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sikkwun   07-14-2004 at 07:26:06 PM

I was just wondering which motherboard is better for the socket 940 (Asus SK8V VIA K8T800 OR Asus SK8N nVidia nForce3 PRO150.. I know u need registered RAM) Are both boards Dual Channel?..i knoe the nforce3 is...but im not to sure about the SK8V... thx for ur help!... last piece to my PC!!!

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TheRod   07-14-2004 at 09:26:42 PM
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Have you search AnandTech, THG and others for their Opteron MB reviews?

I would personnaly choose the VIA MB, because it's a bit faster than nForce3 150. But many people don't like VIA chipset. I never had any major issue with VIA or nVidia chipset, so I can't say that VIA are less reliable than nVidia.

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endyen   07-15-2004 at 04:08:34 AM
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Yes, bothe are dual channel, and I would pick the nforce board because I have never had a via chipset board that was 100% stable whena SB sound card was used.

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Waspy   01-01-2005 at 11:22:42 AM
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Does both the SK8V and the SK8N motherboards REQUIRE registered RAM, or is it only the SK8N motherboard that requires registerd RAM and the SK8V can take unbuffered RAM? If I have unbuffered RAM already and want to use the mobo, I can't stick that in there and have it run?

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endyen   01-02-2005 at 02:33:23 AM
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It's that extra pin on the chip. If it doesn't see registered ram, it wont let the chip work. In other words, all s940 boards must have registered ram.

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Waspy   01-04-2005 at 07:05:17 AM
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OK, thanks for clearing that up for me Endyen.

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