Geforce 6600GT AGP and K8T Neo ok?

I have read that people have had a lot of problems with the MSI mobo - via chipset - 6600GT combination. I planned to buy the new graphics card soon from either MSI, XFX or PNY, but after reading about all issues I'm not so sure anymore.
I'm just wondering whether there really is a compatibility problem between 6600GT and MSI K8T-Neo (other than the lockup when you enable TURBO mode).

My K8T Neo FIS2R mainboard would not boot reliably to the Win XP Pro desktop with a 6600 card installed at any memory setting, not just when set to Turbo mode. This is simply not acceptable for a product that was marketed as a high-end mainboard, and MSI still has not publicly addressed the problem, although I am hopeful that the next BIOS update will help. But for now, I would recommend that you not attempt to combine a Neo series mainboard with any 6600 class video card. The mainboard is excellent with any other kind of card, so go for a 6800 card if you can afford it. If not, consider an ATI card, all of which seem to work fine with Neo series boards.

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