AGP motherboard recomendation?

[jl01]

my trusted motherboard did its last circles of operation a few days ago.
Now i face the following problem:
i am using 2 crt monitors on a matrox AGP device. they work together just excellent, and as you see, i am not in gaming at all.
For image manipulation i still need a fast machine and would highly benenfit of a dual core solution.
i am on a tight budget, and need recomendations regarding AGP/dual core capable motherboards or, if everything fails, budget PCIe adapters with 2 VGA connectors.
i'd be happy about any idea.

 

[orangat]

You didn't give any other info regarding your system (which is always a good idea when soliciting for advise). There is an socket 939 Asrock mb which supports both agp and pcie so you can reuse your agp card.

 

[jl01]

vendor doesnt matter. i am not interested in the name of the socket or whatever. i will buy what fits my needs. for example i found this board with agp support in some pricelist: http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm

its features are sufficient, but i dont know if this is any good. the low price and its exotic featureset makes me curious...

 

[jl01]

@orangat: sorry, i just got it. i didnt mention, that i used an old athlon xp until now and do not plan to reuse it... sorry!

 

[Malladine]

I'm very happy with my Asus A7n8x. Running an xp 3000+ and a 9800 np.

 

[jl01]

wouldnt be bad, but my athlon xp is just a 2000+, and i do not plan to buy socket A stuff, because i think its outdated. if i had a fast XP like you have i'd think about just replacing the motherboard. but i dont.

 

[Malladine]

ah, gotcha

Well, if you're keeping that cpu, the asrock board is your only choice afaik

 

[jl01]

i see. anyone knows about stability isues with that board? or are they just fine?

 

[EvanAdams]

I thought my agp board was burned out, so I went to get a new one... no still not working .. so I got a new CPU ... no still not working ... So I went and got new RAM. Now it works. But it would have made more $$$ sence to just upgrade everyting all at once and I'd have a better sistem today.

Live and Learn

 

[Talcite]

why didn't you bring it to a computer shop for diagnosis? they have parts that they can just swap in and out to tell you which part is kaput.