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Old 08-06-2005, 05:52 AM   #5 (permalink)
Lasereth
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Just thought I'd drop in and say that there's no motherboards on the market right now that offer outstanding performance above and beyond the rest for socket 939. There are a couple of socket A boards that go far above the rest, but I'm not aware of any for 939 yet. If I were upgrading my motherboard for socket 939, I'd buy an Abit board that had the features I wanted.

I also have to ask why you're buying a processor that good. It'd be a complete waste for gaming...gaming PCs rely way more on RAM and videocard power than CPU power. If you're gonna do multimedia stuff then I understand, but otherwise, I can't recommend spending that much on a processor. It's not that it's "overkill" or "a bit too much;" no, you'd honestly not tell a difference from a low end Athlon 64 to a high end Athlon 64 in any game at any setting. Remember, the human eye can only detect 60 FPS and lower. Once you breach 60 FPS it's useless.
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