What's the best micro ATX motherboard that could handle a highend card like a 9800GX2 or HD4870?

[GameRGeeK]

I have been looking online for the best overall micro ATX motherboard that could handle one of the high-end videocards that are out, like the 9800GX2,GTX260, or HD4870?

Would this handle one of those cards pretty well? ----> GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L

Or is their a better one out their that I don't know of?

 

[will889]

Yes it will work but you may not have any room to stuff a PCI card in the box. Have a look here at the MSI G33 board - it seems to be the only g** series board that has that extra PCI slot so IMO it would be better for a large double slot video card while still giving you an option to install something like a TV card later.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The intel G45 chipset boards will be out next month if you care about PCI-E 2.0 for future proofiness.