AMD to Intel????

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Unless you're moving up to core 2 duo, you're still better off with the amd setup you already have. Also, consider nforce4 motherboards from msi and gigabyte (if you're not into overclocking. dfi if you want to try your hand in the art of processor flambé ) the nforce4 boards from these manufacturers are top notch and almost bulletproof. i have been personally using nforce4 boards from msi (k8n neo4-f) and dfi (lanparty ut ultra d) for almost 2 years now. haven't experienced problems since the first day i set up my amd systems.

Although I feel that I should get a N-force4 board now but unfortunately the shops are already not selling this kind of board with socket 939. And imagine if the board conks out in less than a year, the shop will not be able to provide an exact replacement.

unfortunately, you're going to have to purchase a new pcie graphics card if you decide to adopt these nforce4 motherboards. if you plan to take advantage of dx10 in vista within the next few months you could altogether defer upgrading until the midrange g80 models from nvidia and r600 from ati/amd are released sometime this may (hopefully).

Having to buy a new pci-e vga was one of the reasons why I settled for the ASrock and therefore the ULI chipset. Btw, I'm not into 3D games or anything. The most stressful thing my PC does is playing DiVx video clips, burning DVD's, or unzipping large .rar files, which is why I'm contended with the AGP.

and by the way, nag clean install ka ba ng xp since nag-migrate ka from intel to amd o driver patch lang ng existing os?

I always perform a clean install everytime there is a major hardware change such as in this case.

Currently, my drivers are four months old and there is really no major upgrades in these new drivers/bios other than support for new chips.