Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Gigabyte nForce 3 GA-K8NS PRO 250 BIG issue

g.w. · 09-22-2004, 03:41 PM

Hi. Brand new here, was coming on to hopefully find some info for another computer I am setting up, but saw your thread and figured I`d peek as I`m going to build yet another system with the GA-K8NS PRO which I got a few weeks ago at a computer show.

Bought the board from some great guys out of Tennesse, I`m in Ohio, they travel. Anyhow in looking for a new Vid card, they suggested an update as all of my cards DID NOT go AGP 8X.

They say with this board 8X is important issue, and they said N-Vidia was the one to look for here. They also said NOT to use an ATI card with this system. Don`t know why, but they said it would be very unstable. They said due to the N-Vidia chip on mobo, and something about a "pi--ing contest" between ATI, and N-Vidia.

Noticed you said you had an ATI, haven`t had an ATI for years so don`t know what your card is, but if not 8X maybe is a problem in that, but thinking if you have a friend or way to swap in another non ATI card it would let you check to see if it was the ATI vid card.

Hope this helps, good luck, I`m hoping not to run into any problems, but, well crossing fingers here.

g.w.

09-22-2004, 03:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
g.w. Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 154 OS: Win 2000 pro Trying XP Trying a few Linux distros also	Ga-k8ns Pro Hi. Brand new here, was coming on to hopefully find some info for another computer I am setting up, but saw your thread and figured I`d peek as I`m going to build yet another system with the GA-K8NS PRO which I got a few weeks ago at a computer show. Bought the board from some great guys out of Tennesse, I`m in Ohio, they travel. Anyhow in looking for a new Vid card, they suggested an update as all of my cards DID NOT go AGP 8X. They say with this board 8X is important issue, and they said N-Vidia was the one to look for here. They also said NOT to use an ATI card with this system. Don`t know why, but they said it would be very unstable. They said due to the N-Vidia chip on mobo, and something about a "pi--ing contest" between ATI, and N-Vidia. Noticed you said you had an ATI, haven`t had an ATI for years so don`t know what your card is, but if not 8X maybe is a problem in that, but thinking if you have a friend or way to swap in another non ATI card it would let you check to see if it was the ATI vid card. Hope this helps, good luck, I`m hoping not to run into any problems, but, well crossing fingers here. g.w.