Gecubes...

[Mrvile]

I found a Gecube X800XT PCIe for 550 bucks, which seems like the deal of the century when it comes to PCIe. However, when you look under System Requirements, it says:

A 300 watt power supply or greater is recommended.

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 PCI Express motherboard.

Memory: 256MB or above.

Operating Systems: Windows XP (Home or Pro)

Does that mean that I HAVE to have an Intel P4 mobo or will an Athlon 64 one work? I've never heard of Gecube before, but they have a lot of ads on Anand.

 

[jiffylube1024]

I think it's just because Intel was first to the market with a PCI-e motherboard (at the time of manufacture, there were no PCI-e Athlon64 boards; heck there still aren't any yet, until NF4's official release, right?).

You should be fine. A 16x PCI-e Card will work in a board with a 16x PCI-e slot (16x being the long AGP-replacement slots, as compared to 1x PCI-e, the tiny ones that are PCI's replacement).

Like I said - it should work fine.

 

[phisrow]

To the best of my knowledge, an A64 PCIe motherboard would work just fine. The minor problem is that these don't exist just yet. When they do come out, the card ought to work fine with them.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: phisrow
To the best of my knowledge, an A64 PCIe motherboard would work just fine. The minor problem is that these don't exist just yet. When they do come out, the card ought to work fine with them.

I so beat you to the punch .

 

[Mrvile]

lol. Ok thanks guys, I'm planning on getting an NF4 or an K8T890, whichever comes out first. They both support PCIe with the Athlon 64s.



Any opinions on the card though?