ASRock Forums : 890GX Extreme 4 https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 07:21:22 +0000 Wed, 02 May 2018 04:20:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8576 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[890GX Extreme 4 : on a small side note having also...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8576&PID=50810&title=890gx-extreme-4#50810 Author: datonyb
Subject: 8576
Posted: 02 May 2018 at 4:20am

on a small side note
having also a 965 in another system

the actual power of the 965 isnt any different to 'most' of the fx range

it seems the problem is caused by limitations of the game rather than the cpu (eg they blocked the high end phenoms for no reason)

and yes my am3 board does support the fx cpu's but i feel no need to bother upgrading it due to any gain being only with the fx8xxx series and then only in some cases
]]> Wed, 02 May 2018 04:20:30 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8576&PID=50810&title=890gx-extreme-4#50810 <![CDATA[890GX Extreme 4 : Its simple, on the AM3/AM3+ you...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8576&PID=50806&title=890gx-extreme-4#50806 Author: cristy6100
Subject: 8576
Posted: 02 May 2018 at 2:34am

Its simple, on the AM3/AM3+ you can know if your board supports an FX by looking at the socket, if its white it does not support FX series, if its black it does. (this is a general support meaning the board can boot with an FX CPU, the 8350/8370/9370/9590 FX's have other requirements also regarding board VRM quality and power, but any board with a black socket should be able to support up to a 95W FX CPU.
As far as the 890GX Extreme 4 goes, if its R2.0 it does support FX CPU's, if its not R2.0 and with white socket it does not.
Regarding the BIOS update changes first you need to know if you have R1.0 or R2.0 board, black socket R2.0, white socket R1.0
Report back here after checking 

Cheers


Edited by cristy6100 - 02 May 2018 at 2:38am]]> Wed, 02 May 2018 02:34:46 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8576&PID=50806&title=890gx-extreme-4#50806 <![CDATA[890GX Extreme 4 : I recently bought Mafia 3 and...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8576&PID=50805&title=890gx-extreme-4#50805 Author: Capt_JuMbO
Subject: 8576
Posted: 02 May 2018 at 2:27am

I recently bought Mafia 3 and the game couldn't run because 2K support said my CPU isn't strong enough to run the game so it will crash.

My PC is as follows:

MOBO: AS Rock 890GX Extreme 4
Processor : AMD Phenom 2 965
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 660
RAM: 4 GB
Windows 7 SP1

I know the build is a bit old maybe like 7 years Embarrassed but it worked good and always has. I check up the system requirments for the game and they said minimum a FX processor. I would also like to run Assassins Creed Orign and Tomb Raider : Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

I noticed that AS Rock released a 2.0 version of the same board i got and also saw that some manufactures had BIOS updates to run the new AM3+ processors. On the AS Rock website there is a BIOS update version 1.30.

Is there a way to run the AM3+ processors on this board ?

Is there a way to tell what the BIOS updates on AS Rocks website does for my board?

I know simply upgrading to a new board and new system would be easy but everything s till works just would like to make the best out of this setup before upgrading the entire thing.
 
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