new system

[thePh@r@oh]

WD WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE 120GB 7200RPM
768MB ddr ram
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP, VIA KT400 chipset 8X AGP ATX motherboard
AMD ATHLON XP 2200+/
ABIT SILURO GF4 TI4200-8X 128MB


ive seen alot of posts where people are having trouble with there MoBo set to 8x should i be worried about that? I havent bought this yet but i'm about to and i dont want to waste my money. any thoughts?

p.s. Newegg, you have me.

[VERT]

I wouldn't worry too much about it 8x AGP doesn't make a real difference in speed at the moment

ive seen alot of posts where people are having trouble with there MoBo set to 8x should i be worried about that?

No you shouldn`t, because even if it didn`t run at 8X AGP you can run it at 4X, which is about the same thing actually ...
8X doesn`t make that difference for a gamer...

PS. you might consider EPOX board with the same chipset .. or the new good nforce2 chipset instead

[thePh@r@oh]

im not worried abotu it for speed, its just cheaper to get the 8x 128mb from new egg than to get the 4x 64mb from best buy here in town. i just dont want my games to crash.

[thePh@r@oh]

what about this one http://www.leadtek.com/motherboards/...d/k7ncr18d.htm

From the reviews i read about this board i can tell you it is a very solid stable one ...

But Epox is still the king of speed for gamers and its exteremly stable ...

PS. With the nforce2 board you don`t have to be a sound card coz it has really great quality sound capabilities way more than the AC97 can offer ..

[thePh@r@oh]

what about this board its only $105http://www.epox.com/html/motherboard...RDAplus&lang=1

That Epox is the one i`m looking forward to get ..
Fast stable and tweakable board that will serve you well ..

[thePh@r@oh]

thanks for the help its actually cheaper than the one i was gonna buy