Abarbarian
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The mobo you linked to has a on board graphics chip which is pretty feature rich so you do not need a graphics card at all for general usage.
You could use the Hybrid graphics feature but,
"This is the 785G chipset, which only supports ATI graphics cards 3450/3470 in hybrid crossfire."
This will be rubbish at gaming for todays games.
The mobo review you linked to says,
"We were also thoroughly impressed by AMD’s 785G and the Radeon 4200 IGP. Although it’s gaming performance is nowhere near discrete card levels, it is certainly isn’t what most have come to expect from integrated graphics. Although we look forward to the next generation of IGP from AMD, those interested in taking the 4200 core to the next level won’t be disappointed. With a bit of active cooling and some extra voltage, we were literally able to double it’s clock frequency from 500MHz to 1020MHz and significantly improved it’s performance. The included sideport memory is also a nice bonus that also sports some overclocking headroom."
So you could play some of todays games it depends on how big your screen is as to how they would perform. If you want to do some more serious gaming then you will need a much better card, think 4850 and upwards.
You could use the Hybrid graphics feature but,
"This is the 785G chipset, which only supports ATI graphics cards 3450/3470 in hybrid crossfire."
This will be rubbish at gaming for todays games.
The mobo review you linked to says,
"We were also thoroughly impressed by AMD’s 785G and the Radeon 4200 IGP. Although it’s gaming performance is nowhere near discrete card levels, it is certainly isn’t what most have come to expect from integrated graphics. Although we look forward to the next generation of IGP from AMD, those interested in taking the 4200 core to the next level won’t be disappointed. With a bit of active cooling and some extra voltage, we were literally able to double it’s clock frequency from 500MHz to 1020MHz and significantly improved it’s performance. The included sideport memory is also a nice bonus that also sports some overclocking headroom."
So you could play some of todays games it depends on how big your screen is as to how they would perform. If you want to do some more serious gaming then you will need a much better card, think 4850 and upwards.
