Confused Mobo 848 Chipset

Help,
I recently got a mobo from ebay and to all intents and purposes it is meant to be a 848P Neo-V (V2.0), there is even a sticker on the board to this effect.
However when it boots up it says it has the 865 Intel Chipset and if you run the Intel Chipset Identifier it says it has the 865 Chipset, likewise SiS software reports the same
The board works but am keen to find out what it is I have or why it thinks it has a 865 Chipset
Any ideas

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thanks, sorry for my english, isnt my native language...

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Skippy, that's changing fast. Probably most major manufacturers are now explicitly supporting the Opteron.
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Pic Follows:
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Thanks for that tip, that may make it so I don't have to do stupid things to get it to see the driver.
Next step though is to find a way to keep the Driver from mysteriously uninstalling or borking itself so I don't have to keep reinstalling it. Any ideas?

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I can hear sound in vietnam, the shooting , the explosions, and the music peopel play from their mp3's. But i run into a problem where i will see someone shooting right in front of me and there will be no audio or at times there will be an explosion from a distance i hear no audio, or someone flying past me and no audio. There any updated sound drivers for mobo sound chipsets?

BF Vietnam runs on all high settings perfectly on my system. With the RAID going, maps load me up faster than just about everyone.
Some say to run the standard sound (non EAX) to eliminate sound problems, but I don't have any problems with my AC97 sound on my system.
Also, have you tried the lagfix program to set soundbuffers to=400. Do a quick Google if you haven't to find an .exe to set this for you easily.
EA is releasing a patch shortly as well, which is expected to reduce lag from the server side, so the gameplays closer to what its requirements say they are.
Right now, there's no way in hell the game will play well on a 933mhz with 256MB RAM even on its lowest settings. Trust me I was on a 1.1 Athlon with 640MB before I upgraded and I moved like Steve Austin half the time (that's slow motion for you under 30 crowd)

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