Need advice in getting a new mother board!

[Lothar1974]

Currently I have an Asus P4S800 D-E Deluxe board. I have a P4 3.2 processor, Audigy 2 ZS Platinum card, 2 Gigs of Kingston PC3200 and will be getting a Geforce 6800 GT video card. I am wondering if anyone can suggest a pretty good mother board. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Lothar1974

[beavereater]

I like Gigabyte's stuff

http://us.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-8IG1000%20Pro-G.htm

[rallynavvie]

I think the pinnacle of socket 478 boards is going to be an 875 chipset, I don't think 478 is available with PCI-E. Anyway you're on the mark with Asus, but upgrade to the P4C800.

[waheed]

I would stay with Asus, they make good solid motherboards.

[julitomg]

Hi Lothar1974...can I ask you what´s wrong with your motherboard?, or it´s just the fact of accomodating the new graphics card?(I suppose it´s PCI-E, isn´t it?)
I ask you because I´m in the process of upgrading my own PC and trying to get a balance between price and performance was considering an ASUS motherboard a bit simmilar to yours, so I´d appreciate any coments regarding your experience with it.

[rallynavvie]

can I ask you what´s wrong with your motherboard?

Because it's an SiS chipset board. The best you're gonna get for the socket 478 is an Intel 875 chipset. Also socket 478 doesn't support PCI-E, only the LGA775 boards support the new graphics standard.