nforce3 250 - x2 support?

[ghgh]

does anyone know if nforce3 250gb motherboards support x2 processors as ive read on their manufacturer's websites that they support athlon 64s and fx's with no mentions of dual core.

The two I want to upgrade are a Gigabyte K8nsc and an Epox 9nda3i.

thanks for any help,
ghgh

 

[russty]

EPoX 9NDA3+ is Nforce 3 ultra AGP and it overclocks like crazy.

I had one and it went up to 333Mhz HTT. It has great features and also supports dual core.

If you want to spend a bit more get the DFI Lanparty NF3 Ultra.

Both are still cheap though.

I wouldn't bother with 250gb.

Russty

 

[ghgh]

hi there

nice overclock btw.

ive got the 9nda3i though and not the 9n3da+, mine hasnt got the ultra chipset I don`t think, just the 250gb one. Maybe the 250gb chipset doesnt support dual core (officially at least) but the ultra does.

I might just buy a 4000+ for it and see if it will overclock nicely as i`ve seen some clocked at >3GHz stable.

 

[Hesky82]

what cpu/cpu's will you be upgrading from?

 

[malcolm]

does anyone know if nforce3 250gb motherboards support x2 processors as ive read on their manufacturer's websites that they support athlon 64s and fx's with no mentions of dual core.

The two I want to upgrade are a Gigabyte K8nsc and an Epox 9nda3i.

thanks for any help,
ghgh

I have a Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939 and there is a bios update on their site to support X2 CPU's. That should be all you will need.

 

[ghgh]

on the gigabyte I have a 3500+ @ 2.6 but can do 2.907 stable, and on the epox a 3700+ San diego,

regards,
ghgh

 

[ghgh]

I have a Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939 and there is a bios update on their site to support X2 CPU's. That should be all you will need.

hey, thanks for that, I will update the bios and see if it'll run with an X2

 

[Hesky82]

I have a Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939 and there is a bios update on their site to support X2 CPU's. That should be all you will need.

your Gigabyte K8NS Ultra uses the nForce3 Ultra chipset which has a bios update for dual core cpus and ghgh's K8NSC uses the nForce3 250Gb which dose not support dual cores to date.

 

[russty]

Sorry, thought that you meant that you wanted to upgrade your motherboard.

Just looked on the EPOX website, there is a bios upgrade for X2's for 9nda3i.
There is no X2 update for the gigabyte board unfortunately.

You could try emailing gigabyte to see if the bios already supports it.

Russty

 

[Digital Punk]

THIS PAGE says that the Gigabyte K8NSC board supports all X2 cpu's from bios F3 up.

 

[ghgh]

thanks for all the replies, they have been very helpful as usual.

I think im going to order either a 3800 or 4200+ X2 for the gigabyte and then put the 3500+ in my main rig and sell the 3700+ which doesnt overclock well.

regards,
ghgh

 

[pastymuncher]

This page says the Epox does as well up to X2 4800+. You only have to look.

 

[ghgh]

nice one dude, I didnt see anywhere that the epox supported dual core thats in my main pc so its the best option to upgrade it.

thanks again

ghgh

 

[FatRakoon]

I have an MSI Neo2 Thats currently running an x2 3800 @ 2.5

Thats a 250GB I think?