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    Jetway A210GDMS-PRO still best for mATX onboard?

    Well it took a while. but looks like the time has finally come for a faster mATX board that meets the needs stated in first post. ASROCK A780FULLDISPLAYPORT 780G The #1 reason why this board was chosen is slot placement. You can use a 2 slot PCIe video card and still have 2 PCI slots for...
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    Jetway A210GDMS-PRO still best for mATX onboard?

    Thanks dderidex, your comments echoed my results. Also, besides the added video capabilities on the Jetway, it also uses the ULi 1573 Southbridge instead of the slower ATi Southbridge used in most online benchmark tests. These will mainly be for small HTPC's first, and possibly gaming 2nd...
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    Jetway A210GDMS-PRO still best for mATX onboard?

    Thanks for the input. It's almost there. A little pricey, but if it meets the needs... Looks pretty close to the Jetway specs, but no TV out is a deal killer, and even worse, requires at least 300w power supply. That eliminates most small mATX cases used for HTPC. Plus, didn't want to go...
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    Jetway A210GDMS-PRO still best for mATX onboard?

    Bios and startup can be tricky if it is even slightly overclocked. With power off, holding down insert (or delete, forget which), while plugging in power cord and turning on, always will get it to boot here. Then crank down HTT to 600, and everything else to low low low. Reboot, and it...
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    Jetway A210GDMS-PRO still best for mATX onboard?

    Thanks for the reply. Yes, it is common for the onboard NIC to stop working at higher FSB speeds. I use wireless, so that did not matter. Never any issues with bios updates here. First thing I did on all 5 I had were update to the "naked" bios mentioned in other thread.. I also need...
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    Jetway A210GDMS-PRO still best for mATX onboard?

    (edit: added new post #13 at bottom, Jan 15 2009, with replacement info) It's been a while since I've been in these threads to view latest trends. Ran out of current stock of Jetway A210GDMS-PRO motherboards, and seeing if anything beats it yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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    On the verge of buying an Infocus 4805 but..

    If you plan on cranking out the hours, you could always just purchase the 3 year unlimited usage extended lamp warranty for $199 (Part Number: ELW3), and hope the bulb fails before the 3 years is up.
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    On the verge of buying an Infocus 4805 but..

    (EDITED. Sorry, I thought 4805 was close enough to X1/4800, but it seems bulbs used are different. X1/4800 uses 150w bulb rated at 4000 hours. 4805 uses bulb rated at 160w to 200w and 3000 Hours.) The original X1 bulbs had a suggested replacement timer that was set to go off at 3000 hours...
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    Critique my HTPC plan.

    You already have a decent machine in the i6000. Perhaps you need to look at what you are feeding it in instead of what you are getting out? The x300 TV out is better than the 6150's TV out, so you will be disappointed. The P-M 1.83GHz is as fast or faster than many A64 3200+ CPU's, so...
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    Critique my HTPC plan.

    Have tested nearly every TV out solution over the past 15 years, (note my user name, it's what I do), and sorry but I must disagree 100%. It is not even close. The onboard x300 TV out that comes in the Dell 6000 laptop is much better than anything nvidia has come out with for TV out, including...
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    is HD recording worth it for standard TV?

    It would be pointless to go with HDTV for your needs. HDTV really is made for best use with large screens. Since the TV image looks terrible when it is enlarged. HD solved that. Even with a large HDTV, recording and converting is a waste. Here, HDTV from sat DVB-S or OTA is about 9 gig...
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    On the verge of buying an Infocus 4805 but..

    You leave out a very important part. Would you like a $100 bulb that lasted 1000 hours? $200 for 2000 hours? These bulbs last 3000 to 4000 hours before the timer kicks in "time to replace soon" warning. That does NOT mean bulb life ends at 3000 or 4000 hours. Heck, if lucky, you might get...
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    The Unofficial List of Good mATX Motherboards (Overclocking and Not)

    Jetway A210GDMS Pro must be included. The 6 boards I have all do 300MHz FSB. 100% success in all 6 running 24/7. 5 running Opteron 144's@300x9 and other is Opteron 146@ 281x10 because CPU can't handle higher without very high vcore. Plus hits 2100 in 3dm2k3 with onboard. Not great, but better...
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    Antec Aria

    Exact same results here. Finally gave up on making Aria a decent gaming rig, and stripped it down to onboard video NF2 spare LAN rig. Used it for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season Lan parties every other Saturday night, for about 6 hours each session. Lasted about 3 months, or less than 40 hours of...
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    Get your tweaked Jetway AGDMS & ECS RS480-M bioses here!

    (EDIT: Sorry, noticed after posting that question pertains to ECS board not Jetway w/naked Bios that I am posting about below) Running 300MHz FSB with HTT at 600 (3x), which ends up being 900MHz HTT. Onboard video and audio still work fine at those speeds. Loses onboard NIC at those...
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