Is there a PCI Xpress mobo for Athlon XP?

[geronimo]

I have a PC I built with an A7NX8 mobo and an Athlon XP 3000 CPU. It
is not fast enough to run Flight Simulator 9.1 well! I want to
upgrade to a PCI Express mobo,but I would want to keep the same CPU
for now.... Athlon 64 is pretty expensive. So is there such a thing
as a PCI Express mobo that accepts Athlon XP CPU? It would need to
also have a couple of the older PCI slots as well. I would get a new
PCI express video card, but I need to continue using two of my PCI
cards. thanks!

 

[dawg]

Nope. They are only available for P4's and A64's an up.except for a few
AGP-PCI-e combos for the socket754 chipset I've heard about.
Pisses me off,I've got a nice Socket 754 2800+ that clocks over 2.2ghz and
my upgrade path is zip with this chip. Those hybrids are generally junk so I
wouldn't use one.

 

[SteveH]

I have a PC I built with an A7NX8 mobo and an Athlon XP 3000 CPU. It
is not fast enough to run Flight Simulator 9.1 well! I want to
upgrade to a PCI Express mobo,but I would want to keep the same CPU
for now.... Athlon 64 is pretty expensive. So is there such a thing
as a PCI Express mobo that accepts Athlon XP CPU? It would need to
also have a couple of the older PCI slots as well. I would get a new
PCI express video card, but I need to continue using two of my PCI
cards. thanks!

Don't forget, it's not just the video card and CPU that govern how well FS9
runs. Its also very much down to what add-ons you have installed. I've got
an A64-3500, GeForce 6600GT video and a gig of memory and it still slows
down with some high detail aircraft, especially with add-on scenery running.

SteveH

 

[Tweek]

There are PCI express boards for socket 754, I just got one. Here is a whole
page of them. I got the MSI mATX with the Nvidia chipset.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=

 

[dawg]

I'll be damned.Looks like only 1 or 2 decent overclckers in the bunch.I'll
have to think about the Abit AV8. Is Abit going out of business?

 

[John Doe]

Why would you want a piece of hardware that doesn't run at its
specifications?

 

[Sean Cousins]

I have a PC I built with an A7NX8 mobo and an Athlon XP 3000 CPU. It
is not fast enough to run Flight Simulator 9.1 well! I want to
upgrade to a PCI Express mobo,but I would want to keep the same CPU
for now.... Athlon 64 is pretty expensive. So is there such a thing
as a PCI Express mobo that accepts Athlon XP CPU? It would need to
also have a couple of the older PCI slots as well. I would get a new
PCI express video card, but I need to continue using two of my PCI
cards. thanks!

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