what do chipsets do.

[chairsgotoschool]

Hello a few months ago I built a low price gaming pc. I went with a gigabyte 78lmt usb3 motherboard which I beleive has the 760g chipset. I see a lot of people saying that if you get fx cup's to get a 970 or better chipset. what's the difference between them? what improvements will a 990 have over a 970. I read that they OC better and that it simply because they are made for those cpus. Would I see performance differences if I got a 970? Overall I am very pleased with my build, I was just wondering what differences there are.

 

[lp231]

Additional features and newer technology support.
Comparing chipsets to chipsets, there won't be too much of a performance increase.

 

[chairsgotoschool]

okay thank you, i've been wondering what the difference is and if i made a mistake getting a 760g guess I'm good for now at least