DDR question.

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Hello. I currently have an Asus M2A VM-HDMI (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=M2A-VM HDMI)

It says "Ram technique supported: DDR2", does this only matter for RAM or does it include Videoram? Cause I have been looking at a pretty cheap 9800 GT, but it has DDR3 videoram, will I be able to use it?

 

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The 9800GT's GDDR3 video RAM has no bearing on it's compatibility with the DDR2 system RAM specification. Video RAM and System RAM are two different things. If you have a PCIE expansion slot on the MB the 9800GT is compatible no matter that the MB's system RAM is DDR2.

 

[Sorkenlol]

Ok thanks alot! I'm going for that card then I think. Can you take a look at it and see if it's worth the price? http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=364908

1 dollar is like 6 SEK, I'm very bad at math, but the price is 1299 SEK.

Btw, it says it needs a 16x pcie slot, on asus's website it says "PCI Express is the latest I/O interconnect technology that will replace the existing PCI. With a bus bandwidth 2 times higher than that of AGP 8X interface, PCI Express x8 bus performs much better in applications such as 3D gaming."

I take it they mean it has x8? Well, I checked the same site where the gfx card is, and there it said 16x. So who's wrong here? Or can MB's be different that way? If I need to check myself, which cable do I look for? Is it the big white one?

 

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Here's the price of a 9600GT at Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%20106792522%201067937365&name=GeForce%209600%20GT

EDIT:

The 9800GT:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%20106792522%201067942536&name=GeForce%209800%20GT

 

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Btw, it says it needs a 16x pcie slot

Your MB has a single PCIE expansion slot. You need a video card that is PCIE. It's really that simple. The 9800GT is a PCIE card. It is compatible with your PCIE MB.