Alright, so I can't get a good Google search result for the life of me, and the more terrible results I get (and read) the more confused I'm becoming.
Here's the question:
Why on earth can I not do anything with this onboard GPU on my FX-4170? I keep hearing that there are GPUs on these new chips and that they can be crossfired. Am I just a complete dunce and terribly mistaken? I just purchased a FX-4100 and a FX-4170. Both are FX VISION. On the side of both boxes I see:
"Combine this processor AMD Radeon HD 6000 series graphics and AMD 9-series chipset to enjoy the ultimate HD experience with supercharged, responsive game play and mega multitasking performance powered by VISION FX technology from AMD."
What do they mean, combine? Just throw it in a motherboard with a 9series chipset and a 6000 series card and that's it? Magically it all works better than if it was, say... a 7000 series card, or a different chipset? I apologize for the sarcasm, but I have heard and read of people combining their graphics cards with the integrated chip, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. I've scoured my BIOS and the intertubes, and I am now posting here in hopes that the mass of brilliance can shed some light on my dilemma.
Oh, my specs, right.
ASrock 970 Extreme3 motherboard
8GB DDR3 1600 (though it's 1333 right now and I can't figure out how to raise it)
Radeon HD 6770
Thanks in advance, Guys and Gals.
Here's the question:
Why on earth can I not do anything with this onboard GPU on my FX-4170? I keep hearing that there are GPUs on these new chips and that they can be crossfired. Am I just a complete dunce and terribly mistaken? I just purchased a FX-4100 and a FX-4170. Both are FX VISION. On the side of both boxes I see:
"Combine this processor AMD Radeon HD 6000 series graphics and AMD 9-series chipset to enjoy the ultimate HD experience with supercharged, responsive game play and mega multitasking performance powered by VISION FX technology from AMD."
What do they mean, combine? Just throw it in a motherboard with a 9series chipset and a 6000 series card and that's it? Magically it all works better than if it was, say... a 7000 series card, or a different chipset? I apologize for the sarcasm, but I have heard and read of people combining their graphics cards with the integrated chip, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. I've scoured my BIOS and the intertubes, and I am now posting here in hopes that the mass of brilliance can shed some light on my dilemma.
Oh, my specs, right.
ASrock 970 Extreme3 motherboard
8GB DDR3 1600 (though it's 1333 right now and I can't figure out how to raise it)
Radeon HD 6770
Thanks in advance, Guys and Gals.