Nvidia Nforce2 400 ultra

[el_duderino]

Hello, i am new to this forum and thanks in advance for your replies.

I am just about to upgrade my existing KT7A 1.2 gig Athlon and it seems that the Nforce 2 400 ultra is a good choice.

Looking on the net, the abit:NF7-S seems like the best value for money. My question is: does this support a 400 mhz FSB? On the specs on Dabs.com it lists 333mhz, as do some of the reviews i read, but on the website it states 400mhz.

Also, it comes with on board audio chips and i was wondering how good this solution is as opposed to a PCI soundcard like the one i'm currently using, my 4 year old SBlive-value.
Thanks again.
Dom.

 

[FallOutBoyTonto]

The earlier revisions of nForce2 only officially supported 333 FSB, but the second revision officially supports 400 FSB. Some boards needed only a BIOS update to change from 333 to 400 FSB support.

The onboard audio is definately better than that 4-yr old SBlive. I think its compairable to the Audigy or Audigy2.

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[el_duderino]

Thanks very much, ill be careful to check the specs before making any purchase.

 

[pIII_Man]

the nf-7 is a good board...you may want to check out the 8rda+ and this new <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1840" target="_new">DFI</A> board...

3 386DX-25's...12 volts...glue some ln2 and a wicked amount of overclocking and you get a willamantee minus 36 pins, 33.75 million transistors and a couple hundred mhz...

 

[addiarmadar]

Got get yourself the Asus A7N8X-Deluxe rev 2. It has support for the 400fsb chips by updating the BIOS.

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[pIII_Man]

asus has overpriced boards IMO

3 386DX-25's...12 volts...glue some ln2 and a wicked amount of overclocking and you get a willamantee minus 36 pins, 33.75 million transistors and a couple hundred mhz...