P45 or X48 if...

[AB1733]

...I plan on upgrading video cards every 1 1/2 years to 2 years.
I'm building a new system and plan on getting an HD4850 on an X48 board but am wondering if I'm not going to upgrade or add crossfire immediately, would I be better off going with a P45 board and a HD4870 and just buy the newest technology in two years instead of crossfire. I don't do a lot of gaming but plan on playing Flight Sim X and World in conflict on 19-22' monitor with a q9450 processor and 4 GB of DDR-2 ram.

If so, what P45 board do you recomend?

Thanks,
AB

 

[chookman]

if your upgrading every 2 years your best off with a new rig each time, or at the very least new mobo, gpu and cpu.

IMO go with the P45 now with a HD4850 then save for the next time round.

 

[eklipz330]

i actually agree with chookman
but if your getting a p45, just get a 4870, or wait for the x2, that should hold you well for a year or so...with everything max, or close to [im assuming itll be good]
this way, you wont have to anticipate getting your next brand new part, and will be able to play the games just as well

 

[halcyon]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131319

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131284

Hmmm...$20 is a movie, popcorn, and soda.

That may be one of the most expensive P45 mobos around, but its an Asus... The Rampage Formula needs no introduction.

 

[dagger]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336
This X48 board was benchmarked to perform as well as any Asus board, but cheaper and with higher quality. Being X48, it supports dual pcie2.0x16(x32 effective) in cf mode. Also, with dual bios, you don't have to worry about bios corruption while flashing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138118
This is the overclocking record holder. In oc performance, it blows aways any Asus motherboard, even the far more expensive ones.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130181
P45 for $90 ar. It's still a solid board that use the same p45 core, at an unbeatable value.

 

[AB1733]

thanks all for the replies

 

[halcyon]

Up to $150 for a P45 seems fair. I can't image paying $270, that's ridiculous for a P45. Asus charges too much for what you get.