Hey need some help here i found this graphics card i like but its not supported by the board i want to get. So i found another ASUS that had PCI Express 2.0 so it could and it has crossfire. If you guys could help me figure out which one i should get i would appreciate it.

Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121253

Board 1 (the original)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131196

Board 2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131299

Ohh and with the second one do i need to change my memory this is what i was planning on buying

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231166

Your board one links to the Ram, not a mobo.

what you are saying is false. (you need to check your first mobo address) but any pcie 2.0 card will work perfectly fine within a regular pcie slot.

mobo 1 is fixed and so PCI Express 2.0 and regular don't matter if so than what is the difference

and can i still use my RAM in either one

I'm guessing the second one has better features for overclocking and stuff, but I'm not sure. Your RAM will work in either.

the second would come in handy having the crossfire on it+

Ive decided to go with the second one if anyone has anything that might me of value for me switch back i would appreciate it if you could post soon

Hi

The P35 based board mentioned is an older version or chipset, (Intel). Even if the board does have 2 PCI-E slots they are throttled back somewhat in Crossfire mode, with one slot operating at X4 and the other at a full X16. These are also PCI-E1 slots and not PCI-E2 slots as found in the newer P45, which gives you double the bandwidth as previously seen. The P45 chipset from Intel is the latest mid price point chipset, and features a newer southbridge ICH10R controller and as mentioned the new PCI-E2 slots.
Keep in mind that these PCI-E slots still only work at X8 and X8. However since these new slots are capable of carrying double the data, a X8 slot is still theoretically just as good as a full X16 slot found in PCI-E1.

Crossfire does work pretty well in these boards, but there is evidence it's not quite as good as the higher end X48 boards, which have full X16 in both slots. Quite a bit more money for the 48 boards also.

can you either give me a link to a better mobo or tell me which one is better because im kinda lost there

Im still a bit of a newb, but when you look at the mobo's you have to think about the physical part too. Which one is smalller, but will fit the graphics card you'd like without covering your SATA ports, I noticed that tends to be problems with a MOBO sometimes they are covered

The IDE cable slot is in a very awkward position it seems to me on the ASUS P5Q Pro. And if your graphics card is too big it might cover all of the SATA ports, but I don't think it will...


Keep in mind as said one is PCI E2.0, faster but they overall are almost the same board.

These wouldn't be very good at all for dual slot VC, but single slot, they both are ok .