Conroe and AGP...

[DragonShizzle]

I was curious if there are any motherboards available that are compatible with the new and upcoming Conroe processor from Intel that also have AGP.

I don't plan on upgrading my video card just yet, but really could use a new processor.

So, in summary-I need a Conroe compatible mobo with AGP slot.

 

[CyborgNinja117]

search for Asrock, they have a board that has ddr, ddr2, agp and pcie slots

 

[zizo]

http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm

 

[DragonShizzle]

Thnx guys, looks like I can buy ONE motherboard, and be good for AGP then PCIE......until I decide to go to sli.

But hey, I have one other question

I see some motherboards saying x18 or something then PCIe express slot


What's that? Are their different PCIe port speeds?

 

[DragonShizzle]

like on new egg I did a quick search and came up with a mobo that had this description

PCI Express x16: 2 x PCI-E x16 with SLI? support at full x16, x16 mode


The motherboard you guys showed me doesn't have this.


So having x1, will that hinder the performance?

Seems like it would. Anybody know more about this?

 

[o1die]

There are no boards with agp and sli support. Can't have it all.

 

[Ichigo]

The Asrock should have x16 on one lane. But as mentioned previously, no AGP and SLI on one board.

 

[CyborgNinja117]

one of those lanes is 16X...

 

[vailr]

It's $57.16 here: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-775VSTA
or by going thru froogle.com, it's a bit less: $55.50