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Offline Gunthr

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« on: September 09, 2001, 09:55:00 PM »
I'm looking for 1Gig+AMD cpu in a good o'clocking but stable board... what's a good mobo right now for this? Thanks...
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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2001, 06:05:00 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2001, 07:10:00 AM »
give the Epox 8k7a a look
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« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2001, 11:07:00 AM »
yes the EPOX 8k7a is great. I just built myself a new system with that and a 1.3mhz 266FBS T-bird. The chip has the proper steppings to go up to 1.6mhz. Make sure you purchase quality memory... i.e. crucial. Along with a Radeon 64mb DDR v-card, Im averaging 80 fps in AH without tweaking the system yet. Its a whole new game when u can fly through smoke at 40 fps and not experience system lag.
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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2001, 09:34:00 PM »
Got a question fer ya!

I am going to get a new system, either I build it or it's built for me. I was looking for the ASUS A7M266. One of the places I asked for quotes said they use the EPoX 8KHA3. Is this a better board? Is it comparable and is the bios as stable as te ASUS stuff is for AMD tbirds?

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« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2001, 10:22:00 PM »
Maverick it looks like it is using Via KT266 chipset which is not as fast as AMD/Via combination used in A7M266 but my guess is only way to notice difference between them is via different benchmarks.
Looks fine to me.

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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2001, 11:11:00 PM »
Sunking,

Hrmmm...
I do 72 FPS / 40 FPS in smoke with celeron 566@850mhz and Radeon 64.
You do need tweaking  :D
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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2001, 11:54:00 PM »
I have the Epox EP-8K7A and have had zero problems.  Quality, performance, support are excellent.  

I also built a system with a Epox EP-8KTA3 which works great.  This is not a DDR board but it further enhances my high opinion of Epox products.
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2001, 03:55:00 PM »
I like what I'm reading about the Epox board.

Maverick, I read that the Epox 8KHA+ board with the new Via KT266a chipset is coming out in a week or so. It should outperform the KT266 chipset by a significant amount.

Thx all...  :)
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2001, 04:11:00 PM »
The best Athlon/DDR MOBO.... IS A DEAD ATHLON MOBO!

Muahahahaha

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« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2001, 04:29:00 PM »
No wonder your products are overpriced by 50%, you guys all post on UBB all day.   :)
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2001, 04:48:00 PM »
At least we're not looking up "used dildo" prices on e-bay.

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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2001, 04:52:00 PM »
LOL Deja!
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« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2001, 05:02:00 PM »
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2001, 05:23:00 PM »
Funked, he got your number!

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