"Larry Roberts" <skin-> wrote in message
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> My first purchased part towards a new Athlon64 system is a
> Biostar NF4UL-A9 mainboard. This board has PCI-E, and AGP support. The
> XGP (Xtreme Graphics Port) lets you use AGP vieocards, but only a
> limited amount of them. There is a short list of them that was tested
> by Biostar to work properly on their site. No Nvidia 6xxx cards are
> listed, but I've read elsewhere that people have used 6xxx AGP cards
> just fine, but none listed a Chaintech model. Anyone have this
> mainboard, and a Chaintech 6xxx AGP card running on it?
> I know I should purchase a PCI-E card, but I can't afford to
> drop $300 towards a 6800GT (which would be the logical next step),
> since I'm already spending $300 just for the mainboard, and Athlon64
> 3200+. I'm hoping my 6600GT AGP can hold me over till I can afford a
> better PCI-E card.
I run a Athlon 64 3300+, a gig of RAM and a 6600GT. Every game I have runs
smooth and hot at 1024 X 768. You can buy better framerates, but honestly
it's overkill.
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