On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 10:11:37AM +0100, Filippo Carone wrote:
> Hi everybody,
[snip]
>
> Almost the same applies for the nforce3 250-gb, in this list some say
> some say the network and audio are well supported, while a mainboard
> using this chipset, Gigabyte GA-K8N PRO shows a "?" in the sound
> column of the "supported hardware" page.
>
> I'm a bit puzzled, but I think this is because motherboards come with
> different BIOS versions and people have different experiences from the
> same hardware.
>
> The choices I have are:
>
> Gigabyte GA-K8NS
> Chipset: NVIDIA nForce3 250 + ITE IT8712F
> Audio: Realtek ALC850 Ac'97
> Lan: ICS 1883 10/100Tx RJ45 or Marvell 8001
>
> Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9
> Chipset: NVIDIA nForce4 4X MCPs
> Audio: Realtek ALC850 Ac'97
> Lan: CICADA8201 Gigabit
>
> Asus K8V-DELUXE
> Chipset: VIA K8T800 + VT8237
> Audio: ADI 1980
> Lan: 3COM 3C940 Gb
>
> These are almost in the same price range, the first being the
> cheapest. Which one would you suggest? Are nvidia proprietary drivers
> working well?
>
According to Tom's Hardware, the nForce3 250gb kicks ass of the VIA
chipset. If you want some extra bits of performance.
None of the nforce3 component of my K8N-E is unsupported. My only
concern is a bug in 2.6.[789] kernel wich prevent SATA disks from beeing
used if they are connected to the nforce sata ports.
This bug has been fixed in the 2.6.10 kernel. So, now, I have no more
concern.
Sound if they are marked with ac97, is supported by the snd-intel8x0
(which is really badly named in this case).
Hope this helps
Seb
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