Compare this to the price of the native Socket 479 boards and this configuration is still cheaper, even if you had to purchase the ASUS motherboard. The adapter solution with the ASUS motherboards also delivers Dual Channel DDR400 Memory and AGP 8x, something the native boards with AGP do not. Without Hyperthreading this configuration lacks real power for some CPU hungry apps.

But if you're a gamer like me, this upgrade adds new life to a chipset that is fading fast and allows it to compete against the higher end chips from Intel and AMD.

Want to move up to PCI-E? ASUS has i915P motherboards (P4GD1 & P4GPL-X) with PCI-E that also work with the CT-479 adapter. Not to mention that at the time of this review the prices for Intel Mobile chips are at their lowest ranging from a PM730 for $199.00 to a PM770 for $430.00. Kudos to the ASUS engineers for their design of the CT-479 adapter, indeed one of a kind.