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Compatiblilty Question

Dec 6, 2013 10:28AM PST

I have been looking for an economical gaming platform and I think I have found it, of course its just to conform to "my" standards of gaming:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8572915&CatId=332

I need a couple of questions answered about this bundle, I wanted to buy this graphics card but I dont know if it will fit or work with the motherboard, here is the graphics card:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4501126&CatId=7387

The motherboard is listed in detail here:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4383#ov

My issue is that, the descrition says it has integrated graphics (which I dont want) and yet it says you can install a graphics if you want but now Im confused and I just want to know if the GPU I listed near the top will work with this mobo lol

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Yes
Dec 7, 2013 12:29AM PST

Yes you can install a gpu on that mobo.......you have the proper slot type.
Is there space on the mobo to accept the gpu you selected?........for that you would have to measure.

Before you go off in this direction.
That machine should game right out of the box.
The a10 apu has a quite powerful igp.
You might want to do some testing before jumping to a gpu.

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I agree with Bob
Dec 12, 2013 6:45AM PST

Before going the discrete GPU card route (i.e. getting the additional video card) I suggest giving the system a try. The A10-6800K APU is quite a processor, it can run most modern games at medium to high resolutions, and depending on the game, you could get up to 60 frames per second.

By the way, check out this link: http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/DESKTOP/PROCESSORS/A-SERIES/Pages/a-series-apu.aspx#2 (lots of useful information about the A10-6800K)

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Usually NEVER a motherboard issue.
Dec 6, 2013 10:35AM PST