A good gaming MotherBoard-CPU combo suggestion required.

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Hello Everyone,

Can someone suggest some Motherboard-CPU combo. My main intention is gaming. My friend has an AMD Athlon64 X2 3400+ and an ASUS M2N-MX motherboard. Many games run (at lower resolutions though) on his PC using onboard graphics. I am not sure whether to settle for and AMD or a Core2 system. The vendor tells me that later it will become hard to upgrade an AMD system. I don't know if the Intel GMA integrated graphics is as good as the nForce chipset.

Also, is there a nForce chipset based board for Core2 system?

for gaming , u need a dedicated gpu .
so go for C2D and buy a g-card based on ur budget. If ur budget is restricted , then amd may provide more bang for buck . thats upto u and it depends a lot on ur budget and whether u want to OC ( i dont c any reason y u dont want to OC a C2D ) .

but in either case , u need a dedicated gpu for gaming. So , Wats ur budget ?

Lets omit the GPU for now. Please temm about a CPU-MOBO combo for about 15-20K. Also, please tell if there are any boards with the nForce chipset for Core2 duo?

May be u missed the Sticky thread

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63874

But, is the nForce chipset better than Intel GMA? and Does it make sense to gi in for an AMD X2 now?

But, is the nForce chipset better than Intel GMA?

U are getting the basic thing wrong, none of the Intel LGA 775 nforce chipset supporting Core processors comes with On board VGA so, u cant compare those with Intel GMA at any point... !!!

and Does it make sense to gi in for an AMD X2 now?

I think I have writen a lot about that in the Given Link, all depends on ur budget !!! new New AMD X2 with 1 MB caches comes with come kick ass performance too

For gaming Get
xfx 650i ultra.. 5.5k
e6750 2.66ghz 4mb l2 cache fsb 1333mhz 7.9k
xfx 8600 gt 256mb gddr3.. 6.8k
20.2k.. awesome config..