Motherboard that will support the R600 and quad core CPU???

tfj · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:27

Hi, can someone suggest a motherboard that will best support both the R600 graphics card when it arrives and a quad core CPU?

sahjin · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:38

now don't hold me to this but how would we know what motherboards can support the r600 it is not even out yet.....

Paul11 · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:42

er,, isnt it just a pci-e slot like all video cards... . . .. ?

therefore,, any motherboard with a pci-e

Nymins · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:43

Surely if it supports PCI-E then it supports the R600 range of cards.

keogh · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:45

I think the only thing you should be worried about is whether it will fit in your case?

My 8800GTX wouldnt fit in my last CoolerMaster Cavalier case, but it fits in my Antec nine hundred (I ended up upgrading everything in the end)

Not sure bout the R600, but as Paulus mentioned, its just a x16 PCI-E card... I'm not an ATI fan though, nvidia all the way for me

With regards to quad core, just read the descriptions on the mobos here at ocuk, they usually tell you if it supports quad core... my P5N-E SLi for example does!

sahjin · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:46

yeah i suppose... i was just meaning... because it is a new ultra powerful card i can't say for sure it is 100% working... it is not even out yet and there is practically no info.. apart from model names (last time i looked)

t31os · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:47

So pretty much any motherboard that supports Quad Core should be fine, providing it can do x16, which most if not all do.

Cupra · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:58

any pci-e one with quad core

semi-pro waster · 13 Apr 2007 at 16:32

If you actually want some recommendations of motherboards then the Gigabyte DS3P, the Asus P5N-E 650 SLi, any motherboard which supports 1333mhz CPUs essentially or perhaps the new DFI Lanparty although I know next to nothing about it but if it doesn't support the R600 then something has gone far wrong with the world.

IAmATeaf · 13 Apr 2007 at 17:19

Yep, just make sure the mobo will do 1333Mhz and has a 16x PCI-E slot and the world will be your oyster

Dyson · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:34

R600 needs newer pci-ex 2 power cables on psu, see gibbo's r600 thread.

Paul11 · 13 Apr 2007 at 19:01

Dyson said:
R600 needs newer pci-ex 2 power cables on psu, see gibbo's r600 thread.

arn't convertors going to come with the card ?

keogh · 13 Apr 2007 at 19:04

Paulus said:
arn't convertors going to come with the card ?

Im sure they will, otherwise they wont sell many cos you would have to buy a new PSU aswell wouldnt you?