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Old 02-23-06   #1 (permalink)
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yo,
Has anyone experienced this mobo, it looks good to me and has had good ratings!

I heard you can oc 3200+'s quite well on them which is the exact processor i have , but am i right in saying you can only use Gigabyte graphics cards on that mobo? it just i quite fancied XFX. and what's with the nVidia nForce3? most of the others have nVidia nForce4? what dose it mean..i know i know i am really a noob but better to ask and learn!

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yo,
Has anyone experienced this mobo, it looks good to me and has had good ratings!

I heard you can oc 3200+'s quite well on them which is the exact processor i have , but am i right in saying you can only use Gigabyte graphics cards on that mobo? it just i quite fancied XFX. and what's with the nVidia nForce3? most of the others have nVidia nForce4? what dose it mean..i know i know i am really a noob but better to ask and learn!
You have to learn sometime, and I'll share a part of what I know
- I've never had a Gigabyte, a friend has the K8NS based on nForce3, but soket 754. I suppose this one is basicly the same thing only on soket939
- The K8NS paired with an A64 3000+ newcastle doesn't OC well (10% or something, but that's not a general rule)
- The MAIN difference between nForce3 and nForce4 is that the first has support for AGP, the second for PCIexpress, there are many others...
- I really see no point in buying a nForce3 board now, since you will have to buy also a VID card. AGP VID cards are more expensive than the PCIE ones, so even if you buy a cheap mobo, you'll end up paying more because of the video card.
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Has anyone experienced this mobo, it looks good to me and has had good ratings!

I heard you can oc 3200+'s quite well on them which is the exact processor i have , but am i right in saying you can only use Gigabyte graphics cards on that mobo? it just i quite fancied XFX. and what's with the nVidia nForce3? most of the others have nVidia nForce4? what dose it mean..i know i know i am really a noob but better to ask and learn!
what mobo
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gigabyte boards in general do not oc over 10% very well.

i can push up to 215mhz in bios with no problem, but anything over that will not allow the computer to restart.

however, you can use gigabyte's easy tune to raise the fsb however high you want.
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I really see no point in buying a nForce3 board now, since you will have to buy also a VID card. AGP VID cards are more expensive than the PCIE ones, so even if you buy a cheap mobo, you'll end up paying more because of the video card.
ahh nForce3 only supports AGP instead of PCI-E, get ya.
O thats not good at all lol! i was looking for a mobo that supported PCI-E cards, thanks for pointing this out for me, saved me a embarrassing situation

EDIT: + can i still ask, Dose it only support Gigabyte video cards? or is that just the make and it can support any AGP nVidia card? thanks

EDIT: Grr correct me if i am wrong by all means but there is 5 PCI slots on it!!

Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 SKT939 NF3 250gb 8channel audio AGP8x Retail
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There is a CTRL F1 option on Giga MBs for advanced options... kind of weird
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ahh nForce3 only supports AGP instead of PCI-E, get ya.
O thats not good at all lol! i was looking for a mobo that supported PCI-E cards, thanks for pointing this out for me, saved me a embarrassing situation

EDIT: + can i still ask, Dose it only support Gigabyte video cards? or is that just the make and it can support any AGP nVidia card? thanks

EDIT: Grr correct me if i am wrong by all means but there is 5 PCI slots on it!!

Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 SKT939 NF3 250gb 8channel audio AGP8x Retail
they are not pci express slots just the normal old pci ones
pci was first
agp was better
pci express is the best
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There is a CTRL F1 option on Giga MBs for advanced options... kind of weird
as far as oc'ing, that will unlock ram timings adjustments and another option that i can't remember off the top of my head.
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they are not pci express slots just the normal old pci ones
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