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Originally posted by ymboc
Most of the MP boards I have seen have 2 64bit slots and the remaining (3?) are PCI... but I'm sure you've noticed that yourself... 32bit PCI cards should work in a 64bit slot, at least on the servers I've worked on (which had all 64bit slots).
AGP Pro is used by the fancier 'workstation class' videocards... It was my understanding that it's basically an extra connector at the front of the slot that allows more power to be delivered to the videocard... so you could even have an AGP8x AGP Pro slot, but all I've seen so far is AGP4x
Regardless.. here's the spec: http://www.agpforum.org/downloads/apro_r11a.pdf
When picking Processors for an MP system... don't rule out the 2500XPs (since they're barton too) and considerably cheaper than the 2800s... btw, you do know about the L5 'mod' right?
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cool... thanks for the info. 4x agp would probably be acceptable.. i haven't found exact specs, they just say "agp pro".
i;ve _heard_ of the L5 mod, just not how to do it.
i was thinking about using xp 2400's, because i already have one in this machine. this machine will become my gaming machine, so i thought maybe throw in a 3000 or 3200 barton in this, and use the 2400 in the new machine.
i assume the barton works fine in the 266fsb boards? basically i'm looking between the gigabyte ga-7dpxdw and the msi k7d master-L. both are even oc'able, but i need stability here so i probably won't see that.
would i really notice a big difference with between the non-bartons and the bartons? not sure if it's going to be worth it or not, but the 2500's shouldn't be that bad of a hit to upgrade, i can always use this chip in a server or *nix station.