AGP and PCI-E mobos?

[Lead']

Are there any vendors making 939 mobos with both AGP and PCI-Express? It would make upgrading a tad easier not having to do both CPU and GPU at once.

Thanks.

 

[ANova]

I know there were a few prototypes but I'm not sure if any of them made it to the market. The problem with having AGP and PCIE is that the two conflict with each other which can cause problems. PCIE also runs at higher voltages which can damage any cards in the AGP slot.

 

[oddfellow]

Via have just released the PT880pro, which is an LGA775 chipset which not only has both AGP and Peg16 slots, but also DDR1 and DDR2 slots.

A preview of an early reference board can be found HERE at Tom's hardware.

Haven't heard anything about S939 though.

 

[Dave Baumann]

http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2005q1/via-pt894/index.x?pg=2

VIA are doing it for P4 chipsets.

 

[Acert93]

Now I just need to wait for a S939 version Then I can do a painless upgrade (instead of waiting for the X800XL to come down in price, buy one, sell my 6800GT AGP, blah blah blah).

Hopefully it comes soon!