Intel 915P

tribadism · Post by **tribadism** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:09 am

Intel 915P is a good choice for CW Scope cards ?

DDR2 and PCI express work fine ?

Thanks

snoopy4ever · Post by **snoopy4ever** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:05 am

Hello Tribadism

I'm really looking for the same answer as you do.., but I think a twice fast memory and a faster video bus won't affect CW hardware.., I'm actually considering the ASUS P5AD2 Premium.., cause that chipset (925X) will support the next generation of Pentium IV, the Extreme Edition. And also that MOBO support the native DDR2-600 so you can really have a superb performance computer now..and still have the chance to upgrade it later.

Beleive it or not.. I'm still using the same MOBO I got when the first Pentium II (yes 2) came out.., cause that chipset (440BX) claimed to support the future Pentium III, so I really saved a lot of money since then..., of course now I'm facing the next big change on technology. So what really worked then.. can work now.., sure it's more expensive but you get a really good room to grow.. meaning you'll have a solid computer for 5 years at least.

Hope this helps

Snoopy

ScofieldKid · Post by **ScofieldKid** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:12 pm

Depends a lot on what components you have now and if you want to reuse them. i.e. how many PCI cards do you have now and need to use, how much DDR400 do you have now and need to use, and do you have a kill AGP graphics card that you want to hold on to.

So far, the ICH6R performance has been the most impressive part I have seen in the new chipsets. I would like to know if the new HD audio is finally something on a motherboard that I could actually use regularly. But as for the performance of the MEMORY+CPU+GRAPHICS in the current mid-range price point, it has been pretty much dead even with the old stuff.

So... my general recommendation has been, if you are starting from scratch, definitely new chipset. But if you have a significant investment on non-movable parts, then you might want to wait just a bit longer to switch platforms. The new memory/cpu models really smoked everybody when it comes to upgrade paths.

snoopy4ever · Post by **snoopy4ever** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:58 am

I agree completely with ScofieldKid, it's very important to consider the parts(pci cards, harddisk, video cards, etc) we have installed on our computers.

On 2004-10-23 21:12, ScofieldKid wrote:

So... my general recommendation has been, if you are starting from scratch, definitely new chipset. But if you have a significant investment on non-movable parts, then you might want to wait just a bit longer to switch platforms. The new memory/cpu models really smoked everybody when it comes to upgrade paths.

Vasfed · Post by **Vasfed** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:45 am

On 2004-10-22 12:05, snoopy4ever wrote:
I'm really looking for the same answer as you do.., but I think a twice fast memory and a faster video bus won't affect CW hardware..,

Faster video, of course, wont affect CW boadrs, but Scope uses system memory for samples etc. and if memory becomes faster, scope will gain some revenue in performance
on the other hand upgrade will cost at least half a dozen hungred $

- cause almost the whole pc should be upgraded, only chassis, pulsar and ata devices will survive...