Biostar not for gaming?

[Slayer32163]

amd phenom II x4 920
4gb ddr2 1066
sapphire hd 5850
bfg 550w psu
biostar ta790gxb a2+


So i was talking to a freind who is a computer specialist because my games werent running anybetter after i got the hd 5850.(bought it because my gtx 260 was crap) He told me that biostar is not good for gaming and is causing a bottleneck in my computer, could this be true.

 

[overbound]

I'm no computer expert but looking at your board and vid card on new egg I don't see how that could be. Your processor is fast enough your vid card is good your board 2600MHz Hyper Transport, PCI Express 2.0. Maybe its something to do with the chip set? I have no clue but like I said I'm not a computer expert.

 

[pepperman]

The only thing a mobo will limit you on (provided it isn't broken) is OCing and expansion; other than that, it will in no way affect performance. There is a difference in quality and longevity, but that's different from performance. That might be what your friend was talking about, or he doesn't know what he's talking about.

 

[iX_aND]

i already built some friends PC with biostar and it run well for gaming...
Biostar which i knew is quite good for OC.. for your comparison maybe you can use MSI or ASUS with 790X or 770 if you don't want to make an CrossFire

 

[Techno-boy]

1 year ago, Biostar TPower I45 (P45 motherboard) won the award of best overclocking motherboards because it broke the World's overclock record. That would make you rethink about the brands again. It made me think that ASUS "Republic of Gamers" motherboards was more marketing hype because 1 year ago, the more expensive and famous ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula cannot beat Biostar TPower I45.

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/ar/news/news.php?id=32

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138118

But for the customer service, I don't know...

 

[jitpublisher]

Between all the major motherboard manufactures, there are a lot of opinions and differences on features available, and customer support. One thing that is a fact though is there is very little difference in performance between similary equipped boards, ie....same chipset, same processors, same memory, same video card setup, etc. They are all within tiny fractions of each other performance wise.

Of course a board that supports a faster processor, faster memory, 2, 3 or even 4 video cards, and an extremely tweakable BIOS has a potential to be a much better gaming solution. But it is not the board or brand...it is simply the features the board will support that makes a board "better".
Your friend is not as knowledgable as he may think he is, and the board you have is as good a gaming board as any other board in same price range and feature set.

Now, why your games are not running any better....
What exactly do you mean by that?
What resolution and what games? What settings are you trying to run that you see no difference? Moving up from a 260 to a 5850 is not as huge a jump as you may think. Normally, the wise gaming gurus will tell you that to realize much of a difference in speed (enough to make it feel like your purchase was worthwhile), you need to go up 2 levels in the hierarchy chart.
While a 5850 is a faster card than the 260 you had, it is not THAT much faster in real world use, especially depending on the resolutions you are running. It would have been a poor price for performance purchase just to buy it to upgrade from your 260. Now, what was it about your 260 that was crap?
Perhaps you don't have something set up correctly that made your 260 "crap" and the 5850 you have now seem no better?
In other words if a 260 did not get the job done for you, then a 5850 likely isn't going to impress you much either. Lets figure out what the problem is, or you simply may a higher end system all around to satisfy your needs.