what type of chipset mobo work with at gfx cards?

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  1. Dawny

    Dawny What's a Dremel?

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    well planning to get a ati x800gto, but no idea which type of chipset i need with it help!!
     
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    Anything with PCI Express.
     
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    Doesn't matter... any will work, provided it has support for your graphics card's interface. If you're buying the PCI-E version, I'd go for an nForce4 motherboard - they have a very rich feature set and are the most popular choice. It would be my personal recommendation.

    If you're planning on purchasing the AGP - stop! Don't bother with it if you're getting a whole new motherboard ;)
     
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    Dawny What's a Dremel?

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    so if my graphic controller is a nvida gforce, will that work with the ati gfx card?
     
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    An nVidia graphics card will work with an ATI chipset and vice versa. They are connected using industry-defined standards, so there will be no compatibility issues.
     
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    AWACS What's a Dremel?

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    I take it you're going with pci-e. and you wondt prolly be using dual cards (crossfire or sli)... then just select a mobo that supports the slot typ that card needs... I run a ati x850 xt pe on a nf4 mobo (Asus a8n-sli deluxe), so I'd say it wont matter unless you're going to run dual card setups...
     
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    what sort of budget have you got.. we will advise what motherboard is best
     
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    Dawny What's a Dremel?

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    orite, thnx tat solves the problem, :D . and can some1 tell me wot firewire do? well buget, around 60 but i dont need a sli, want sata2 and for an amd processor.
     
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    *does-->
    "A high-speed serial-bus standard that offers enhanced connectivity and data transfer for video, audio and storage peripheral applications through a universal input/output (I/O) interface."
    - like usb though can be faster but used less often... apple made it and now they are getting rid of it :/
     
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    it's a port that does about the same as USB... though firewire is more used among video editing
     
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    I would recommend an Asus A8N-E or perhaps a Gigabyte K8V... I know it's not nF4, but they're good boards for budget machines.
     
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    Why are you so set on SATA-II support? I assume you mean SATA 3Gb/s.... you do realise that current hard drives have not even maxed out half the bandwidth of the original SATA specification?
     
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    dunno just on that site western digital sata2 is cheaper than sata. thought might as well get a sata2
     
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    SATA is fully backwards compatible, so it doesn't matter what you buy.
     
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