Lanparty or A8R32-MVP?

[Pulsedriver]

Hi folks,

My current spec is;

AMD 64 X2 4400+
2X1GB Crucial 'Ballistix Tracer' DDR500
MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum Motherboard
Sapphire X850XT Graphics Card
1X 250GB Hitachi SATA2 + 1x 160GB Hitachi SATA2


I am going to upgrade my graphics card to a X1900XTX, but is it worth changing the motherboard to the DFI Lanparty NF4 or Asus A8R32-MVP?
I've never really liked my MSI board from the start, and I've had issues with certain things.

I work with audio a lot, and its a known fact that Nforce4 Chipsets are not the greatest to work with for that, although in that respect, the ATi RD580 is potentially a gamble as well...?

I suppose the bottom line is, will I Loose any performance going to the ATi chipset?


I have 2 PCI cards, an EMU 1820M soundcard + a TC Powercore MK2 card.

I do not want them to share IRQ's so I guess whichever board has better management of that sorta thing?

Help appreciated, or do I stick with the MSI...?

 

[Pulsedriver]

No one?

 

[Gaverick]

The DFI Lanparty has a massive amount of options in the bios for configuring IRQ and overclocking, i don't know anything about the Asus A8R32-MVP specifically but my last Asus board was very good. The DFI has a chipset fan cooler whereas the Asus is passively cooled. I currently have a Lanpary Ultra D and finding it very good, no problems and easy to set up and the UV reactive components are cool too. I think either board would do you fine.

 

[andyr]

If i was you and didn't want to use two graphics cards and crossfire i would probably go for the dfi as i have had both the ultra d and the a8r32-mvp and now the a8r - mvp and bios alone the dfi is loads better, and also memory compatibility is well dodgy on the ati chipset boards , "i think they call it development in the field"