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Subject:AMD Motherboard Posted by: shive27 Date:2/7/2002 6:21:31 PM whats happenin' i'm upgrading my AMD motherboard and chip soon and i need to know which motherboards work best with soundforge (and cakewalk's pro audio and sonar). i'll be getting the K7-1900 AMD XP (1.60GHz) chip. and i'll be upgrading to one of these motherboards that uses the new DDR memory. MSI K7N420 Pro DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX MSI K7T 266Pro2-RU DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX MSI K7T 266Pro2 DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX MSI K7 Master DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX Gigabyte 7DXR DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX
Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard Reply by: speedracer Date:2/9/2002 11:44:04 AM I don't know about MSI or Gigabyte, but word on the street is that the ASUS A7M266 is the bomb. It uses AMD northbridge chipset, and VIA (Via=satin) southbridge. See what others think though. speedracer
Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard Reply by: dule Date:2/11/2002 3:21:28 AM Im using Asus A7V133C and it's Just fine.
Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard Reply by: kryten Date:2/11/2002 11:36:25 PM Asus A7V266-E Athlon XP 1800+ The box rocks without any problems!
Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard Reply by: ljackson Date:2/14/2002 3:39:04 PM I've researched the brains out of this question for the past few months, and finally ran out of time and had to make a decision last night. I wound up getting a Leadtek 7350KDA board for my new system. It uses the SiS 735 chipset, which is much better at sustained HD throughput than the Via chipsets (even with the Via PCI latency patches). Got it for $83 at Newegg.com. If you can wait a month or so, you might want to hold out for a SiS 745 board (MSI 745 Ultra, Leadtek 7450KDA, or EPoX 8S7A). Either that, or if you don't need the built-in video of the nForce 420-D boards, get an nForce 415-D when it comes out. Any of these will work better for pro audio applications than a Via chipset board will. I may eBay the Leadtek board and get one of these when they come out. However, if you're up against a deadline and need to get something from the list you posted, I'd recommend the MSI K7N420 Pro board. It's become very stable with the v2.3 BIOS, according to reports on Amdmb.com and elsewhere, and it doesn't suffer from the Via hard drive throughput problems. Just be careful about the RAM that you get - make sure it's matched and high quality, and get 2 sticks of it (not 1 or 3 sticks). Quick note: boards that say they use an AMD 761 chipset still use a Via 686B southbridge, which unless I misread things is where the PCI problems lie. You'd still be better off with a SiS or nForce board for pro audio. However, multi-processor boards that use the new AMD 762 (a.k.a. 760MPX) chipset use an AMD southbridge and not a Via one, so they're supposedly safe.

Subject:AMD Motherboard

Posted by: shive27

Date:2/7/2002 6:21:31 PM

whats happenin'

i'm upgrading my AMD motherboard and chip soon and i need to know which motherboards work best with soundforge (and cakewalk's pro audio and sonar).

i'll be getting the K7-1900 AMD XP (1.60GHz) chip.

and i'll be upgrading to one of these motherboards that uses the new DDR memory.

MSI K7N420 Pro DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX
MSI K7T 266Pro2-RU DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX
MSI K7T 266Pro2 DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX
MSI K7 Master DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX
Gigabyte 7DXR DDR Duron/T-Bird SND ATX

Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard

Reply by: speedracer

Date:2/9/2002 11:44:04 AM

I don't know about MSI or Gigabyte, but word on the street is that the ASUS A7M266 is the bomb. It uses AMD northbridge chipset, and VIA (Via=satin) southbridge. See what others think though.

speedracer

Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard

Reply by: dule

Date:2/11/2002 3:21:28 AM

Im using Asus A7V133C and it's Just fine.

Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard

Reply by: kryten

Date:2/11/2002 11:36:25 PM

Asus A7V266-E
Athlon XP 1800+

The box rocks without any problems!

Subject:RE: AMD Motherboard

Reply by: ljackson

Date:2/14/2002 3:39:04 PM

I've researched the brains out of this question for the past few months, and finally ran out of time and had to make a decision last night. I wound up getting a Leadtek 7350KDA board for my new system. It uses the SiS 735 chipset, which is much better at sustained HD throughput than the Via chipsets (even with the Via PCI latency patches). Got it for $83 at Newegg.com.

If you can wait a month or so, you might want to hold out for a SiS 745 board (MSI 745 Ultra, Leadtek 7450KDA, or EPoX 8S7A). Either that, or if you don't need the built-in video of the nForce 420-D boards, get an nForce 415-D when it comes out. Any of these will work better for pro audio applications than a Via chipset board will. I may eBay the Leadtek board and get one of these when they come out.

However, if you're up against a deadline and need to get something from the list you posted, I'd recommend the MSI K7N420 Pro board. It's become very stable with the v2.3 BIOS, according to reports on Amdmb.com and elsewhere, and it doesn't suffer from the Via hard drive throughput problems. Just be careful about the RAM that you get - make sure it's matched and high quality, and get 2 sticks of it (not 1 or 3 sticks).

Quick note: boards that say they use an AMD 761 chipset still use a Via 686B southbridge, which unless I misread things is where the PCI problems lie. You'd still be better off with a SiS or nForce board for pro audio. However, multi-processor boards that use the new AMD 762 (a.k.a. 760MPX) chipset use an AMD southbridge and not a Via one, so they're supposedly safe.