"Zotin Khuma" <zoti***@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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>I can usually understand the difference in specs about
> different versions of motherboards from the same
> manufacturer using the same basic chipset. For instance,
> I understand the difference between the Asus A7N8X,
> A7N8X-X, -VM, etc. But why do Asus imply on their
> website that certain versions of a basic series (like the
> K8V and K8N series) are for Semprons while another
> version is touted as a great A64 mobo ?
>
> Is it simply because the cut-down versions are economy
> models intended for budget systems and an end-user
> may want to pair them with S754 Semprons ? Are they
> equally good for A64s albeit without some extra
> features like Wifi, IEEE1394 ?
>
>

>
>
> "Zotin Khuma" <zoti***@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
> news:390vd1F5tvmmkU1@individual.net...
> >I can usually understand the difference in specs about
> > different versions of motherboards from the same
> > manufacturer using the same basic chipset. For instance,
> > I understand the difference between the Asus A7N8X,
> > A7N8X-X, -VM, etc. But why do Asus imply on their
> > website that certain versions of a basic series (like the
> > K8V and K8N series) are for Semprons while another
> > version is touted as a great A64 mobo ?
> >
> > Is it simply because the cut-down versions are economy
> > models intended for budget systems and an end-user
> > may want to pair them with S754 Semprons ? Are they
> > equally good for A64s albeit without some extra
> > features like Wifi, IEEE1394 ?
> >

>>
>>
>> "Zotin Khuma" <zoti***@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:390vd1F5tvmmkU1@individual.net...
>> >I can usually understand the difference in specs about
>> > different versions of motherboards from the same
>> > manufacturer using the same basic chipset. For instance,
>> > I understand the difference between the Asus A7N8X,
>> > A7N8X-X, -VM, etc. But why do Asus imply on their
>> > website that certain versions of a basic series (like the
>> > K8V and K8N series) are for Semprons while another
>> > version is touted as a great A64 mobo ?
>> >
>> > Is it simply because the cut-down versions are economy
>> > models intended for budget systems and an end-user
>> > may want to pair them with S754 Semprons ? Are they
>> > equally good for A64s albeit without some extra
>> > features like Wifi, IEEE1394 ?
>> >
>
>
>

>
>"Zotin Khuma" <zoti***@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
>news:392m3jF5t623oU1@individual.net...
>>
>> "Clob" <clober***@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:dQLWd.41926$uc.19187@trnddc01...
>>> Umm.. From memery, I believe that the A7N8X  baords are Socket A.  And
>> they
>>> suck realy bad....  And they dont support A64!
>>>
>> My question was not about the A7N8X series. I mentioned
>> them only as an example of different versions of the same series.
>> And they don't suck. I've used more than 50 of them and they
>> perform very well.
>
>Then your lucky, I have 4 in different machines and they all run poorly or
>have somthing