Best 939 chipset for OC

[Cyrus]

I have no clue which one it is : Nvidia NForce3 / Nvidia NForce4 / SiS 755FX / SiS 756 / VIA K8T800 / VIA K8T890 / else?

 

[Crashman]

So far it's been the nForce3 250, but the nForce4 is proving itself right now. I'd choose between the two based on whether you want AGP or PCIe.

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[Cyrus]

I see. And how's the SiS 755FX OC capability? The price of Winfast 755FX8AA is very attractive, yet the chip performs very well. But last time I know its BIOS limited the OC to 233 MHz only. Any newer info?

 

[Crashman]

No new info yet. I expect it's going to be a great overclocker, but without the clock generator needed to support that speed, I can't say any more.

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[endyen]

The problem with sis chipsets is they go on low end boards. No-one wants to put in the effort for a good bios, for a low end board. It's not the chipset, it's the mobo makers. The ecs K7S5A was a classic example. The stock bios allowed 0 OC, so some guys decided to make thier own bios. It was great. Oh well, I digress, nforce is the only real choice for OCing, because the pci lock works.

 

[Cyrus]

Talking about low end mobo, the MSI 755FX8AA is a 3 layered one which said something that rarely happen to the low end. Is there any performance increase by using more layer? Or it's just the cost?

 

[endyen]

More layers usually means one or more of 1- more features 2- larger traces,3- better spacing between traces,and 4- better heat dissapation.

 

[Cyrus]

Thanks for the enlightment. I think I better wait the 755FX8AA available in my local store or the nforce4's mobo price to be cut down. The US$ 94 is really attracting me. ^^