Qustion on X2 and Agp

[phillyman36]

I did a search on Newegg for motherboards that support X2. Nothing comes up for motherboards with an agp slot. I just brouth my 6800 gt like 6 months ago and i dont want to have to pay another $300.00. Does anyone Know if any motherboard uses agp slot to use with Athlon 64 x2(dual core) cpu?

 

[stevty2889]

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=175 I don't like via chipsets myself though, but I believe the Nforce3 boards also support the X2 and they have an AGP port.

 

[deanx0r]

Most A64 motherboards will be able to support X2 with a BIOS update. I said most because Shuttle ran into incompabilities issues with its SN45G5.

I am running Neo2 (NF3, AGP) w/ an X2. Nothing but problems to troubleshoot!

 

[Furen]

Originally posted by: phillyman36
I did a search on Newegg for motherboards that support X2. Nothing comes up for motherboards with an agp slot. I just brouth my 6800 gt like 6 months ago and i dont want to have to pay another $300.00. Does anyone Know if any motherboard uses agp slot to use with Athlon 64 x2(dual core) cpu?

Heh, you could always buy that Asrock ULI 1695 mobo with both agp and pcie and even an extra slot for "future sockets"... It even supports the X2 out of the box, I think.

 

[uOpt]

Asus A8V.

Also avoids NVidia chipsets if that is your thing.

(Note that the PCIe variant A8V-E does not support dual-core)

 

[Markfw]

MSI NEO2 Platinum

 

[n7]

Neo2 is your friend

 

[Griffinhart]

Originally posted by: phillyman36
I did a search on Newegg for motherboards that support X2. Nothing comes up for motherboards with an agp slot. I just brouth my 6800 gt like 6 months ago and i dont want to have to pay another $300.00. Does anyone Know if any motherboard uses agp slot to use with Athlon 64 x2(dual core) cpu?

If it's a socket 939 motherboard, it most likely supports the X2. I use an early Abit AV8 Motherboard I purchase 14 months before the X2's came out and it's running it fine.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: deanx0r
Most A64 motherboards will be able to support X2 with a BIOS update. I said most because Shuttle ran into incompabilities issues with its SN45G5.

I am running Neo2 (NF3, AGP) w/ an X2. Nothing but problems to troubleshoot!

Really I haven't had one issue since day one...I knew what bios was working 1.9b5 (the first working beta release) and beenlooking back ever since...

Bioses that I have used an confirmed work with dual cores..meanng the recognize and use the 2nd core....

1.9b5
1.9b6
1.9b7r2
1.9b8
1.9 (MSI Official)
1A.3
1A (MSI Official)

 

[spiritwalker2223]

Anything with the VIA K8T800Pro chipset will be fine. Just make sure your bios is updated.