[ShockaR]

Ok buying a mobo that supports AGP and wired it down to the Gigabyte but theres 3 of em(?)

1. GA-K8NS Pro-939

2. GA-K8NS Ultra-939

3. GA-K8NSNXP-939

Here's a comparison chart on the Gibabyte site: http://www.giga-byte...otherbo...=1875,1839,1788

As you can no doubt see, there's nothing really between them but there must be something.
I tried seaching for some time for performance comparisons or what is it those these 3 differ in. I just want the best out of the 3 really and thats it!

Hoping someone can shed some light. Thanks in advance!

[Dark Biene]

normaly there is a difference of ZERO in performance

the biggest difference are the goodies

in this point i would go for GA-K8NSNXP-939
because:

Dual LAN solution with Gigabit LAN solution integrated
GIGABYTE unique Dual Power System Gold (DPS-Gold) design

if it´s too expensive go for GA-K8NS Ultra-939 and then to GA-K8NS Pro-939

[ShockaR]

ahh cool. what is the DPS? is it useful?

[Dark Biene]

"the Dual Power System delivers a total of 6-phase power circuit to provide more solid and durable power supply for the new generation AMD platform. Ensuring a more secure and stable platform than ever before."

[Mertsch]

those do use the older nF3 chipset

you may also consider getting a mobo with K8T800 chipset from VIA

I personally do own an ABIT AV8 3rd-Eye, K8T800 Pro

I did choose this one because at the time I bought it there were very few good motherboards avail.
performance wise the K8T800 is a bit behind the nF4
BUT
I have to say that I have no problem giving 1-2% performance for the comfort that comes with the chipset
1. is cool ... I mean really cool .... there are passiv solutions for nF, too but those do kinda work at their limit
2. its much more trouble free - this is due to the fact that unlike nForce (and like good old times) you do not HAVE to install a driver for it.
What you need is a driver for the SATA RAID controller for sure and for the gigabit ethernet controller on board.
but the rest does work very well without any driver

and for over a year now I can report no problems of any kind

You might take that into consideration

The only real negative point about the VIA chipset is that the 8237 got only 2 SATA connectors and very few motherboards use the newer 8251 which features 4 SATA connectors

but despite this I can fully recommend the motherboard I use

http://www.abit-usa....ies=1&model=201

[ShockaR]

Hmm ok i'll look in to the abit and compare to the gigabyte version. Thanks for the info too Biene, sounds like a good feature that DPS.

I'll let you know of my decision shortly

Thank for the help! :beer: :beer:

[ShockaR]

Well, I did decide on the GA-K8NSNXP-939 but can't find it to buy lol.

I've looked all over the place but nobody sells them...

Might have to go for the Abit after all although I did prefer a nForce3 Ultra based mobo.

Can anyone find it please :roll:

[Mertsch]

they maybe because nF3 is a legacy product you will have hard times finding one

[Dark Biene]

and if u want NForce like me, only....and u have the money

go for ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
(passive also)

[ShockaR]

No AGP on that one Biene. If only there was an NF4 with AGP slot. There are some board with XPG but I dont know how reliable that is...

Either way another last option is the DFI LanParty NF3 Ultra-D. The LAST EVER NF3 Ultra board to come, or to actually think of it, the last ever NF3 board to come out. Seems pretty good :hmm:

[Chernobyl]

Well, I did decide on the GA-K8NSNXP-939 but can't find it to buy lol.

I've looked all over the place but nobody sells them...

Might have to go for the Abit after all although I did prefer a nForce3 Ultra based mobo.

Can anyone find it please :roll:

Hi
its your lucky day

I just upgraded from my K8NSNXP to an Asus NF4 board so mine is up for grabs.
It works perfectly but I dont have much of the stuff from the box. I
I have the original CD and will throw in some new cables including 2 SATA.

Its performance was very good allow me to get 2.7GHz with a Venice 3000+ chip.
The Bus tops out quite high at 311MHz.

Yours for £25 + delivery

[Chernobyl]

slight error, the motherboard is an K8NS Ultra
I also have the back panel for the slots too.