Does the memory type of a GPU and a Motherboard need to match

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I'm on the edge of building a PC, and I have a question.

I want to buy the AMD Radeon R9 390X Gaming 8GB GDDR5 which has GDDR5 Memory in it, and I want to buy the MSI 970 Gaming which supports DDR3 Memory (my RAM is also DDR3). Will this be a problem?

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No, GDDR is isolated to the Video card itself and is specifically optimized for use on the video cards integrated circuitry, whereas DDR RAM is used by the mainboard. DDR5 for general purpose use doesn't exist yet, and DDR4 is only just now becoming supported. Most modern systems will use DDR3 ram, and GDDR5 VRAM.

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4Gb DDR2 sticks are available(but quite expensive) and there are even bigger server ones.

Definitively determine motherboard maximum memory capability

You can find this command line tool for Windows or Linux.

Simply use the command: dmidecode -t 16

Here is a sample output:

C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\sbin>dmidecode -t 16
# dmidecode 2.10
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0024, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
        Location: System Board Or Motherboard
        Use: System Memory
        Error Correction Type: None
        Maximum Capacity: 32 GB
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Number Of Devices: 4

Cheers!

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