How to check video card and motherboard compatibility?

I am thinking about buying the Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 motherboard and the XFX-585A-ZNFC video card.



I checked the specifications and the card will fit in the motherboard. PCI express x16.



Are there any other compatibility issues I need to worry about?



Also I am going to use an i7-930|||As long as the graphics card fits the slot (which pretty much all new motherboards have a PCIe-x16, and pretty much all new graphics cards fit that slot), it should work.

The one thing you should look out for is your power supply. Make sure your power supply is at least 500W (it probably says it on the side, or if you're buying, check it in the specs), because that is the minimum required for that graphics card. the rest of the system requirements are:

"PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0 compliant motherboard with one X16 graphics slot

500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)

Certified power supplies are recommended.

Minimum 1GB of system memory"

If you've got all that, it will work!





As for the processor, it requires an LGA 1366 socket type, which that motherboard does have, so you're good to go!|||You can run the 5850 on that board with no problems as it has 3 PCIe slots....You could run Tri Crossfire or Tri Sli......That's a nice board.......



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…





Scott|||Make sure your power supply is at least 500w but 600w is better. Everything else is ok. Most new pcs come with about 300 to 350w power supplies.