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dijital   08-27-2009 at 07:47:51 PM

So confused can someone take a look and tell me which of the three mother boards is better for gaming?

I do plan on getting a separate video card as well.

ASRock A790GMH/128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

BIOSTAR TA790GX XE AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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MrCommunistGen   08-27-2009 at 08:04:53 PM

Assuming you are getting a single video card and do not plan on Crossfire, any of those boards/chipsets should be fine and will perform very similarly. The 785G chipset on the Gigabyte you've chosen is the newest, but the 790 chipsets are higher end. Which manufacturer to chose is up to debate. I've personally used Gigabyte and Asus, but others will swear both for and against these and other brands.

Good Luck!
-mcg

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dijital   08-27-2009 at 08:19:36 PM

MrCommunistGen wrote :

Assuming you are getting a single video card and do not plan on Crossfire, any of those boards/chipsets should be fine and will perform very similarly. The 785G chipset on the Gigabyte you've chosen is the newest, but the 790 chipsets are higher end. Which manufacturer to chose is up to debate. I've personally used Gigabyte and Asus, but others will swear both for and against these and other brands.

Good Luck!
-mcg




they say they can do crossfire, are they talking about crossfire the onboard CPU with any card you put in?

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Shadow703793   08-27-2009 at 08:41:29 PM

^No. You can only CrossFire 2 of the same card NON IGP cards. ie 2x4870.

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obsidian86   08-27-2009 at 09:31:26 PM

not just the same card you can crossfire 2similar cards as well like 4770 an 4830/4850 or 4830 an 4850 or 4850 and 4870 or 4870 with 4890 i bet there is many more frankenfire's and performance isn't hampered byt the slower card but work more on a combined average

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dijital   08-27-2009 at 09:35:59 PM

So my best bwould be any of these Motherboards ( think I'm going for the Biostar given the gpu on there is a little better as a back up)

And then get 1 really kick@ss video card right?

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Shadow703793   08-27-2009 at 10:26:24 PM

obsidian86 wrote :

not just the same card you can crossfire 2similar cards as well like 4770 an 4830/4850 or 4830 an 4850 or 4850 and 4870 or 4870 with 4890 i bet there is many more frankenfire's and performance isn't hampered byt the slower card but work more on a combined average


True, but the CrossFire will be limited to the lowest card performance.

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obsidian86   08-28-2009 at 12:18:48 AM

no its not limited by the lower cards performance as much as you think a 4890 an 4870 come within spitting distance of dual 4890

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Shadow703793   08-28-2009 at 12:48:40 AM

^Benches? General search says it's quite a bit limited by the lower card.

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croc   08-28-2009 at 04:19:04 AM

dijital wrote :

So confused can someone take a look and tell me which of the three mother boards is better for gaming?

I do plan on getting a separate video card as well.

ASRock A790GMH/128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

BIOSTAR TA790GX XE AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard



Just be aware that Gigabyte's customer support is almost non-existant. Never had any of the other boards, so can't comment.

Asus' customer support used to be pretty bad, but I hear that it has improved greatly. DFI has good customer support.

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