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Re: athlon mobos
agp 8 boards still support old graphics cards
the command upgrades are only from very old athlon motherboards,
before DDR. if your not running DDR, it's probably time for a more
wide ranging system upgrade anyway!
Scott
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:56:27 +0100, Stephen
<yahoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I read something about Athlon motherboards, saying that the old socket
> A Athlon & Duron boards were not ideal for use with newer Athlon
xps,
> since they did not support the additional commands within the Athlon
> xp. I read this on the web in passing, and cannot remember where. What
> are these additional commands, and what performance benefit do they
> give? Which chips have them?
>
> I ask because I have upgraded my processor but not the mobo; I'm
> wondering whether I should. The only problem is, I think new mobos are
> agp x8 only, which means I have to spend $$$ to buy a new graphics
> card too ;(
>
> Thanks.
>
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