[Pc_Support] Re: New $73 ASRock 939DUAL-SATA2 has both true AGPx8 and PCIx16 slots ..

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 09:35 -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Unlike a lot of "hack" mainboards that use ViA or other chipsets and
> merely connect the AGP to the shared PCI bus, the ULI M1695 chipset has
> both _true_ AGPx8 and PCIe slots:  
>   http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2489  
> The ASRock 939DUAL-SATA2 at $72 has this combination:  
>   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157081  
> I'm not a huge fan of ALI/ULI chipsets -- although that was largely
> based back in the Socket-7 days -- but they have had their moments.
> This appears to be one of them.

The Yellow Slot on the mainboard is a future upgrade slot for CPU, which
might have its own memory on the daughtercard (e.g., DDR2).  Of course,
their last upgrade daughtercard I saw was over $50, so it might just be
better to go with a new mainboard.  Although it's a nice option for
companies/OEMs:  
  http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/939DSATA2.htm  

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Bryan J. Smith     b.j.smith at ieee.org     http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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