Biostar TF8200 A2+ now at Newegg

Greg F. · Post by **Greg F.** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:19 am

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/t-s ... p?S_ID=353

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813138113

A very interesting board from the HDTV, cooling, OC and display features.
I ordered mine to replace a flaky Gigabyte 690GM.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:29 am

Looks nice board. When you get it, remember to tell how hot the NB runs. In the past nVidia chips have run really hot. I probably go for full ATX sized Asus M3A-H/HDMI with my primary build.

780G chipset to replicate old 690G and 4850e to replicate old X2 4000+ (Hybrid CrossFire intrests me greatly )

But Geforce 8200 chipset looks intresting too. I might get that instead 780G but will see. Remember to give us input of that board.

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Wed May 21, 2008 6:23 am

read an early preview of the new 8200 chip (http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1295/ ... index.html) - in terms of performance its only a little better than the 690g, while the 780g is more than twice as powerful.

any particular reason for going with the 8200 other than if you're using a nvidia gpu?

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:01 am

Thanks Porkchop, I think I will head towards 780G chipset then... Asus M3A-H seems great. But Gigabyte as also good Full ATX board with 780G... Man it will be tough choice...

Greg F. · Post by **Greg F.** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:35 pm

"any particular reason for going with the 8200 other than if you're using a nvidia gpu"
No, that pretty much pegs it. Just want to try the integrated PureVideo. I don't game at all. I am not even interested in HDMI right now as I have high quality 2 channel (tube driven Altec 19). I am only interested in HD quality, cpu load, wanted to try a Biostar board,
"When you get it, remember to tell how hot the NB runs"
Yeh, about that, I think it is telling that Biostar has that Cold Harbor feature.
I am writing this on a system with Abit KN9, Asus 3450, Rosewill Nic, and Brisbane 3600x2 OCed to 2.6. I kinda like it.
I really think I will end up with an Intel board with non-integrated video and sound card, but right now this is ninety bucks for fun and education.