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Time for an upgrade

alez222uk

By alez222uk,
Posted on: 2009-06-16 14:02 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Coh doesnt like my graphics card and sf4 pc is coming soon so i was wondering if anyone knew any good motherboards?

What am i looking for in memory bus speed etc?

 

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I'd say get one from Asus, Gigabyte or Abit. DFI also do some good ones. Check what CPU socket type and gfx card standard you have atm as you may need ot change these as well.

I'd say, if you can afford it, get one that supports 1066Mhz, in case you upgrade your CPU in the future to one with this bus speed. Definitely one that supports 800MHz though, although most of them do.

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A motherboard change will also mean a windows reinstall, as a heads up.
Abit have also dropped out of making motherboards now, so any left for sale will be simply be old stock

PCI Express slots, might want to try for version 2.0, just for future proofing, but I wouldn't worry if not as I don't think there is much between the first and second version.

 

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A motherboard change will also mean a windows reinstall, as a heads up.


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He'll probably need to reinstall the MB drivers and with XP onwards will need to reactivate Windows but a full reinstall shouldn't be necessary.

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