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russmon   12-30-2002 at 01:28:06 PM

I recently discovered that my SBLive card has been my performance bottleneck for gaming. I am planning to upgrade to a Asus A7N8X Deluxe board sometime next year but will I see any performance gains by purchasing the board now instead of buying a new $100 sound card (which did solve the problem). I would rather spend $ on the mobo and not a sound card.

My current specs:
Asus A7A266 (would be replaced by the A7N8X)
Athlon 1400
PC2100 Memory
GeForce 4 4200

I would keep the proc/memory for now (it will work on the A7N8X, right) and get the Athlon 2800 and PC2700 later in the year.

The advice from the community is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Scout   12-30-2002 at 04:47:18 PM
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Your A7A board has lousy memory performance, so moving up to an nForce2 will make a world of difference for your gaming. Yes your processor and memory will work in the nForce rig. Plus, you can use the nForce2 on board sound instead of buying a dedicated sound card. The nForce2 sound is very good.

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russmon   12-30-2002 at 06:53:30 PM
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Thanks for the info. It has been awhile since I used onboard sound - is the performance/quality good on these newer mobos?

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Andyddr   12-30-2002 at 08:03:04 PM
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<A HREF="http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=feature_soundstorm" target="_new"> Soundstorm</A> Read all about it on nVidia`s site. I could`nt find any reviews on the web for it to compare to Creative Live but <A HREF="http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/nforce2/nforce_2.htm" target="_new"> here</A> is a nice review of your soon to be board`s onboard sound performance and capabilities.

Edit: Don`t read the rest of the review `cause it is pathetic...probably the worst I`ve ever read.

Your new hardware is out-of-date<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by andyddr on 12/30/02 08:25 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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russmon   12-30-2002 at 09:02:05 PM
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Great link - thank you! Looks like it will run really well.

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