AGP and Core 2 Duo

[sal88]

Hi, can anyone recommend a good motherboard that has an AGP slot and supports the core 2 duo processor?

thanks

 

[tik]

Why AGP?

 

[yas]

I dont think that exists.

 

[WR2]

AGP and C2D motherboards

 

[WR2]

I just noticed that NewEgg doesnt show the ASRock 775Dual-VSTA as supporting C2D so check the ASrock website: http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm

And you can add the Asus P5VDC-MX

 

[sal88]

thanks a lot, i take it the asus would probably be the best bet if i'm to build a really good games machine. Also what are the limitations of this board with respect to using core 2 duo? im thinking of these bits in particular:

*Only PCB R2.0(or later version) supports FSB 1066 MHz
*Due to chipset limitation, the Intel Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, C1E, and TM2 are not supported in this model)


nice 1

 

[13thmonkey]

personally i'd go with the asrock, it gives you an upgrade path to PCI-E, instead of leaving you stuck on AGP.

I'm running a 7900GTO on the PCI-Ex4 slot and it works fine.

 

[bradbranch]

Tik ask why AGP, well I'm in the market for a core 2 dual AGP board too. I have a machine with a EVGA 8800 card running a water cooled E6600 CPU on a EVGA MB. Now I want to upgrade this machine to a Quad Core processor. My back up machine is a water-cooled 3.2 presscott with a ATI 850XT video card. The ATI 850XT is a great video card so I want to place the 850 onto a MB that is core 2 ready with a AGP slot. Put the E6600 processor on it and buy a Q6800 for my game machine.



That’s it.

 

[bradbranch]

I have been using Toms Hareware review for years to build and service my computers. This is my 1st post.

 

[vintechnaga]

Asrock 4COREDUAL-SATA2 Vista
is the best mb

nagaraj