08-07-2009, 05:57 PM
Quote:You aren't likely to find any 875P chipsets, or anything "a bit newer" with an AGP slot. 8 series was the last AGP Intel Platform, anything newer will be PCI-express. 875 was the "performance" version of the chipset and 865 the more budget oriented version. Since anyone remotely seeking performance will not have an AGP card, that one has been discontinued for some time.Thanks. That answered my question.
865 is very, very similar to the 875 and when these chipsets were "the thing" many budget conscious, but performance oriented folk would still buy an 865 chipset because the performance differences were minimal (865PE and 875P were actually the same piece of silicon, just the 875P would tend to overclock better). You should be fine with an 865 (G or PE both support 8x AGP and will operate your video card fine.)
@ LIssa. I looked at Pricewatch and Ebay both, and a whole bunch of other stuff on the web. In short, nothing there I had any faith in, nor any interest in "bidding" on from someone in Hong Kong and maybe getting it in 5-7 days, or not.
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete