First post, by Viper87
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Hi, what is the best mainboard for AGP graphic cards testing system? I was thinking about 775i65G R3.0 or AM2NF3-VSTA
Reply 1 of 6, by stamasd
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For me a hypothetical "ultimate" AGP board would have a (non-existent) 440BX-enhanced chipset with native support for 133MHz FSB+correct dividers for AGP and PCI clocks, support for universal AGP 2x/4x/8x, support for DDR, PC/PCI connector, PCI and ISA slots. SATA would be nice but that can be shoehorned in with adapters. If such a board existed I would be happy. But it doesn't. 🙁
I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O
Reply 2 of 6, by Viper87
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by ultimate i mean the fastest [fastest possible cpu support] for testings graphics like hd4650 hd3850 or older x1950 gt7600, so i need fast 4 or 2 core cpu like phenom II or core 2 duo + OC it
Currently im using Gigabyte K8NS-939 + Athlon 64 3700+ @ 2.7 GHz and its fine for older gpus like matrox p650
Reply 3 of 6, by dionb
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For testing *any* AGP card, you want a board with a universal (4x) AGP 2.0 slot that can handle everything from old 3.3V AGP 1.0 cards to the last AGP 3.0 8X things. If you go for a newer AGP 3.0 (8X) board, you can't test AGP 1.0 (2X) cards.
Reply 4 of 6, by Viper87
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yeah but i want to focus on agp 4x and 8x now
have someone tested that am2 mobo ? is it any good for slight oc on phenom II x4 ?
Reply 5 of 6, by SPBHM
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apparently the am2nf3 can run the PII 980 (3.7GHz), and it runs DDR2, can the other really compete when it's using DDR1 and is limited to 65nm Core 2 and lower FSBs?
Reply 6 of 6, by agent_x007
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4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 worked with QX9770 (beta BIOS).
775i65G r3.0 can work with QX6850.
We also have that ALiveDual-eSATA2...
