What Mobo for OC'ing ???

omc1jz · October 18th, 2003, 05:49 AM

Hi all, Got a specific request for a motherboard. I have a AMD 2500+ (not knowing if it is a barton or not) , 512mb pc333 , and 2 vid cards TnTpro32 AGP and GF4 64mb agp.
I want the mobo to have 2 AGP ports (dual monitors for web design). Good onboard sound, and capabilities for oc'ing.

Basically im new to overclocking and want to have a play , so ease of use and full functionality (no hold backs).. would be nice.

What would you choose?

Maty

iNeb · October 18th, 2003, 05:57 AM

There is NO dual agp slot mobos AFAIK..

I would suggest the epox 8RGA from newegg for $109 since it has dual onboard VGA ports

Or the Epox 8rda+, i got it and it rocks

Edit, forget my advice, you don't have drr ram =(

omc1jz · October 18th, 2003, 06:02 AM

Oh yeah ive heard of that new DRR ram????????

I think it is ddr ram ( if thats what you mean) It as chips on both side!!?

Maty

So should i take your advice????

iNeb · October 18th, 2003, 06:06 AM

Well, it depends, you could use an advanced graphics card that has dual heads on it (I could find one for you, kinda hard since your in oz land) Use a PCI video card, or use the epox 8rga (Which probably doesn't have good enough graphics to play games)

I would suggest an epox board with an advanced graphics card that had dual heads on it.

If so, what is your price range and how heavily do you play games

omc1jz · October 18th, 2003, 06:08 AM

At the moment i have a Asus A7V8X-MX with onboard vid and a AGP port. Someone told me running the onboard and the video card at the same time causes probs and wont work???

Not happy with the KT400 chipset

my old a7n266 Mobo was better i thought..

iNeb · October 18th, 2003, 06:10 AM

I don't think you can run both at the same time, i don't mind via chipsets on other boards (used them for years, never had a problem) but right now the epox board i use has a nvidia nforce chip on it, which has been perfect to me

omc1jz · October 18th, 2003, 06:13 AM

I could do the dual head thing... but i dont really want to spend $$$$ on a vid card at the moment.. In price comparison a mobo is cheaper than a decent vid card and i already have 2 cards laying around spare?..

I want the cake...and im gunna eat it too???..

iNeb · October 18th, 2003, 06:14 AM

Well, how much gaming do you do?

omc1jz · October 18th, 2003, 06:30 AM

Very Little Gaming, All my work is graphics and cad ...

Lots of 3d rendering and so forth. Is the dual port 64mb card the same aas a singele head one. Does it lose any grunt over the dual port..

Still no mobo's with 2 agp ports.

iNeb · October 18th, 2003, 06:37 AM

No motherboard with dual agp ports exist AFAIK, no searches pulled up any if there was some new technology.

If you are doing high end graphic work, then onboard wouldn't be for you.