help with video card/motherboard compatibility...

[Nica Guy]

i just want to know if running 1 or 2 9800 gx2 on an intel board (x48) i would lose performance over an nvidia board...

 

[Nica Guy]

anyone?

 

[dagger]

No performance loss whatsoever. It'll run on the pcie2.0x16 bus as it should. Nor does ATI cards on Nvidia motherboards lose performance.

 

[Nica Guy]

ok thanks dagger

 

[Nica Guy]

dagger, what do u think of this mobo?

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

 

[Nica Guy]

no one?

 

[dagger]

dagger, what do u think of this mobo?

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

It's a fine board. Although there are cheaper ones for the same performance. Those two, for example.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131317
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336

 

[Nica Guy]

cool thanks, i dont have too much of a budget as a just sold my laptop and dont need the money so ill go for the other one for the good reviews, thanks for checking it out!!

 

[dagger]

I just noticed you mentioned "1 or 2 9800gx2." Keep in mind Intel chipset boards do not support sli, so no quad sli 9800gx2.

 

[Nica Guy]

ohhhh... what do u think of 2 4850s in crossfire??
can that run any game on max? at 1680 x 1050?

 

[dagger]

ohhhh... what do u think of 2 4850s in crossfire??
can that run any game on max? at 1680 x 1050?

It should be able to, yes.

 

[Nica Guy]

k, so ill think ill go with that... thanks