Re: Any thoughts on buying a refurbished GTX-260...maybe?

Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:bj2ed35a7qdvfiieb72i6abrosoh4tee7p@xxxxxxx:

Careful there! If a motherboard supports both DDR and DDR2, it is
likely to be one designed and manufactured by PC Chips, one of its
no-name surrogates, or some other manufacturer of really poor quality
motherboards with low performance chipsets (e.g. SiS)... Ben Myers

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:13:56 GMT, newton <hasbr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for the info. I looked around a bit and found a new barebones
system that should work perfect for now and into the future. The mobo
supports both SATA and IDE. Comes with an Intel Dual Core 2.8Ghz and
also supports DDR and DDR2 so I will not need to buy new memory just
at this moment (it will support DDR333/400 - which I have in the
system) and it has an 8x AGP slot - all for $169 plus shipping.

cya!

<snip>
Did not know there were problems with PC Chips (read reviews at NewEgg -
only had an overall 43% rating). For $6.00 more I can have the motherboard
changed to an ASRock 775Dual-VSTA which provides PCI-E and AGP plus support
for DDR & DDR2. Been reading reviews and seems favorable except for Linux
users.

thoughts on ASRock? I have tried Vista and will not be leaving XP for
sometime to come - though the board is supposed to be Vista ready. It is
also WHQL certified. I think this might be a better board.

thanks
.

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