Conroe with AGP & DDR?

Vertigo · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:19

Are there any Conroe-compatible motherboards out there that will take DDR memory and an AGP graphics card or am I going to have to change these components too?

lee87 · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:24

Asrock 775DUAL- VSTA
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm

It has 2 DDR slots and 2 DDR2 slots. It also has both a AGP and PCI-E slot.

FirebarUK · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:47

ASRock also do an 865 based board which is conroe ready with just AGP and DDR.

Fluff_eei · 23 Jul 2006 at 15:20

The ASRock board is you answer, but be aware that there'll be a peformance dip even if you do switch to PCI-E and DDR2 later on, compared to other boards.

Fluff_eei

Vertigo · 23 Jul 2006 at 16:32

Ta for the info. Basically I'm contemplating upgrading my media PC, the current spec of which is a P4 2.4, Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, Radeon 9550 & 1GB PC3200

I'm looking at upgrading it to a dual-core CPU, probably an E6300 but don't really need any more memory or want to change the graphics card so I was thinking along the lines of a Conroe mobo that would take the old AGP card and DDR memory. Does this sound like a sensible way forward or is it a waste of time and I should wait a bit and do it all?

FirebarUK · 23 Jul 2006 at 17:05

Is your media PC struggling with stuff?

axe · 23 Jul 2006 at 17:09

Question About this Mobo ... Im Thinking of getting one but i have a Sata2 Hdd will it still work with Sata1 :confused:

thnx

Vertigo · 23 Jul 2006 at 17:18

FirebarUK said:
Is your media PC struggling with stuff?

Not most of the time but it does jerk a bit now and then. Nothing too serious which is why I'm leaning towards the leave it alone and wait for HD before starting again option.

fish99 · 23 Jul 2006 at 18:56

Anyone know if the 775DUAL- VSTA will take a Conroe without a BIOS update, or if not, will it post and keeping working long enough for you to do a BIOS update through the command prompt? Cheers

Phil99 · 23 Jul 2006 at 19:19

axe said:
Question About this Mobo ... Im Thinking of getting one but i have a Sata2 Hdd will it still work with Sata1 thnx

Looks like it according to this post.

janesssssy · 23 Jul 2006 at 21:46

overclocking will be difficult, it has no Vcore adjustments.

Scooby-DoobyDoo · 6 Aug 2006 at 16:32

Anyone found a review of this board comparing it with DDR memory and an AGP graphics card against DDR2 and a PCI-E Card ?

mightynimrod · 6 Aug 2006 at 16:36

janesssssy said:
overclocking will be difficult, it has no Vcore adjustments.

Just clock it to it's limits on stock vcore then

Digital Punk · 6 Aug 2006 at 16:39

The PCI Express 16x port only runs at 4x on that board.

tomos · 12 Oct 2006 at 22:33

mightynimrod said:
Just clock it to it's limits on stock vcore then

i was worried on this issue but found info on vr-zone saying how to short pins on your cpu to force a specific vcore