Amd 790fx,890,or 990?

[jijoslin]

I have an asus crosshair 3 formula mobo? I have cf hd5850's video, should I upgrade to newer mobo technology? or video,and if I get new video will my 790fx chipset bottleneck it? also I have amd965@3.91 overclock, thanks for info! also system mainly used for gaming at 1920 by 1200 on asus 26 inch monitor

 

[T_T]

The 790 is on the older side now, so compared to what's currently availble, the 7-Series chipset lacks:

1. SATA6
2. USB 3.0

Here is what you'd gain from stepping up to the 890FX chipset:

PCI® Express 2.0 technologies enable 2x16 or 4x8 configurations
SATA 6Gb/s
DDR3 Support
Up to 14 USB 2.0 devices

The 990FX is everything that the 890FX is, with the exception of support for Octacore (8) CPU.


You can read the differences for yourself here:

790FX Discrete

890FX
990FX

 

[jijoslin]

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