ASRock makes the 4CoreDual-VSTA, which has replaced the 775Dual-VSTA. They support AGP and PCI-E, DDR1 and DDR2 (not simultaneously). The 4CoreDual even handles quad-cores.

Both boards are much-loved, esp. for the value. There's lots of info out there on them.

Thanks for the suggestions and info, Tephras and vortex222. My northbridge heatsink is pretty tall. So I've settled on a sandwich-style heatsink and have over-rotated the heatpipe away from the motherboard so that there's clearance over the NB. The backside plate isn't anchored onto the card (it jus...

TedMC -- Thanks for the tip on the HR-03 Rev A. It looks like a good option. miahallen--The HR-05-SLI could do the job, esp. given its low price and the fact that I already have a sandwich-style VGA cooler. In some limited searching, I wasn't able to definitively determine that it works on NB set-up...

Thanks for the reply, sjoukew. To respond to your questions: 1) I'm using an AGP card to get DVI output; and, 2) the card does in fact work in my motherboard. I just want it to work silently.

I would like to passively cool my ATI FireGL X1 128MB AGP card (akin to a 9700 Pro), but my motherboard (ASRock 775i65GV) leaves only a small space between the card and the northbridge heatsink (about 14mm). Here's what the motherboard situation looks like (apologies if these images load slowly): ht...