need advice with upgrade

[couvier]

Which MB/Video card do you think is a better bang for your buck?

OPTION 1:

MB: Asus A8V Deluxe $115.00

VIDEO CARD: GeForce 6800 GT 256MB $295.00

total: $410.00


OPTION 2:

MB: Asus A8V-E Deluxe (PCIe) $145.00

VIDEO CARD: RADEON X800 XL 256MB PCI Express $270.00

total: $415.00

 

[scottchen]

Get other motherboard... both are to all honesty, crap... I'd recommend you going with the second option, except go with a Nforce4 board, from Chaintech/Gigabyte both have cheap boards that are good.

 

[lonelypauly]

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[cleeve]

Perforance would be par. Personally I'd go with a PCIe motherboard at this point though.

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[dunklegend]

Both video cards are good but I would get the PCI and you can get a better mobo like the Epox nforce 4 ultra for $110 at newegg.

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