AMD to Intel????

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I just realized that it's a hybrid AGP/PCI-E motherboard........ I normally try to stay away from motherboards that try to bridge the gap between old and new generations.

I stick with old tech until it's time to upgrade and then plunge headlong into the new.

So it could be the hardware, meaning the motherboard, after all.

Well, I got it bec. it had an AGP port. I didnt feel the need to change my vga card.

I really miss those 486, Pentium, etc. days when an upgrade involves only at the most, a change in CPU and MB. Nowadays, upgrading is like falling domino chips....got to change the cpu. whoopss..got to get a new MB also...whoopsss...I also need to a new set of RAM....what, I also have to buy a new vga....wait!, I also need a new PSU....on so on! This is a vicious cycle that one needs to fulfill otherwise that brand new spanking part will be rendered useless by incompatibility and etc...I'm in that dilemma/bind. If I'm "forced" to settled for the Core Duo (in case the shops here no longer carry any bnew single core P4) I would be forced to shell out around Php 36K+ (for the cpu,mb, new ddr2, pci-e vga, psu) when I only have to spend less than Php 9K for bnew parts (new cpu and mb) to suit my needs. That is life. Or I could shoot myself on the foot and settle for a Celeron D 352. Given my current experience with AMD, I dont even know if the Celeron D will give me a downgrade or an upgrade. Btw, it is based on the 65 nm cedar mill core already.

That might hold some truth with those for Intel cpu's. With AMD cpu's, the nForce4 is the best. I certainly haven't had any problems with my MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum which uses the nForce4 Ultra.

Well, let's wait for boybi's reply. He has the same MB as yours and the same cpu as mine and he is experiencing the "freeze" also.