Would this MB be compatible with an Nvidia GTX 970 video card? My question is this board supports DDR3 and the cards are showing DDR5. I need to upgrade my video card. Any help would be appreciated.
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Everything in my other comment stands, but I just noticed the huge money you're putting into the card. Do a lot of research before buying. Talk to a lot of gamers. I guess you already have a build using this mobo, and are upping the video card. I would think all should work well, especially if you have not had the flaky stuff that's happened with mine. Make sure you have a strong power supply.
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Are you confusing ddr3 RAM with the memory on the video card...? 'Probably no conflict there. Appears to be pci-e, so the two should be compatible. Z77 has advanced to at least Z87 now, and this mobo is a little flaky (sometimes failing to detect usb add-on cards and coming up without the drivers loaded). Onboard usb is flaky too. Get a newer board, unless you have a CPU only good for Z77.
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it look like that cpu will work on this mobo even tho it not in the cpu support list&gt;&gt;&gt;http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme4/index.us.asp?cat=CPU &gt;&gt;there is this model cpu&gt;&gt;(HDT55TWFK6DGR &lt;&lt; cpu is rated at 95W TDP) (This cpu is rated 125 TDP &gt;&gt;HDT55TFBK6DGR 125W TDP, the reason your cpu is not in this list is because asrock didn't test it at the time this list was made any ways now on to the ram,memory support list&gt;&gt;http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme4/index.us.asp?cat=Memory, i dont see that memory module in the list either but that most likely it will work as well, because there is module with 4 gig on that list i have built 3 asrock computers and most of the cpu and memory that im' using is not on there support list either, if you need me to send you build spec on mine i will, short spec for my mobo AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core Processor @4200.15 MHz (17.5 * 240.01 MHz) mobo= ASRock 990FX Killer memory= G.Skill 24576 MB @1920 DDR3 Dual Channel GPU= EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (1378 MHz) 4095 MB (3542 MHz) OS= Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit CPU cooler noctua 140mm fan 6 tube http://valid.canardpc.com/3ki9vl &lt;&lt;&lt; this will show my build spec from cpuid web site
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Hi SuperNova23,Part number KVR16N11/8 is compatible and recommended for the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P Motherboard.Thank you for choosing Kingston as your upgrade partner!-Jewel, Kingston US Technical Support
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My graphics card is a 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT630. So far working just fine--I haven't hooked up any of my games yet. It processes video very nicely.
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It has a PCI-E 16x slot. I think it's like revision 1.0 so it won't run very fast, but it should work. It has 4 RAM slots? I don't know about channels on this board, but I think i got it to run with two unmatched pairs of 2GB RAM, totaling 8GB. Here is the manual:https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share?s=nwl9NMVLTEMu3Daqdv5mEI
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On the Asus compatibility list (at http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97A/HelpDesk_QVL/) it shows only one "official" Gigabyte video card: GV-N670C-2GD (BIOS: V80.04.19.00.2E) This does not mean it won't work.. They typically try to push ASUS branded cards and it would be impossible to test every card on the market. The board does support 3 simultaneous monitors off it's 4 stock video connectors (VGA, DVI-D, HDMI and Display Port) and the board comes with a NVIDIA branded SLI cable (ASUS P/N: 14010-00130600). I would call Gigabyte and ask. Great motherboard.. Make sure to update the BIOS. If you are planning on running Windows Server 2008/2012 the network card has major driver issues and for other drivers such as SATA/RAID you will need to use manufactures drivers (INTEL).. Otherwise download the NEW drivers from ASUS for Windows 7/8/8.1 and it should go smoothly (Drivers on DVD are older and have bugs supporting booting from RAID arrays). The board also consumes very little power and supports SSD's. - Hope this helps.
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Yes, this board supports up to 64GB of DDR3 up to 2400 Mhz, (although I believe Asus recommends max of 1866) but of course, only with 64 bit system. I just finished my build of new system with this board last week and am so far very pleased with all the features it offers, particularly the UEFI bios and the accompanying AI Suite3 software that allows extensive changes to system both in bios and in Windows.
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Yes, but it won't run at full speed without serious OCing.Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules* To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first.
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Compatibility of RAM is largely dependent on your motherboard, not your APU, CPU, or GPU. Don't know of any late-model motherboards that don't accept DDR3 RAM.
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Best thing to advise here is to check the Nvidia web site and compare the specs first hand. Compare the requirements of the card to the specs on the motherboard. This is a great card. I have the 2 gig model.
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According to Rosewill's site it supports Cards up to 280mm in length. I just put in a Reference GTX 770 over the weekend, which is 266.7mm in length and it was a tight fit. A Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 is about 9.3 inches (or 236.22mm) in length. So you should be just fine.
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DDR3 memory referes to the memory sticks you can install and is unrelated to your video card. Video cards are compatible with pretty much any motherboard.
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just so the record is set straight on the max ram for this system it is 4GB not 2GB, i have 2 systems of this type one with and one without the external gpu. both of which i have upgraded to 4GB (though the system only shows 3.25GB). that being said the the system with the integrated graphics was picky about it's ram sticks. I ended up actually putting one of my older sticks from the other system in it along with one of the new one's I had bought in it, but they both work fine after that.
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My driver was a mid-range board at low cost and TWO ports for DVI. I can only compare differing NVIDIA products but "better" is in the eye of the beholder. They both use 2GB worth of GDDR5 memory at 128-bit. The tipping point would be which features on each card are triggered by your favorite game(s).
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Yes this motherboard should support this memory. http://download.gigabyte.ru/memory/mb_memory_ga-890fxa-ud5.pdf is thesupported memory list from the manufacturer though if you want to double check.
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I don't know what type of video card you got with the system. The answer is probably. You'd swap out the existing card or use the open slots on the mother board. You should verify you have the correct slot for the card. Second, I have an i7. It's freaking great!!! But you need fast memory to go along with it. If your system doesn't come with good gaming memory, then upgrade that along with your i7. It will cost about 40 bux to get kick ass memory, Google gaming memory for options.
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It should work, AMD MB so its ATI compatible. See http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/