890GX Extreme 4

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   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  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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Capt_JuMbO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02 May 2018 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Capt_JuMbO Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 890GX Extreme 4 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 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.

cristy6100 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 15 Mar 2018 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 269	Post Options Post Reply Quote cristy6100 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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
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datonyb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2017 Location: London U.K. Status: Offline Points: 3139	Post Options Post Reply Quote datonyb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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
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