Best Bang for the Buck Mobo for Core2 6300+AGP

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saechaka

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My bro's ecs board died and we're looking for the best bang for the buck board for old core2duo 6300, agp video card and ddr2 ram. I haven't been following the tech scene for the past couple years. Thanks
 
BonzaiDuck

BonzaiDuck

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I'd never have thought anyone would produce a C2D-capable mobo with both AGP and PCI-E. I'd assumed that AGP was day-ud!
 
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Stumps

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Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
I'd never have thought anyone would produce a C2D-capable mobo with both AGP and PCI-E. I'd assumed that AGP was day-ud!
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AGP will never die, gigabyte recently released an AGP 4650, so it's still alive and kicking.
 
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mozartrules

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The question is whether using the existing AGP card is worthwhile. It is likely to be from 2006 or possibly 2007 which means that it needs to be a high-end card to be more useful than decent MB GPU like the 9400. You can also get decent GPUs for not a lot of money (like a 4670) and at least make your setup a lot more flexible and is also likely to lower power consumption, heat and noise.

What is this AGP card that is worth saving?
 
Denithor

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Just buy a recent P43 motherboard cheap and grab a 9600GSO (there was an ASUS model with 768MB RAM for $35AR recently - deal may still be on at newegg - too lazy to check).

That's going to be better than practically any AGP card from a few years ago.
 
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