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Does the chipset of a mobo make a big difference?
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nakedpeanut
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Chipset usually indicates what ram, cpu and graphics is compatible with the mobo.. Certain chipsets dont support cross fire while others etc....
It's important, but in terms of improvement i doubt you'll see any performance difference from one chipset to the next assuming everything else is the same....
It's important, but in terms of improvement i doubt you'll see any performance difference from one chipset to the next assuming everything else is the same....
cyberbob1979
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Chipsets also set out how much bus bandwidth is available between components, how many ports your motherboard could support, Front side bus etc etc... An Intel G31 chipset is ****e compared to an X58 say, simply because the latter is built for performance, while the former is built to replace typewriters 
Sapphiron
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The brand makes more difference than the model. not because of the hardware, but because of the drivers.
Intel and AMD make very decent drivers that are stable and provide excellent performance
Nvidia... not so much
these days you dont have to worry between say a G55 and G57 chipset, but if you compare it with an older chipset, say a G35, its going to make a difference in terms of performance.
Intel and AMD make very decent drivers that are stable and provide excellent performance
Nvidia... not so much
these days you dont have to worry between say a G55 and G57 chipset, but if you compare it with an older chipset, say a G35, its going to make a difference in terms of performance.
Also determines how many sata ports you get, what type of sata ports you get sata2/sata3 and usb2/usb3 with the newer boards and how they interoperate with other ports on the system, on some of the newer sata3/usb3 boards you cannot use all of the ports at the same time. I think this is one area where amd pwns intel at the moment.
general_koffi
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The motherboard is important in terms of the features you get (ports and expansion slots), as well as overclocking and similar performance tweaking.
It isn't really a brute performance thing, per se. Two chipsets running the same CPU at the same speed with the same RAM etc would give you the same performance, or perhaps a negligable, imperceptable difference. It's all about features, stability, support and customer service.
I've only used ASUS boards for the past decade, because they are very good at providing those four things.
It isn't really a brute performance thing, per se. Two chipsets running the same CPU at the same speed with the same RAM etc would give you the same performance, or perhaps a negligable, imperceptable difference. It's all about features, stability, support and customer service.
I've only used ASUS boards for the past decade, because they are very good at providing those four things.
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Rocket-Boy
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to me its all about overclocking, some do it alot better than others. other than that its the same stuff the guys mentioned above but add better cooling to the better boards list.
Nameite
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Whatever you do, dont ever get a laptop with a SIS chipset...unstable as shyte!
