Socket 775/AGP MB Recommendation?

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Scrumhalf wrote:
> I am intending to build my next system around a 3.6GHz Prescott
> processor (Socket 775). I however would like to use my old Matrox
> G450 dual head video card in the system.
>
> The catch is that the G450 is an AGP card and most Socket 775 MBs seem
> to be based on PCI Express and not have an AGP slot on board. The
> only boards I could find that meets this bill are the Abit AS8 and the
> Asus PSP800, although for about the same price, the Abit seems to be
> much more feature packed (SATA, Firewire, etc.).
>
> I would appreciate any recommendations for any other choices or
> comments on the two above.
>
> I intend to run a Debian Linux distro on it - any info on system
> stability with Linux on any of these MBs would be useful as well.
>
> Thanks!

Why not go with an AMD Athlon 64 socket 754 or socket 939? You would
get better performance at a lower price. You would just have to make
sure the MB would work with the Matrox G450 card. I don't know what
voltage it operates at, but some of the newer boards will only support
4x/8x 1.5 volt cards, not 3.3 volt.

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Dee <dee@home.net> wrote in message news:<yH5md.1982$za2.1556@fe61.usenetserver.com>...

> Why not go with an AMD Athlon 64 socket 754 or socket 939? You would
> get better performance at a lower price. You would just have to make
> sure the MB would work with the Matrox G450 card. I don't know what
> voltage it operates at, but some of the newer boards will only support
> 4x/8x 1.5 volt cards, not 3.3 volt.

Thing is, I already have a Prescott sitting on my shelf. Thanks for
the suggestion, though! I'll check out the Newegg search thing like
the other poster suggested.

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"Scrumhalf" <ss_oregon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:99bf6bf6.0411150739.7546aa2b@posting.google.com...

" I would appreciate any recommendations for any other choices or comments
on the two above. "


Filter Newegg's Intel motherboard list for 'LGA775(Socket T)' and '8X', and
you will get 15 results.

http://www.newegg.com/app/manufact.asp?catalog=280&DEPA...

As for Linux, I wouldn't have a clue.

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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:29:06 -0500, Dee <dee@home.net>
wrote:

>Scrumhalf wrote:
>> I am intending to build my next system around a 3.6GHz Prescott
>> processor (Socket 775). I however would like to use my old Matrox
>> G450 dual head video card in the system.
>>
>> The catch is that the G450 is an AGP card and most Socket 775 MBs seem
>> to be based on PCI Express and not have an AGP slot on board. The
>> only boards I could find that meets this bill are the Abit AS8 and the
>> Asus PSP800, although for about the same price, the Abit seems to be
>> much more feature packed (SATA, Firewire, etc.).
>>
>> I would appreciate any recommendations for any other choices or
>> comments on the two above.
>>
>> I intend to run a Debian Linux distro on it - any info on system
>> stability with Linux on any of these MBs would be useful as well.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>Why not go with an AMD Athlon 64 socket 754 or socket 939? You would
>get better performance at a lower price. You would just have to make
>sure the MB would work with the Matrox G450 card. I don't know what
>voltage it operates at, but some of the newer boards will only support
>4x/8x 1.5 volt cards, not 3.3 volt.

IIRC, G400 was 3.3V only but G450 is 1.5V, too.