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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: commonclint on May 26, 2015, 07:54:06 AM

Title: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: commonclint on May 26, 2015, 07:54:06 AM

ok my question is my video card is 512mb ddr3 but the ram on the motherboard atm is only ddr2 what does this mean for my graphics card performance and speed?

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: camerongray on May 26, 2015, 08:30:46 AM

That is fine, the memory and the graphics card and the motherboard are totally independent.

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: commonclint on May 26, 2015, 08:35:12 AM

so in  a couple days im replacing the ddr2 with ddr3 will this help the speed overall ?

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: patio on May 26, 2015, 08:49:37 AM

Quote from: commonclint on May 26, 2015, 08:35:12 AM

so in  a couple days im replacing the ddr2 with ddr3 will this help the speed overall ?

Not all MBoards will take both types...you better check before you buy...

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: commonclint on May 26, 2015, 09:48:10 AM

yeah already checked buddy for some reason when they built this machine 3 years ago for some silly reason theve only stuck ddr2 in it

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: patio on May 26, 2015, 10:29:19 AM

I'm not following you...what MBoard is it ? ?

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: commonclint on May 27, 2015, 08:50:54 AM

m2n68-la thats the motherboard model it can take ddr3 but it was only ever running ddr2 who ever built the machine for us at the time 4 years ago lol

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: camerongray on May 27, 2015, 09:05:01 AM

You will need to clarify exactly what board you have.  That model either relates to a DDR2 only ASUS or a mix of DDR2 or DDR3 only boards that HP used in some of their systems.  I can't see any boards with that model that support both DDR2 and DDR3.

Either way, I'd be very suspicious of whoever built the system, the ASUS board is significantly older than 2011 and the HP ones would have had to be stripped from an old system for you to have it, certainly doesn't look like someone building a machine from new, off the shelf parts.

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: patio on May 27, 2015, 09:15:26 AM

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I can't see any boards with that model that support both DDR2 and DDR3.

Neither can I ...

Title: Re: video card ddr3 / motherboard ram ddr2
Post by: commonclint on May 28, 2015, 05:36:24 AM

compaq presario tower and its got the hp mainboard in it with amd phenom II 2.8ghz