Which Mobo work best for X1900XT Radeon? Urgent Help

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Condor

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you are buying (or have already bought) one of the fastest and most expensive video cards available, but you're still running socket-754???

as long as you're still using socket-754, you'll never get top performance. I would suggest you buy a new CPU/mobo not just a new mobo. socket-939 prices have dropped significantly lately, now is a good time to buy ;)
 
I agree with KingCody. A lower end CPU will bottleneck the video card, not allowing it to perform at the max that it can. Get an FX edition of an AMD processor for the fastest gaming performance possible. Check out the mobo in my profile. It's supposed to be one of the best and it has an extra slot so u can go Crossfire in the future if u want to.
 
Socket 754 and 939 are the same other than 939 added dual channel memory. Memory bandwidth is still good with it. Both are dying platforms. Go Intel Core 2 Duo, by early August it will be widely available the only logical choice. AMD is dead meat, beat by performance, price and power consumption (even after the 50% off slashing.) This E6300 Core 2 Duo is a close match to the $1000+ FX-60!

Try a Biostar Tforce6100 754
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138268
I know that it works with a x1900xt.
 
1. dual channel offers a significant performance boost over single channel

2. 939 also offers a faster hypertransport BUS than 754 (from 800MHz to 1000MHz)

3. 754 is indeed a dying platform, but 939 is very much alive and will continue for quite some time. until K8L comes out, there is no real reason for anybody to spend the extra money on AM2. AMD will continue support for 939 for the forseable future.

4. don't start with the rediculous intel vs AMD crap again. they are far from dead meat

like I said before, condor is looking for the best performance for his 1900XT that he can buy right now. and the fact is that no socket-754 system can provide that. Conroe will be a great system, but is not available yet. AM2 may yield slightly better performance, but isn't worth the extra money to build it yet IMO.
 
You missed the news? 939 is near EOL. All CPUs are going bye bye but the 3500+ and the 4800+. The 4800+ will get no price drops. :(

AMD prepares for battle: Terminates multiple processor models; prepares price cuts of up to 46%
DigiTimes said:
To simplify its production portfolio, AMD will stop producing a number of Socket AM2, 939 and 754 processors later this year, with the company not taking orders for the processors after June 28, according to industry sources.

The Socket 939 Athlon 64 4000+ and 3700+ will be the first to be phased out, with orders for the models ending on June 28, while delivery will cease on July 2. Delivery for the other processors will cease at the end of the year.

After the cuts the Athlon 64 4800+ and 3500+ will be the only remaining models in the Socket 939 series, the sources indicated.

Motherboard makers claim AMD is slimming down its product offerings in order to prepare for a price war with Intel in the second half of 2006. AMD is determined to match Intel on price cuts for its processors.

However, prices of AMD's Athlon 64 X2 1MB×2 (4800+, 4400+, 4000+) will not be reduced, only prices on Athlon 64 X2 512KB x2 (5000+, 4600+, 4200+, 3800+) will be lowered, the makers indicated.

In the past, AMD had promised that it would not end orders for its mainstream single-core 939 and 754 series. However, the company has changed its strategy due to the threat from Intel. Motherboard makers indicated they were afraid they may not be able to clear out their Socket 939 and 745 motherboards.

Several years ago Intel migrated its processor series from Socket 423 to Socket 478, causing several motherboard makers to end up stuck with Socket 423 motherboard inventory and the makers are worried that situation may repeat itself.
 
Thanks guys, it still weeken, i got time to cancle and re order my stuff, with you guys around, it can't go wrong.

So far, I ordered

MB BIOSTAR TForce6100 GF6100 754 - Retail
Item #: N82E16813138268
1 VGA POWCLOR RADEON X1900XT 512MB O - OEM
Item #: N82E16814131006
1 >POWER SUPPLY ANTEC TPII-550ATX RTL - Retail
Item #: N82E16817103931
1 CPU AMD|A64 3500+ 2.2G 939 512K R - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103533
1 MEM 512Mx2|CORSAIR D400 VS1GBKIT400 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145440
1 HD 250G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD2500KS % - OEM
Item #: N82E16822144701
1 A64 COOLER |ARCTIC FREEZER 64 PRO R - Retail
Item #: N82E16835185125
1 VGACOOLER|ARCTIC COOL Accelero X2 R - Retail
Item #: N82E16835186002

:D
 
i think it was more of a requirement ;) socket-939 processors don't fit too well into soxket-754 motherbards... hehe

by the way mirob, AMD has not publically announced that (at least from what i have read). who are the "industry sources" that contributed to that article?

either way, socket-939 systems are still great performers and will continue to be long after the release of conroe. Condor will not be dissapointed by a socket-939 setup.
 
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