Help a fool out

**~~Cecil900~~** · 05-08-08, 09:50 PM

Current PCI-E videocard do not exceed the bandwidth of PCI-E 1.0. Really, im just sayign i've had bad experiences with Biostar.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130138

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131289

**WileECyte** · 05-08-08, 09:51 PM

I've got the ASUS M3A (AM2+, has PCI-E 2.0 x16 even if newegg doesn't say it does) and it is a great board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...us+m3a&x=0&y=0

**BigHub** · 05-08-08, 09:51 PM

fuck MSI... I have an MSI board right now... I mean, it hasn't done me wrong... But I would rather prefer Asus or Abit.

Thanks for the help guys.

**Gumby** · 05-08-08, 09:52 PM

if you are worried about bandwidth, read this article:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-2-0,1915.html

all the way down to PCI-E 1.1 8x there is no performance difference

The current crop of cards is not powerful enough to use up all the available bandwidth on PCI-E 1.1, let alone 2.0

**BigHub** · 05-08-08, 09:55 PM

roger...

I think I'm gunna go with this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131246

And this graphics card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130318

**Gumby** · 05-08-08, 09:58 PM

Do you have plans for a Phenom upgrade in the future? If so, that one will require a BIOS upgrade first so be careful down the road.

**BigHub** · 05-08-08, 10:04 PM

roger.

Right now i have an Athlon 4800+ 64 X2 Brisbane @ 2.5GHz (OC'd @ 2.75)

**WileECyte** · 05-08-08, 10:29 PM

Not every AM2 board will accept a Phenom because a lot of the manufacturers (even the big ones line ASUS and Abit) haven't updated the BIOS for the boards to support it. Best future-proof AM2 board is an AM2+ board.