Well, so much for the Geforce 6800LE idea. I’m sure it would have worked had we read the specs for the cards before we ordered them. Turns out, they only make that card in an AGP form factor (which was clearly stated on the Newegg item page had we taken the time to read it). It sucks to figure that out half-way through a build though. So now my poor machine sits in a state of partial assembly till we can get the new cards sent out. What’s worse is that the Chaintec boards we decided to go with will not boot with a PCI video card. For some stupid reason they require that a PCI-express card be installed before they will even boot. The boards do support a PCI card as a secondary display adapter, but not without a PCI-X card installed as well. AAAARRRRRRGH!!!

Well, I suppose it’s my own fault for assuming. Cause we all know what happens when you assume…

Hopefully I won’t have to wait too long for my new MSI 6600GT card to arrive, but at least I can play Guild Wars on my laptop till then =)