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nForce4 mainboard with PCIe and AGP (Read 117 times)

Mar 19^th, 2005 at 1:07pm

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I don't know if there are other boards like this, and I've never been a big fan of Biostar, but check this out......

http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php?name=NF4ST-A9#

For anyone considering a 64bit upgrade, and not sure about PCIe or AGP graphics, this board offers you a choice.

Anyone know of performance figures for this type of board, or seen any others?

Here is a socket 754 board from MSI with both slots as well.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=642

Something is odd however, Biostar call their AGP slot an "XGP" slot, and MSI call theirs an "AGR" slot with compatibility warnings along side.

Hmmmm..... do these boards work or are they just gimmicky "transition" boards?

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #1 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 1:23am

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I would be careful.

I've heard this boards are quite fualty. I heard they can damage AGP vid cards too.

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Reply #2 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 8:00am

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I'd stick with a dedicated AGP or PCI-e board respectively.

I'd be far more interested in a Dual PCI-e board, which dosent limit your future upgrade potential, that said, I've just purchased an AGP 6600GT as I did'nt see the point in a new board solely for a single PCI-e card.

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Reply #3 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 12:18am

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I saw that before dont know much about it but WTF is a BioStar?

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