Upgrade assistance - K8N Neo3

Hi there,
I'm currently considering upgrading. I've got my eye on the new Uli chipset, although it appears to be some ways off, so being impatient I wanted to know if the K8N Neo3 would be a good choice.
ATM I have -
Athlon XP3000+
1GB PC2700 DDR Ram
Asus Geforce A6600GT (not listed as compatible)
Audigy 2
Now, I'm after a PCI-e board so I can perform a future upgrade to that, but I don't want to spend all my money now. The K8N Neo3 looks good to me, although I'm worried that it'll be incompatible with my current AGP card.
I'm willing to upgrade my Athlon to a 64, and will consider upgrading to 1gig highest required memory for the Neo. Does anyone know if the card is going to be an issue?

The board is quite a good upgrade board. Your card will work but performance from it will be lower than before.
 As for memory, it only handles 2 RAM modules. And it is very picky with the memory. You will have to run single-sided memory or really really good double-sided to use 200 mhz FSB or higher. However, if you have a   stick PC2700 and get another one you will have no problems. I had quite a few problems finding memory that worked well. No i use GEIL adn they work very well with the board.
 The audigy2 will work fine in the lowest PCI-slot. The onboard sound is crap so be glad you have one already.

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