Mainboard advice for s939,agp,Athlon64X2

Nebulus · 09-07-05, 02:57 PM

Hi, before running into trouble, i want to ask the freaks.

I want to upgrade my system, to an Athlon64X2 cpu.
But i want to hold my AGP nvidia6800board.

So witch Mainbaord is the best for Linux.
Supporting : Athlon64X2 and AGP ?

My choise was an Asus A8V-Deluxe Mainbaord, but noone can confirm, that the Board support dual core cpus.

Some advice ?

TierMann · 09-08-05, 01:56 AM

You should check out the Gigabyte K8NS Ultra-939 too.
That supports dual core with the F7 or higher bios. Also I had no problems with getting all the onboard (audio, dual GB-LAN, firewire, etc) running with 2.6.8+ kernels. It's AGP as well. I wasn't ready to give up my 6800GT yet

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I just checked out the cpu support list for that A8V Deluxe.
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
It supports dual cores (in bios 1013 and 1014).

nukem · 09-09-05, 01:56 AM

I used to use the board(had it with a 5900 Ultra) and it does support the X2, you just need to make sure you have the latest BIOS update. Great motherboard, I would highly suggest it. Just know that AGP is dead, future cards are going to be PCI-X.

uOpt · 09-14-05, 03:42 PM

The A8V-E Deluxe (PCIe) does not support X2s.

The A8V-E SE (PCIe, not deluxe) does, as does the A8V deluxe (AGP).

Wolfhound · 09-16-05, 10:41 AM

See here http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...Language=en-us

Asus A8V Deluxe supports AMD 64 X2 since bios 1013

**Thunderbird** · 09-22-05, 10:13 AM

Likely you already bought a new motherboard but if you still need one a good alternative would be a ALI M1695 chipset. Motherboards with this chipset support BOTH AGP and PCI-Express. Various big vendors sell boards with these chips.

09-07-05, 02:57 PM	#1
Nebulus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 23	Mainboard advice for s939,agp,Athlon64X2 Hi, before running into trouble, i want to ask the freaks. I want to upgrade my system, to an Athlon64X2 cpu. But i want to hold my AGP nvidia6800board. So witch Mainbaord is the best for Linux. Supporting : Athlon64X2 and AGP ? My choise was an Asus A8V-Deluxe Mainbaord, but noone can confirm, that the Board support dual core cpus. Some advice ?

09-08-05, 01:56 AM	#2
TierMann Bite my shiny, metal @ss! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PA, USA Posts: 1,586	Re: Mainboard advice for s939,agp,Athlon64X2 You should check out the Gigabyte K8NS Ultra-939 too. That supports dual core with the F7 or higher bios. Also I had no problems with getting all the onboard (audio, dual GB-LAN, firewire, etc) running with 2.6.8+ kernels. It's AGP as well. I wasn't ready to give up my 6800GT yet . I just checked out the cpu support list for that A8V Deluxe. http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx It supports dual cores (in bios 1013 and 1014). __________________ Athlon 64 4400+ X2 (10x250= 2.5ghz) \| Foxconn NF4KS8AA-8EKRS (nForce4 SLI) \| 2GB OCZ DDR400 @ 416 (3-3-3-8) \| eVGA 8800GTS 320mb Red Diabolic Minotaur Case \| PCP&C 610 Silencer \| Samsung 19" 997DF + Acer AL1914smd-8 \| G15 Keyboard \| MX Revolution \| 900Gb Storage Vista Ultimate 32 + Gentoo Linux (Gnome + Beryl) Athlon XP 3000+ \| ECS KM400M2 3.0 \| 512mb DDR333 \| PNY 5200 Ultra TV-Tuner \| Silver Aspire X-Qpack w/Windows \| WinXP MCE 2005 \| 200Gb Storage DVD Collection -- MySpace

09-09-05, 01:56 AM	#3
nukem Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 226	Re: Mainboard advice for s939,agp,Athlon64X2 I used to use the board(had it with a 5900 Ultra) and it does support the X2, you just need to make sure you have the latest BIOS update. Great motherboard, I would highly suggest it. Just know that AGP is dead, future cards are going to be PCI-X.

09-14-05, 03:42 PM	#4
uOpt FreeBSD cheering section Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 609	Re: Mainboard advice for s939,agp,Athlon64X2 The A8V-E Deluxe (PCIe) does not support X2s. The A8V-E SE (PCIe, not deluxe) does, as does the A8V deluxe (AGP).

09-16-05, 10:41 AM	#5
Wolfhound Moving to new home Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 1,358	Re: Mainboard advice for s939,agp,Athlon64X2 See here http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...Language=en-us Asus A8V Deluxe supports AMD 64 X2 since bios 1013 __________________ Intel Quad Core Q6600 @ 3,4 \| 4Gigs (2x2) OCZ Reaper PC-8500 \| Gigabyte P35-DS3R \| Western Digital 500G Caviar SE16 SATA2 NCQ \| Seagate160 Gig 7200.9 SATA NCQ \| Maxtor 300Gig SATA NCQ \| Asus Geforce 260GTX \| Samsung Syncmaster 930BF 19'' \| BeQuiet Straight Power 700W \| Cooler Master CM690 \|Windows Vista x64 SP2 \|Windows XP SP3 [Deceased PSU, no money for new one, stucked with laptop and XBOX 360] Macbook Pro 13': 4gigs \| Core2 Duo 2,53Mhz \| 250Gigs HDD \|geforce 9400M\| aluminium unibody \| Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard \|gentoo Linux 2.631 kernel Wolfhound´s Brute: http://wolfhound77.mybrute.com

09-22-05, 10:13 AM	#6
Thunderbird Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands, Europe Posts: 2,105	Re: Mainboard advice for s939,agp,Athlon64X2 Likely you already bought a new motherboard but if you still need one a good alternative would be a ALI M1695 chipset. Motherboards with this chipset support BOTH AGP and PCI-Express. Various big vendors sell boards with these chips.

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