What motherboard should I buy for...

[BSillaber]

Sup guys...this is my current new setup that i need to find a board for

I have the AMD 64b 939 socket proc (3800+)
and the ATI X850 XT PCI-E video card

i was going to buy the dfi nf4 sli board but im not doing dual pci-e vga's

should i sitll buy the board anyway and if there another board better for running just a single pci-e video card....thanks for your time!!

 

[ahurtt]

I wouldn't be surprised if you encountered "problems" putting an ATI video card on an nForce 4 motherboard. It's BLASPHEMY I tell ya'!! Maybe you should check out a motherboard with an ATI chipset. . .less likely to encounter problems that way I'd think. Rather than pitting these two competitors against each other in your system, just asking for trouble I'd say.

Article:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2269

 

[ribbon13]

I'm running an ATI GPU on nVidia chipset on 3 rigs, and my mom's computer, my grandma's, and my aunt's.

 

[BSillaber]

oh i know it wont cause problems im running an x800pro with a nforce 2...lol just because competitors are different doesnt mean they sabatage the board for the other company...know how much money they would loose if that there actually true?

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: BSillaber
oh i know it wont cause problems im running an x800pro with a nforce 2...lol just because competitors are different doesnt mean they sabatage the board for the other company...know how much money they would loose if that there actually true?

Yeah I know, but IF you run into a problem, the finger pointing will begin when you go to get support. NVidia will blame ATI and vice-versa. If you have an ATI chipset motherboard with an ATI graphics card and run into some kind of graphics problem, who will they point the finger at? One less "finger pointing" target in the equation. I just mean that if it were me, I'd simplify things this way "just incase." Knowaddahmean?

 

[BSillaber]

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