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post #131 of 162
6/27/12 at 8:29pm
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You can set the AMU amount share in the bios up to 2GB. Not sure how it works with hybrid xfire though...traditionally memory mirrors in xfire/limits to smallest amount in use. eesh no clue with the hybrid xfire lol

Hahaha, Ic, well I should know but my butt haven't been keeping up with such technology only networking stuff. Beside that, I feel that maybe 8GB will provide the room needed? but you are right I haven't yet to max my 4GB on this PC.
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post #132 of 162
6/27/12 at 10:04pm
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Thank You! everyone for your help and comments. I placed my order and we will see once I get it how this on-board APU will do for me. The good thing is that the mobo has dual PCIe slots so I can always go higher with two Radeon cards. The APU of course is not an OC one since I am not going to worried about it for now including the ram.
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post #133 of 162
6/27/12 at 11:02pm
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Thank You! everyone for your help and comments. I placed my order and we will see once I get it how this on-board APU will do for me. The good thing is that the mobo has dual PCIe slots so I can always go higher with two Radeon cards. The APU of course is not an OC one since I am not going to worried about it for now including the ram.

Thing is APU will be a huge bottleneck for two GPUs.

Oh and the question you asked me, 6670 alone cannot drive two monitor for gaming.
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6/27/12 at 11:04pm
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Actually in the beta people were having trouble with even amd dedicated gpu's never mind apu's.
It has not been optimized yet for amd. People with 7970's getting horrilbe performance etc. mad.gif
Pretty much everyone's PC runs GW2 pretty bad.

Anet has openly stated it's poorly optimized at the moment.
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6/27/12 at 11:10pm
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Pretty much everyone's PC runs GW2 pretty bad.
Anet has openly stated it's poorly optimized at the moment.
Ic, I did remove my 24" and I am sticking with my 23" newer monitor instead. MY wife uses 2 monitors so I will pass her the GTX260. Her CPU is good, and I will up her ram to make up.
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6/28/12 at 8:07am
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Thank You! everyone for your help and comments. I placed my order and we will see once I get it how this on-board APU will do for me. The good thing is that the mobo has dual PCIe slots so I can always go higher with two Radeon cards. The APU of course is not an OC one since I am not going to worried about it for now including the ram.

Why do people insist on buying new?

BUY FROM THE OCN MARKET PLACE

MUCH CHEAPER
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6/28/12 at 12:18pm
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Why do people insist on buying new?
BUY FROM THE OCN MARKET PLACE
MUCH CHEAPER

Some people don't like paying 20% reduced prices and having zero warranty with a questionably used electronic item.
Except most ram..lifetime with no receipt lol
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6/28/12 at 4:05pm
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Thank You! everyone for your help and comments. I placed my order and we will see once I get it how this on-board APU will do for me. The good thing is that the mobo has dual PCIe slots so I can always go higher with two Radeon cards. The APU of course is not an OC one since I am not going to worried about it for now including the ram.

Report back! Don't expect to use both slots though. A single card is usually faster, and more efficient than 2 lower end cards

Your going to regret not getting an unlocked version though frown.gif
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6/28/12 at 6:31pm
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Your going to regret not getting an unlocked version though frown.gif

The 3850 overclocks just as good as the 3870k under normal circumstances and if he got the D2H it's a great board to do it wink.gif
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6/28/12 at 7:37pm
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The 3850 overclocks just as good as the 3870k under normal circumstances and if he got the D2H it's a great board to do it wink.gif

Oh didn't read he got the 3850. Just read it wasn't unlocked. Great pick then biggrin.gif Think I did recommend that specific one sometime in this thread
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