im tierd of having problems with this motherboard and graphics card.. and seeing as all the 64 bit processors are out there.. i mite aswell upgrade

can anyone point me to a good motherboard, graphics card and processor.. my birthday coming up and im looking towards £350 so somthing with in that price range

heres what i had in mind:

Geforce 6800GT (AGP) <-- around £120 (i think)
AMD 64 3600+ <--- around £150 (i think)

also is AGP or PCI express better? will we be seeing more express or AGP cards in the future..
thanks =)

hey i live in the uk and i dont see them prices around in pc stores like pc world a bgf 6600 gt agp costs like 220 quid, where do you shop?

Presscot 2.5g @ 533/133
2x256mb Samsung
Pny geforce 6 6600 GT
40gb seagate HDD
i845GE

computer fair in london =) i dont buy from shops.

o dodgy dealing :S:S risky

Presscot 2.5g @ 533/133
2x256mb Samsung
Pny geforce 6 6600 GT
40gb seagate HDD
i845GE

I think you're overkill on both CPU and video card. PCI-e is better than AGP; it is the future.

Go Socket 939 on the Athlon 64 board, specifically Nforce4 Ultra or SLI, not the plain NF4, so you can go to at least an FX-55 down the road, and probably be able to put on a dual core CPU on the same motherboard.

Also, go Venice or San Diego for the core type on the CPU if possible.

overkill is good =)

I define overkill as spending more money when you will see little in return. For gaming, you probably will not be able to tell a difference between an Athlon 64 3000+ and a 3600+.

You probably will be able to bump up more IQ settings with that video card over others such as the reasonably priced 6600GT, but I don't see a difference between 4x and 8X anti-aliasing, personally.

But, it's obviously your call. I personally like to pocket the money for the next upgrade we all know we're gonna need.

Looking on your other post in which you had tons o' problems, make sure you get a good quality board. Don't skimp like go with an SiS chipset board! ;-)

VIA boards are good, same with NForce4 Ultras and SLI's, although I've had some issues with the drivers on NForce4 boards. However, drivers provided by the manufacturers on the CD bundled with the board always worked. The issues I've had are installing updated reference drivers from NVidia. They are still the fastest though.

However, if you want reliability as #1, unfortunately I'd have to recommend VIA until NVidia gets their drivers for NF4 straight.

But if you can deal with using only the drivers on the CD, and can wait for NVidia to get the newer ones corrected, go NForce4 Ultra or SLI.

Did you get the driver issue straighten out?

Go to the following site:

http://www.sis.com/download/

[step 1] Chipset driver,
[step 2] AGP (GART) driver,
[step 3] Windows XP...then click GO

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz
768MB PC3200
Asus A9550 128MB/128-bit
Gamer Edition
WinME/WinXP Pro

you should get an Asus A8N SLI-Deluxe MoBo, BGFtech 6800 gt oc video card or a Radeon X800 XL, 1024 of Micron/Crucial PC3200 RAM, and either an Athlon64 4000+ or an Athlon64 3500+. Good luck man!

P.S. and for a power supply, get either a Thermaltake or an Enermax and get one that is at least 500 WATTS. TRUST me, you get everything on my list, and your comp will OWN!!!!!!

Video Card 9800XT @ Core:416Mhz & Memory: 385Mhz