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| skvlad01 |
  Posted 8th Jul 2008 4:14am |
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I am now seeing what brands of graphic card and Motherboards people prefer.
Fell free to add any suggestions or brands.  |
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Lace  |
Posted 8th Jul 2008 4:40am |
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DFI mobo, Gainward graphics |
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sobe  |
Posted 8th Jul 2008 4:54am |
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Motherboard wise....
ASUS has been doing somewhat well... Kinda went downhill slightly from where they were.
DFI jumped up and crowned itself the king of Socket 939 AMD chips with the DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra-D and SLI-D.
Gigabyte has slowly been gaining respect in the overclocking, etc. area.
But personally, I prefer whatever is the most bang for my buck... Just like any other enthusiast. Sure, I have my brands of choice, such as eVGA for vid cards due to their extraordinary support, 90-day stepup program, lifetime warranty, warranty covering aftermarket hsf, modding, etc.
And my preferred brand of mobo would be between the 3 I mentioned and one more, DFI, Gigabyte, ASUS, and Abit.
Honestly I'd just tell you to grab not what is highest in price or by brand, but what is most reliable, stable, and has good features. As well as if you want a board for overclocking, etc. |
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| Bigblack40 |
Posted 8th Jul 2008 8:01am |  |
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ill stick with Gigabyte MoBos i have just built a Computer for my Course iam doing and it got a nice Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 [socket 775]
and like what Sobe said they are Very good for over clocking |
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| skvlad01 |
Posted 8th Jul 2008 8:15am |
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I kinda stuffed up this poll, should of had graphics and mother boards as separate polls. Any way I like Abit, MSI and I just got my first ever Asus board 2 months ago. I gota say Asus have won my respect
Personally I hate gigabyte board as I have had only bad experiences with them, but I cant ignore the fact that they are very popular.
I like EVGA and XFX for graphics  |
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| RED-FROG |
Posted 8th Jul 2008 11:31am | |
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HIS, MSI, ATI/AMD, Nvidia, Thermaltake, ArcticCooling ftw. 
Inno3D graphics, EVGA Graphics? lol whats that? |
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Garner  |
Posted 8th Jul 2008 1:17pm | |
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Manufacturers of Nvidia cards...
For example I have a XFX GF6800 - Its an Nvidia board but made by XFX.
Thats my choice when it comes to graphics.
Asus for motherboards.
Those are my preferences, however if at the time of buying there's something that has good reviews I'll consider switching - I merely start by looking at XFX/ASUS first. |
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Assman15  |
Posted 8th Jul 2008 8:28pm | |
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I've only ever had experience with bargain brand motherboards, mostly WinFast and Biostar. I don't really prefer one over the other, they both pretty much perform well for the price, and have a good lifespan. As for graphics, NVidia is the way to go for onboard, but only if you don't have the option of an add-on card. |
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| jileb |
Posted 11th Jul 2008 8:07am |
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Abit Fatality sli motherboard, Gainward gfx |
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| skvlad01 |
Posted 11th Jul 2008 8:14am |
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Yeah Abit rule All last 3 compys had Abit boards in them, except my newest coz Abit didn't make a 780A chipset mobo  |
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| goober |
Posted 11th Jul 2008 3:02pm | |
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ASUS M2N-E Mobo, Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce 8800GT OC w/ Zalman Cooler. |
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| jileb |
Posted 12th Jul 2008 10:15am |
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| Quoting REDFROG | HIS, MSI, ATI/AMD, Nvidia, Thermaltake, ArcticCooling ftw.
Inno3D graphics, EVGA Graphics? lol whats that? |
Inno3D and EVGA are based towards budget buyers, thus there usually cheaper than most other brands. |
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