often spikes.

Eek.

Cheers!

Remco

I plug my gameport wheel into an old turtlebeach santacruz, but use the
nforce2 for sound output.  Works fine.

rms

Odd - I know VIA and nForce have a number of known issues, but I've
actually been really fortunate with the multiple VIA systems I've had
over the years.  I'm getting ready for an upgrade, and I'm looking at
a KT600-based board.
Look at Newegg.com - note that nearly all the nForce(orig and 2)
boards have "exchange-only" or "manufacturer warranty support only"
notes, while I don't think I've seen anything like this for the VIA
boards.
Since I have an Audigy2 card already the onboard sound doesn't buy me
anything, nor the dual-channel (only one RAM stick).
I'd be curious what other people's experiences are w/the KT600
chipset.

Kendt

Well, they aren't made any more (I don't thnk) but see if you can find an
ABIT KG7.  It has the AMD chipset and was always very solid.

-Larry

Gentlemen,
I finally got the Abit NF7-S.
Besiede a small glitch in the beginning (couldn't get any post with my inherited
XP1600+/DDR256 256MB combo - needed a Bios-flash to newer version) the thing
runs damn fine :-)
All of my former problems are gone, I'm a happy camper :-)

Tanks again and cya

JensSchumi

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