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ecca   07-21-2006 at 06:26:38 AM

Hi,

I'm building a conroe system with an XFX 7950gx2 graphics card but I can't find any motherboards other than the intel 975xbx revision 304 that support both of them. Does anyone know of another motherboard that supports both?

Thanks.

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Heyyou27   07-21-2006 at 07:02:38 AM
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Any motherboard with a PCIe 16x slot can use a 7950GX2.

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The_Prophecy   07-21-2006 at 07:45:56 AM
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And any board with either a 965P chipset, or select boards with the 975X chipset will support a Conroe.

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Artmic   07-22-2006 at 05:45:02 AM
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Quote :

Hi,

I'm building a conroe system with an XFX 7950gx2 graphics card but I can't find any motherboards other than the intel 975xbx revision 304 that support both of them. Does anyone know of another motherboard that supports both?

Thanks.


ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe could be your best bet, if you don’t want to go with Intel, a lot of people say with the latest BIOS it does support a 7950 vid card, although i'm 10 percent unsure about that, i have my doubts, since the Dude from ASUS tech support said this board does not support this vid card.

Well no matter what, i think i'm getting the ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe myself, and probably if it don't work out with my 7950 i will just get the Intel Bad Axe 304.
I like the ASUS since it OC's better than the Intel board. Then again, the Intel board can handle 2 CF vid cards and one added Physics card. I dont' think the ASUS motherboard can handle 3rd PCI-E physics card. Also the ASUS card does not have a parallel printer port... (You'd need to get an add-on card for that printer port if you absolutely need it)

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holcar   07-22-2006 at 04:24:53 PM
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And any board with either a 965P chipset, or select boards with the 975X chipset will support a Conroe.



yes but won't some require a new BIOS?

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The_Prophecy   07-22-2006 at 08:34:28 PM
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The 965P boards shouldn't need a BIOS update..... the 975X ones probably will though. If you're in to overclocking though, go for a 975X board, they seem to have more overclocking potential.

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RichPLS   07-22-2006 at 09:03:08 PM
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I believe most 975 boards shipping from manu has latest BIOS, but some retailers may have old stock with out update current, but quite a few retailers will update the BIOS before shipping if requested, some for free, others for a fee...

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dimas   07-22-2006 at 09:33:03 PM
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Quote :

Hi,

I'm building a conroe system with an XFX 7950gx2 graphics card but I can't find any motherboards other than the intel 975xbx revision 304 that support both of them. Does anyone know of another motherboard that supports both?

Thanks.


As for now I don't see any other alternative for Intel Bad Axe which could support both conroe and 7950GX2

I could wait for Nvidia based MB from ASUS which will probably will have it. But don't know for how long (may be mid-August...)

ps Although somebody claimed that ASUS p5w dh deluxe work with 7950gx2 - it seems that it works in a single videcard mode.

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Artmic   07-22-2006 at 11:44:07 PM
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Quote :

Hi,

I'm building a conroe system with an XFX 7950gx2 graphics card but I can't find any motherboards other than the intel 975xbx revision 304 that support both of them. Does anyone know of another motherboard that supports both?

Thanks.


As for now I don't see any other alternative for Intel Bad Axe which could support both conroe and 7950GX2

I could wait for Nvidia based MB from ASUS which will probably will have it. But don't know for how long (may be mid-August...)

ps Although somebody claimed that ASUS p5w dh deluxe work with 7950gx2 - it seems that it works in a single videcard mode.

Yup single vid card mode until you flash latest bios and install the nVidia drivers. at least that is what people have been telling me, and i trust them, since they have the rigs built and working, so 'im getting the ASUS board 100 percent for sure , no doubt about it :)

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dimas   07-23-2006 at 05:19:37 AM
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Quote :

Hi,

I'm building a conroe system with an XFX 7950gx2 graphics card but I can't find any motherboards other than the intel 975xbx revision 304 that support both of them. Does anyone know of another motherboard that supports both?

Thanks.


As for now I don't see any other alternative for Intel Bad Axe which could support both conroe and 7950GX2

I could wait for Nvidia based MB from ASUS which will probably will have it. But don't know for how long (may be mid-August...)

ps Although somebody claimed that ASUS p5w dh deluxe work with 7950gx2 - it seems that it works in a single videcard mode.

Yup single vid card mode until you flash latest bios and install the nVidia drivers. at least that is what people have been telling me, and i trust them, since they have the rigs built and working, so 'im getting the ASUS board 100 percent for sure , no doubt about it :)

I would prefer link to official ASUS or NVIDIA site with this information rather than rumors... ;)
If something will go wrong you will be left with your problems alone, no any support from ASUS ;)

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Artmic   07-23-2006 at 07:23:26 PM
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Yeah i know, but i trust the people from the xtremesystems forums :)
If it works for them, it will work for me most likely

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