AGP 8X & PCI-E X16 ?

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Charles Sapp

I recently invested in an ATI Radeon X850 Pro. I am now going to build a new
AMD 64 system. I found this Biostar (n4) mobo on the internet,
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/nf4ula9.html

Does anyone have an opinion as to the quality of this mobo? Does anyone know
if the X850 will work on it? Any other reccomendations for AGP/PCI-E mobo?
Thanks in advance.
 
Basically, if it is PCI-X, it should work, because PCI-X is a standard
that vendors have to comply (otherwise, they will go out of business :-)

I'd recommend NVidia-based chipset for mobo. This is based on many inputs
and recommendations I've read from mags. or online.

Just google it if you want to be sure.
 
M. Lutfi said:
Basically, if it is PCI-X, it should work, because PCI-X is a standard
that vendors have to comply (otherwise, they will go out of business :-)

I'd recommend NVidia-based chipset for mobo. This is based on many inputs
and recommendations I've read from mags. or online.

Just google it if you want to be sure.
Click to expand...

PCI-X and PCI-Express are different things.

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications
 
I'm not familiar with the board. Maybe Biostar has found a means of
translating between the PCI-E bus and an AGP slot that gives tolerable
performance, but I wouldn't count on it.

The only chipset that I have read about that gives full performance with a
PCI-E graphics card or an AGP one is the ULI M1695. The only product I have
seen that is available in the US with that chipset is a budget board from
Asrock:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157081

Google will find you some favorable reviews on the chipset. It's supposed to
offer performance similar to that of an nForce 4.


Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
 
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