Is the GTX 670 compatible with Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (socket M2)? please help me

FredrikDanielsson

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is a Gainward GeForce GTX 670 2GB PhysX CUDA Compatible with my Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (socket M2) Motherboard? i have a AMD FX 8120 8 core CPU 1tb hdd 16gb ram and 600 or 650W power supply incase that matters

And i need to know that because i'm gonna buy a new GPU because my GTX 660 is just not good enough it just has 55 FPS average in BF3 ultra and the 670 have like 75.52 and i found that out on this thread http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-review-gk104,3542-9.html and i was looking to buy the 670 because it seems to be nice but it would also be nice if u have some other suggestions on what GPU i can buy the 670 costs 416.32$ and i don't want to buy any more expensive than that. Please tell me if it's compatible.

//Fredrik Danielsson
 

Yes, the GTX 760 or 670 is compatible. However, the GTX 670 is outdated and has been replaced by the GTX 770 for the same price. Be sure to overclock your CPU to at least 4.2GHz to make the most out of it.
Hyper 212 for OCing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
GTX 770 (680OCd) : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121770

Update: What is the exact name of your PSU?
 

FredrikDanielsson

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I Believe my PSU is called GS600 atleast that's what it says on the psu.. heres a link of it http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=773380 i believe it's in swedish tho :/

And is the GTX 770 compatible with my motherboard? because it's not alot more expensive then the GTX 670 and will my 600W PSU handle it? since i have an AMD FX-8120 8 core @ 3.1ghz 16gb ram and gigabyte-970a-ds3 (socket M2) Mobo
 

Virtually all PCI-E graphics cards are compatible with your motherboard, the 770 is no exception and will work wonders, just remember to overclock the 8120 to 4GHz with a Hyper 212 EVO linked below.
 

FredrikDanielsson

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why should i overclock it to 4GHZ? and i can't afford the 212 evo i believe
and is the 212 EVO watercooling?
And i don't know how to overclock shit :/
 

The Hyper 212 EVO is traditional aircooling. @4GHz The 8120 will receive a speed increase that will let you experience the full potential of those cards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOmb_-Om63s Here is a guide on a somewhat similar M5A99FX board, you do not need overdrive as it has never been overclocked.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html (To verify if you are at 4GHz)