Hi there. I posted a message here before, and got some great help, and here I am looking for it again. I'm really worried about compatibility issues so I'm here to ask.

How do I know what video cards are compatible with my motherboard? MSI 790FX-GD70

I'm just not sure, and I don't wanna risk anything, ya know?

Hope to hear from someone soon,
Greg F.

P.S. To the person that help me out here before. Thank you very much.

If it's a PCIe x 16 card it'll work on your board.

What games will you be playing and at what resolution?

quote Player1

If it's a PCIe x 16 card it'll work on your board.

What games will you be playing and at what resolution?

Oh ok. I'm probably going to be play Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War.

Could you recommend a video card? Oh and 1280 x 1024.

Alright Also what's your budget, and system specs?

If you're looking for a cheap card a GTS 250, or 4770 should work great in those games at that res.

If you want a more powerful card, maybe a GTX 260 or 4870. Again the first two should be more then enough for those games.

quote Player1

Alright Also what's your budget, and system specs?

If you're looking for a cheap card a GTS 250, or 4770 should work great in those games at that res.

If you want a more powerful card, maybe a GTX 260 or 4870. Again the first two should be more then enough for those games.

I did a bunch of searching on newegg.com and honestly I'm still a bit unsure of what video card to get. They all seem to have issue, whether that be heating, or technical. Is there a powerful, solid, video card? I'm sure there are, but they seem to go into the $200 range. Is this true? I'm willing to spend the money, I just need to make sure it won't crap out on me. So what's a good manufacturer of video cards?

If you can afford it (they're not pricey though), you can go with XFX brand. They have a lifetime warranty on their cards, so getting a replacement is guarenteed if it's a manufacturer's defect.

The newegg reviews are written by people who are borderline retarded.

Don't trust them.

We do need to know you full system specs before we can suggest anything though.

quote Player1

The newegg reviews are written by people who are borderline retarded.

Don't trust them.

We do need to know you full system specs before we can suggest anything though.

This what I have so far... It's my first build.


Case:
COOLER MASTER HAF 922

PSU:
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

CPU:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz

Motherboard:
MSI 790FX-GD70

Optical Drive:
LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA

HDD:
Western Digital RE2 WD5000YS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

Sound Card:
HT | OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

Video Card:
I'm having a slight problem choosing between two video cards. One is SLI and the other is Crossfire. My mobo is ATI which means crossfire, so I'm assuming that if I want to ever add more than one video card, it must be through crossfire. Am i correct?

XFX GX260XADJC GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit DDR3 (SLI)
XFX HD-489X-ZSFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 (Crossfire)

They're both PCI Express 2.0 x 16

Thank you very much for your help so far.

Are there going to be any compatability issues that you can see so far? Is there anything that you can recomend instead of what I have so far? Like, "Instead of this motherboard, try this motherboard".

bah, manufacturers warranty. for 200 bucks, grab the fastest 4890 available; the HIS HD4890 with an overclocked core of 965 mhz. its about 180 dollars after rebates. Link

Yeah, this does look really good. It's solid too, and what makes me a happy camper is the fact that I can buy an extended warranty. Sweet deal. Looks like I'm choosing this as my video card. Thanks.

Are there any other recommendations you can make? I'm still iffy on the motherboard. I'm just asking cause I'm new at all this. Thanks.

how much was the mobo? because usually you can get a cheap mobo and leave it at that. all you need is something that supports your CPU and RAM.

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how much was the mobo? because usually you can get a cheap mobo and leave it at that. all you need is something that supports your CPU and RAM.

It was $164.00 dollars. I know this is a lot, considering other motherboards but I want to run a Phenom II x4 955, so that alone usually rises the value of the motherboard. From what I've seen so far... Uhm, if you know any solid motherboards that can run my CPU, but are cheaper than what I have in mind, and have PCI Express 2.0 x 16, then that'd be greatly appreciated.

Any AM3 board should be able to run the 955.

If you're not overclocking it doesn't really matter which one you choose, as long as it does what you want.

i was about to recommend a motherboard, but i just noticed that you havent listed your RAM. what is the speed of the RAM? and is it DDR2 or DDR3?