The only difference in the fatal1ty for gaming is the x-ram. everything else is the same. And as I pointed out, the x-ram is pretty pointless because hardly any games even support it, and the ones that do all the reviews say they dont see any framerate increase or notice better sound with it enabled. If you want it for some kind of future proofing or something like that then it wouldnt HURT to have it, you would just be saving some money without it.