Video CARD ? HELP ME CHOOSE?

[smokeybanana]

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI
OR
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
OR
Asus A8V-E Deluxe
OR
Asus A8V-E Deluxe/SLI

??

Video Card : XFX 6600 Geforce 128 MB

Can Anyone Tell Me Which Mother board is better?
What CHIP Is better ? (k8t800PRO OR Nvidia4)
And Can A Motherboard with SLI Run with only One Video Card like normal ??

 

[NaughtyGeek]

I have the platinum and have no complaints. I've run several MSI motherboards over the last two years and have yet to have a problem. Also, you can run a SLI board with only one card. If you are not planning on adding a second card, I would just get the Platinum and not the SLI. If you're not going to do any intense gaming or you can be happy with lower resolutions and no AA the video card is fine as well.

 

[Promethply]

Only the nVidia nForce4 SLI comes with SLI features, which will also work with only 1 video card installed.

For a PCI-E motherboard, I'd go with the nVidia nForce4 over the VIA K8T890 based motherboards,

unless you want an AGP motherboard, then the VIA K8T800 Pro is better IMO.

I'd recommend the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe, which is a stable, overclockable, and solid nVidia nForce4 SLI motherboard.

BTW, for the video card, the 6600GT is a much better buy than the 6600.