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hey this might sound kinda stupid and noobish but hey, how are you suppost to learn if you dont ask right? well...im wanting to upgrade my gpu to a xfx gts 250 and with the getting a job today its kinda becoming a possiblity soon however it says that its ddr3, would my board support this card? my current is only ddr2 so yeah
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GDDR3 and DDR3 really have nothing to do with eachother. You will be fine.

For example, some GPU's use GDDR5, and we obviously do not have DDR5 RAM yet.

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GDDR3 and DDR3 really have nothing to do with eachother. You will be fine.

For example, some GPU's use GDDR5, and we obviously do not have DDR5 RAM yet.
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hey this might sound kinda stupid and noobish but hey, how are you suppost to learn if you dont ask right? well...im wanting to upgrade my gpu to a xfx gts 250 and with the getting a job today its kinda becoming a possiblity soon however it says that its ddr3, would my board support this card? my current is only ddr2 so yeah
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GDDR3 and DDR3 really have nothing to do with eachother. You will be fine.

For example, some GPU's use GDDR5, and we obviously do not have DDR5 RAM yet.
Here's your answer

Any memory that's on your GPU has no dependancy on your motherboard whatsoever; and vice versa as well, whereas DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 RAM won't make any difference in what video card you use in pairing with it.

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buy it. and i'm fairly sure it uses gddr3 and not ddr3. my evga said ddr3 on the box, and gpu-z states it as gddr3. but what metallicamaster3 said is absolutely right.
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buy it. and i'm fairly sure it uses gddr3 and not ddr3. my evga said ddr3 on the box, and gpu-z states it as gddr3. but what metallicamaster3 said is absolutely right.
That's kind of 'poetic license' on eVGA's end. It's kind of understood that the card is using GDDR3 so saying "my card has DDR3 memory" - while politically incorrect - is understood and accepted.

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That's kind of 'poetic license' on eVGA's end. It's kind of understood that the card is using GDDR3 so saying "my card has DDR3 memory" - while politically incorrect - is understood and accepted.
yes agreed

also if anybody is interested in the difference:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/168
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