Kind of confused need to clarify...

[Chaton]

I was reading the specs of Asrock extreme7 gen 3 and Asrock extreme 4 motherboards failing to see what the difference was , and realized under its graphics specs it said supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz :O, my plan was to buy a Samsung 27A950D 120Hz monitor ....will i be able to play games at 120Hz?

(Also if you guys know of any other gaming oriented Standard ATX gen 3 motherboards that support up coming ivy bridge and pci 3.0 that would be awesome).

 

[FinneousPJ]

You will probably be using a discrete graphics card so that's irrelevant. The ASRock Gen3 series seems best bang for buck.

 

[pro-gamer]

needs a powerful card like gtx 580 or hd 6970 then you are able play in 120mhz with 1920x1200.there are gen3 motherboard available that can support pci-e 3.0 but currently not support an ivy bridge cpu because it has lga 2011 and the mobos that people are using has lga 1155,1156 and 1366.

 

[cobra5000]

The native resolution on that monitor is only 1920x1080 anyway.
Too bad, if it were 1920x1200 (16:10), I would be all over it!
If you can afford a $600 monitor, you should spend at least $300 on a GPU so you can enjoy it! Just get a decent GPU and all will be fine.

 

[Novuake]

needs a powerful card like gtx 580 or hd 6970 then you are able play in 120mhz with 1920x1200.there are gen3 motherboard available that can support pci-e 3.0 but currently not support an ivy bridge cpu because it has lga 2011 and the mobos that people are using has lga 1155,1156 and 1366.

Thats just conjecture. We only have confirmation that Sandy Bridge Extended will be using LGA2011.

Most rumors suggest that Ivy Bridge will not be an Enthusiast targeting range (using less power for example) and that it will run on current LGA1155 Socket if the max TDP of processor is not higher than 95W (which it will not since Ivy Bridge is meant to be a lower power consumption series)

 

[pro-gamer]

hmm, not really sure ivy bridge socket is higher than sandy bridge.

 

[Novuake]

I was reading the specs of Asrock extreme7 gen 3 and Asrock extreme 4 motherboards failing to see what the difference was , and realized under its graphics specs it said supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz :O, my plan was to buy a Samsung 27A950D 120Hz monitor ....will i be able to play games at 120Hz?

(Also if you guys know of any other gaming oriented Standard ATX gen 3 motherboards that support up coming ivy bridge and pci 3.0 that would be awesome).

I would suggest that you research the PCI-e 3.0 boards well before deciding as the standard has not been widely accepted.

Also, neither Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge Extended will have native PCI-e 3.0 support so it would be pointless to buy a board that has it.

As for the motherboards. Gen 3 is perfectly good enough.

You will need quite a powerfull discreet Graphics Card to run full HD @ 120Hz. So the motherboards onboard graphics are irrelevant.

 

[Chaton]

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[Chaton]

Thx guys for all the info really cleared it up for me. And yea I will be getting a high end card prob end of year when prices come down a little which I have learned will handle it .