What chipset is better?

[Weigy104]

nforce 3 ultra/regular or the k8t 800 pro. it has to be one of these cos i'm upgrading to a 939 cpu and have just bought a AGP graphics card so... i've kinda went off abit motherboards recently cos i heard some bad user reviews and theres something about the nforce boards that i like don't know which is better though. pls help

soz for posting yet another question about motherboards

 

[brantk1977]

Go with this board and you cant go wrong. Best Athlon 64 AGP board. It also has socket 939.

DFI UT NF3 ULTRA-D:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136161&CMP=OTC-pr1c3watch&ATT=Motherboards

 

[Weigy104]

Go with this board and you cant go wrong. Best Athlon 64 AGP board. It also has socket 939.

DFI UT NF3 ULTRA-D:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136161&CMP=OTC-pr1c3watch&ATT=Motherboards

yeh that looks pretty good and is exactly the same price as another one i found and like alot MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. This board gets some really good reviews. Which is better?

btw i'll be putting the new 3800+ venice on it for some serious gaming performance

 

[brantk1977]

Go with the DFI. Best overal board with killer overclocking features. I would get a 3700+ Sandiago over that venice chip.

 

[Weigy104]

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Go with the DFI. Best overal board with killer overclocking features. I would get a 3700+ Sandiago over that venice chip.

do you have a good reason? cos the venice has more new features.

 

[bcgone5150]

Plus there is not much gains by buying a San Diego over a Venice, at least not ones that will be noticable. I would go with the Venice based on price versus the San Diego.

 

[brantk1977]

The 3800 Venice is more expensive than a 3700 Sandiego. The Venice core is a sandiego with less cache. The venice does not have more features than a Sandiego core. But when it comes to a cpu go with what ever you can afford, not by what someone tells you.

Athlon 64 3800+ 512K 90nm Rev. E Venice $373.00
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...e=M&Product_Code=120208&AFFIL=pricewatch&NR=1

Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E San Diego $339.00
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...e=M&Product_Code=120273&AFFIL=pricewatch&NR=1

 

[bcgone5150]

This was the article I was referencing for my previous post about the little gains the SD has over the Venice.

I guess the Venice are a little more expensive than the SD. Sorry.

Reveiw on the SD and Venice chips.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=219&num=1

www.newegg.com (Prices on the chips)

Venice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ce=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=343&Submit=Property

SD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ce=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=343&Submit=Property



I guess I would consider an SD chip then based on price and the hair of performence it has over the Venice.

Good luck on the cpu hunt!!