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sorry to necro this but im also getting more information about the 2. in other forums, they suggested more the msi 970 gaming as it is cheaper and not much difference. my first choice cpu was fx8350 but they suggested fx8320e instead, again because its cheaper and lower wattage and can achieve...

same brand, speed, cl9. as of now he wants to spend it on memory. maybe in a few months, hell buy a dgpu. so, is the onboard graphics different from that of the apu? will the apu only get max of 2gb? edit: btw the 260 is gddr5 right? wouldn't it throttle down to match with the apu?

gigabyte ga a78m hd2 the motherboard linked above, according to its specification, supports only up to 2gb of shared memory. a friend wants to buy another 8gb 2133 ram for it. his apu is a10 7870k. since newer games is vram hungry, will the additional stick help or useless as far as vram for...

he has 500w. we have a spare aerocool strike x 80+ bronze 800w if needed.

according to gigabyte, max ram is 4gb.

^its linked on my first post above. just click on the word motherboard.

heres what im not sure about the pciex16 slot, if its 1.x or 2.x and since the hd7850 is a 3.0. according to some, there should be no problem if the slot is 2.0. I am not sure about 1.x

a friend wants to upgrade his pc. is hd7850 compatible with this motherboard? ram is 4gb ddr2 800 and cpu is intel core2quad q8400. he mainly plays mmorpg. will it bottleneck? the vc is free since its from his cousin because he plans to buy a new one in a few months.

is this the only advantage of it? what about its vrm? are they the same?

these are the 2 boards that are available from the nearest store, which of the 2 is better? the gigabyte is pricier but not that much of a difference. i am from south east asia so i dont have much choice. stores here sell more intel sockets. also I don't know about the "vrm" is for. if someone...

sorry to necro this but can anyone pls elaborate why the 990fx is a better choice. I am looking forward to buying a new mobo as my old one got fried. my old one was an asrock 990fx extreme3 and the one available at the store nearest me is an msi 970.