PCI-E express..and Athlon XP, socket A

[sweeper2]

i am assuming that you can't get a PCI-E MB that uses a socket A cpu.. as i have been looking, but can't find one..

what type of cpu would i have to upgrade to , to use a PCI-E board ??

seems that you can get plenty of "used" 6600GT's PCI-E, but the AGP versions "used" are hard to find...

any one have any ideas..?

[sechs]

The latest P4 and Athlon64/Sempron/Opteron boards are all PCI-Express.

AGP still has plenty of breath in it, so there's no hurry to upgrade.

[Reather]

Nope, no Socket A boards w/ PCI-E. You would need to go to either: Socket 478(?), 754 (on select ones, few), 939 (most of them, look for nVidia nForce4), and LGA 775. I assume you know what processors go with each one.

[sweeper2]

Yeah, i really don't want to upgrade.. but it seems pretty easy to pick up a 6600gt PCI-E vid card "used" at a good price compared to an AGP versions which is few and far between.... but i want to keep all my hardware, cpu, ram , etc... but just want to replace the MB if possible...


oops., you beat me to the punch... hmm, well, no upgrade then... don't feel like replacing the cpu etc...

[Reather]

Good choice. Keep your AGP as long as you can.