AGP GPU - Dual CPU mobos?

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AGP GPU - Dual CPU mobos?

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Are there any mobos that support both AGP GPUs and dual core CPUs?

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ya, there are some. look on newegg.com but like u should just go with pcie x16. its so much faster than agp.
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let me guess, you want to use your old g-card on a new system?
I thought about that too, but decided it's not worth it because the g-card will be a bottleneck. the only practical option might be a board with AGP and PCIe, but I only found a socket 939 one...

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bad_brain wrote:let me guess, you want to use your old g-card on a new system?
I thought about that too, but decided it's not worth it because the g-card will be a bottleneck. the only practical option might be a board with AGP and PCIe, but I only found a socket 939 one...
Yeah, cause I can't buy a new GPU. I'm limited at 300$, and I doubt I can get a decent GPU, mobo and a CPU with that cash.

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Actually you can get the parts for around $300. Just look around and think upgrade later.

- MB 50
- PCI 100
- CPU 100
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Post by visser »

floodhound is right. you can get a poretty solid mobo by asus for 300 and ya just gotta find the deals on newegg ;)

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Post by Stavros »

You're just pissing your money away by spending 300 on a motherboard. The lowest I'd be willing to go on a mobo would be $50. A motherboard in the $100-$150 dollar range is going to be your best option in terms of price-performance-tweakablity. But if you're not wanting to tweak, just stick with one in the $50-100 range. Also if you do get a PCI-E (x16 or 2.0, they should be backwards compatable) I'd suggest you look at nVidia's new 9000 series. They're going for ~$200 right now.

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yeah, the high-priced mainboards only include stuff you don't need anyway (if you're not a extreme gaming weirdo), like SLI...
300 bucks should be enough for a decent mainboard (AsRock or MSI have some good and cheap ones), a good AMD X2 CPU and then you still should have about 150 bucks left for the g-card.

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Post by Uner »

Yeah, wow... last time I fooled around in tech shops, prices were way higher. PC components are really cheap now. :roll:
I guess I'll just go with a new GPU, then.
Thanks for the advices.

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