How is MSI K8MMV VIA K8M800

[Ace Ventura]

Please review the following mobo

which will be the best AMD CPU for the mobo

 

[nishant_nms]

Are u going to buy it?

 

[Ace Ventura]

My friend has bought it, MSI K8MMV VIA K8M800

Without telling me, my friend bought this motherboard and he wanted to know how it performs.

 

[samrulez]

Well I have the MSI K8N Neo V on a VIA K8M800 chip set....all i can say that its a normal low end mobo...

Its has a 754 Socket
Single channel memory controller (MAX 2 GB)
2 SATA
2 IDE
1 AGP 8 X
5 PCI
and a VIA VT8237 southbridge

ITS a average performer

 

[nishant_nms]

Not bat not so good.
Has better graphics than 865.
Will be able to play all the games that can be played on 915 but doesn't supports hardware DirectX9

 

[samrulez]

Not bat not so good.
Has better graphics than 865.
Will be able to play all the games that can be played on 915 but doesn't supports hardware DirectX9

R u sure the IGP is good..better than 865 .....That is UniChromell Pro IGP...
And yes it is a dx 6 card...

 

[gary4gar]

i have the same mobo u are talking.it is good when the price factor comes in.
pros
it has a two sata ports.
two ide ports
onboard gfx
cheap price
good performance


Cons
mirco atx(crappy layout)airflow is not good
two memmory slots(i expect a mobo to have atleast 4)

 

[nishant_nms]

Ya the integrated unichriome 2 IGP is better than 865

 

[samrulez]

Is there any patch or utility for making its H/W support DX9....

 

[nishant_nms]

Is there any patch or utility for making its H/W support DX9....

man how can u patch a hardware?

 

[gary4gar]

i don't think its use of buying it as all the new cpu come in 939 pin.so go for 939 pin mobo

 

[samrulez]

Yes, go for the 939 based mobos now...they support higher bandwidths...
Higher memory...dual channel memory...128 Bit mem controller....