Question 1

Would this be compatible with this Mobo?

MSI MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! It's an awesome card with the heating redesign. And the MSI board is a perfect combo. Pciexpress 2.0 and 3 can be confusing. But any pcie 3 card will work with a 2.0 slot. Pcie 3 just asked more " bandwidth". Some say it's a huge difference but in my experience it's not worth the extra cost for q board that supports it yet. Hope this helps

Question 2

Are there any advantages to using HDMI vs DVI? Is one method better than the other? I'm using a 27" HP monitor with both connections.  Thanks.

Accepted Answer

When I was asking around about this a while ago, I was told that they're actually identical protocols but with different pinouts. Whether or not that's true, I couldn't say for sure. Both should carry high def (at least 1080p) video; at least as high as this card is capable of rendering.

The advantage in HDMI would be sending video and sound together to a TV, which I have going with this card. It's quite nice. If you're working with a monitor without sound, I'd say just use whichever cable you already have.

Question 3

Can this fit the Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Socket AM3+ mATX 760G AMD Motherboard?

Accepted Answer

It will fit in the 16x PCIe slot in that mobo? Then the answer is yes. I think the more important question would be ... will it fit in your case. This is a smaller card, so that isn't likely a problem, but I would always double check the dimensions, just in case.

Question 4

Will this support dual monitors by connecting an HDMI and then a DVI monitor?

Accepted Answer

Yes it will. I am currently using the card for dual monitors. Check if you have onboard graphics on your mother board. If you do its recommended to disable them or it might interfere with a dedicated video card. You can find them in the bios settings

Question 5

Why is this card over 500$ and not a GTX 1080?

Accepted Answer

NOTHING CREATES  H I G H   O C T A N E   GAMEPLAY LIKE THE INCREDIBLE MSI Radeon R7 370 DirectX 12 R7 370 2GD5T OC 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support ATX Video Card WITH ITS I N T E N S E   SHARP DESIGN AND INCREDIBLEY AVERAGE PERFORMANCE. IF YOU WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST YOU DONT NEED A 1080 YOU NEED A MSI Radeon R7 370 DirectX 12 R7 370 2GD5T OC 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support ATX Video Card

Question 6

I think I can install this in my 2009 macpro tower?

Accepted Answer

You should be able to presuming that your machine will accept the card by means of the proper ports and connections such as power

Question 7

I was wondering, for this build I have, all I need now is a video card because the combo that this had, expired some days ago but what I have is as followed.

AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor

MSI MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 120GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E120B/AM

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow, Supporting up to Six 120mm Fans and USB 3.0

CORSAIR CX series CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan

The computer will be used for a little gaming but mostly for an Elgato Capture Card, editing software, Adobe Flash, DVD/Blu_ray Burner and a few other things.

Will this work with everything that I have listed or am I missing something?

Accepted Answer

Graduate up to R9 series.

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