----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Kelsoe" <randykel@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A7N8X-E Deluxe experiences? or other motherboard recommendations? > Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > >I've been thinking of getting an AMD Athlon 2600+ 333MHz FSB, and an ASUS > >A7N8X-E Deluxe mother board. <snip> > I'm using a GigaByte GA-7N400 Pro2 mb, and it's working very well. FC1 > detected everything on install. I installed the nforce2 drivers from > Nvidia, but did not really need to do that. This motherboard uses a > RealTek lan chip, so the nvidia lan driver is not needed. FC1 detected > my soundchip as an i810_audio, which worked fine. When I installed the > nvidia audio driver, XMMS works fine, but other apps (flashplayer, > bzflag) sound weird like the frequency has been shifted up 2 octaves, > and there is also distortion and clipping. I just saw a review on Tom's Hardware about this motherboard, and it rated higher than the ASUS. I may look into it instead. <snip> > You will not see a speed increase by using DDR400 with a 333MHz FSB > Athlon CPU. It may even be slower than DDR333 (PC2700). Using > 'dual-channel' memory will definitely be faster (almost 50% faster in my > case). Yeah, I've been trying to figure out why the AMD Athlon XP CPU's are 333FSB, yet the motherboards are 400FSB? I just saw something about the current Barton CPU's are 333, but that 400's are due out soon? I'll probably have to buy my stuff in installments, so maybe I could buy the RAM this month, the motherboard next month, and then by the time I'm ready for the CPU, the 400's will be out? :) I *definitely want to do the dual-channel memory thing, though. Thanks for the input! I don't have the money to play spray and pray, so I appreciate the experience sharing. Ben
