socket am2 moherboards with both pci-e and agp
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WhiteFireDragon
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i never seen one like this. AGP is older and is slowly fading out of the market. PCIe is the newer video slot, so i don't think they would mix it like that.
the AGP slot will obviously be used for a video card, but what are your PCIe slots going to be used for? and are you looking for 16x, 4x, or 1x PCIe?
the AGP slot will obviously be used for a video card, but what are your PCIe slots going to be used for? and are you looking for 16x, 4x, or 1x PCIe?
Asrock saw one model for the Socket 939 line that saw both types of video cards slots available. The model number of that one has been forgotten after this amount of time(seen last spring).
The quality of Asrock and other low end brands as well as combo boards is one thing that suffers often. There are also boards that will run two types of memory seeing different pairs of dimms slots that also seem to lack at times in other things.
You most likely won't a dual card type model board when looking the best 5 as far as board manufacturers like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, DFI, and Abit along with a few others like EVGA that hear favorable reports. Are you trying to set up dual monitors where two cards one of each type would be used?
PCI-Express is essentially the standard now used except for those who often see a PCI slot type added for multiple displays extending or cloning the desktop to a second or more monitors.
The quality of Asrock and other low end brands as well as combo boards is one thing that suffers often. There are also boards that will run two types of memory seeing different pairs of dimms slots that also seem to lack at times in other things.
You most likely won't a dual card type model board when looking the best 5 as far as board manufacturers like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, DFI, and Abit along with a few others like EVGA that hear favorable reports. Are you trying to set up dual monitors where two cards one of each type would be used?
PCI-Express is essentially the standard now used except for those who often see a PCI slot type added for multiple displays extending or cloning the desktop to a second or more monitors.
Dont care for Asrock but they do make a AM2 board with AGP and PCIe
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ALiveDual-eSATA2&s=AM2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153061
That's the only one I could find... and it's crappy too, and only for Intel... So I doubt AMD has any.
Biostar was another make seeing a few 939 models with slots for both types. They will rare in any case since while AGP models are still available the standard as well as the trend has been with PCI-E for some time now. People expect more and see out of PCI-E 16x cards then they would with AGP 4x/8x models.
PC eye the thread is about AM2 not 939 having AGP and PCIe X16 slot. Its not about what is the standard now, the guy wanted both on a AM2 board!
hah thanks man. Anyways, I've decided on just sucking it up and dropping some big dollars on going pci e.
At this time you would far better off especially when considering gaming as well as overall performace with various things. The prices are getting better when new models come out making that easier as well. Plus you can get into some better boards this way over settling with some ? brand!