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Where can I find a good mobo with an AGP 8x slot?

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I found the board and I think I will get the SanDiego. It sounds nice:toast: you have saved me some money:D and given me more options for the future:D much appreciated :) next thing will be 2 x 1 gHz ram to add to my 2 x 512.

Yea thats a good idea to try to get 2x 1GB instead of 4 x 512mb. The reason is bc the 4 sticks will run at T2, making them much slower than 2 x 1gb sticks.

Unfort. RAM prices went up. I think 2 x 1GB sticks are around $200. A year ago they were down to $150. Gotta look for those sales :)

EDIT: You may want to take a look at this post before ordering, http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=22791
 
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Yea thats a good idea to try to get 2x 1GB instead of 4 x 512mb. The reason is bc the 4 sticks will run at T2, making them much slower than 2 x 1gb sticks.

Unfort. RAM prices went up. I think 2 x 1GB sticks are around $200. A year ago they were down to $150. Gotta look for those sales :)

EDIT: You may want to take a look at this post before ordering, http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=22791

usually you can manually adjust the memory speeds when you have all 4 slots filled.
 

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that board is not available from there..the guy says it has been discontinued 4 months ago by manufacturer.
 

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usually you can manually adjust the memory speeds when you have all 4 slots filled.

I cannot yet reply to a post in the BSTG forum:( I'm still looking for a board though.

oops I quoted the wrong guy)
 
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thats an ECS board ...different isn't it? That sounds like junk according to all the reviews.
 
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Woops wasnt looking I guess lol.

If you look at this link its the only AGP avail. board for skt 939 at the egg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Subcategory=22&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=

EDIT: It is not going to be easy to find an AGP board nowadays. Just as a note (doubt you wanna do this), but you can get a very nice price for your X850. You could def. get enough money to fund a 7600GT which is pretty much equivalent to an X850
 

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looks like that board would do the trick with some fiddling in the bios. wonder how overclockable it is? My current ECS board is not overclockable with multiplier locked.
 
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I dont know.
After reading some of the reviews, seems like that board is more of a hassle than anything else.
 

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I dont know.
After reading some of the reviews, seems like that board is more of a hassle than anything else.

that's what I thought too but, maybe if you have a bit of patience it would be ok? Still thinking.
 

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Someone finally HAS to organize a review of nForce3 vs. K8T800 vs. that ULi !!! :)
 

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The only thing is that he saves $12 with going to the egg.
But then again, that board does sell out quite often.

The only reason I even mentioned the opty is bc it is dual core (future proof) and they OC very well.
I see it as a better bang for the buck.

I mostly use my rigs for games, but when I use them for DVD/CD writing with other apps open I kinda miss not having a dual core yet (besides quake 4 since that can use dual cores properly). You can get an Opty 165 OEM for around $135 or retail for around $150. The 170s are out of your price range since they are around $180.

So by getting the opty I just hit your $200 budget

The only thing kinda holding your computer back now is your RAM since its only 1GB :)

I agree in dual core, thats why I too suggested the 170.
 
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the asrock's are indeed an excellent board when i got mine it was with a san diego (got a dc opteron now) as i couldnt afford to buy cpu, mobo and graphics card all in one go, its the ONLY board that can run full agp 8x AND full pci-e16x, beware via boards that either

a.) run agp at pci(not express) speeds, or
b.) run pci-e at 4x speeds

p.s. when i say only board i mean dualsata or dual vsta, its the same uli chipset

p.p.s. check the price of pci-e graphics cards, as 6600gt/7600gt can be found VERY cheap now in some stores, and 939 dual cores are VERY hard to find now (at least they are here in uk, all i could find was opty 165's or 3800x2's, bar a heavily overpriced opty 175)
 

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gigabyte k8u-939 will run that card great thats what i use check my specs
its the same board as the last link you posted with an uli chipset and a hell of alot easier to find
 
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great I just called and it's out of stock also( keep looking:twitch:
 

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Is that yellow slot an AM2 Socket adaptor slot?

if you mean the asrock boards then yes, and it's a silly idea really as the am2 board is quite large (bad airflow, and will probably get very hot if you have a hot gpu) and if you can even find one it will cost nearly as much as an am2 motherboard anyway, id just get an am2 mobo and have 2 computers
 
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