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I hate to admit it but I haven't been in
the AMD game for a long time. The last AMD I owned was a Barton
2500. Don't get me wrong, this isn't going to be an Intel Fanboy writing an AMD motherboard review. I've been a
long time fan of AMD dating back to the K5 series. But the truth is
outside of some exceptional video cards, AMD hasn't given us a whole lot to get
excited about lately. However. when one of my favorite video card
companies tells me they have gotten together with DFI to create a sweet
AMD motherboard, it's time to get excited about AMD again. Let's
take a look at what Sapphire has created with a little help from DFI.
Features
- Fastest AMD CrossFireX(TM) 790FX Chipset
- AMD 65nm Processor CPU AM2+ ready
- DDR2 1066 memory support
- AMD CrossFireX technology support
- New HT3 to 2000MHz
- Dual Gigabit LAN and Berstein 8CH Audio
- 6 Phase Vcore + 1 phase NB digital PWM
design
Specifications
| Processor
Support |
- Support for all new 65nm AMD AM2/AM2+
CPUs: Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, and
Sempron processors
- Support for 64-bit extended operating systems
- 7 Phase digital PWM support Highly overclockable and
robust HyperTransport interface
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| Chipset |
AMD 790FX (AMD RD790FX) Chipset
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| Memory |
- Supports 4 DIMMs
- Up to DDRII 1066MHz
- Max 16GB |
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| Storage |
- 6 Serial ATA Ports
- 1 Channel Parallel ATA133
- 1 FDD Port
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| Audio |
Realtek ALC 888T for 8CH HD
audio in Bernstein card |
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| LAN |
2 GbE LAN by Marvell
88E8052+8053 with teaming |
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| IEEE 1394 |
VT6307 with 2 IEEE1394
ports (One via Cable Adapter) |
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| Onboard Peripherals |
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x Serial port (via Cable Adapter)
- 10 x USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 6 / Header x 4)
- 2 x RJ45 LAN ports |
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| Expansion Slots |
- 3 x16 PCI Express lanes to
support simultaneous operation of graphics cards
- 1 PCI-E General Purpose Lanes for peripheral support
- Compliant with the PCI Express 2.0 Specifications
- 3 x PCI slots |
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| Form Factor |
- 305mm (L) x 244mm (W) ATX
Form Factor |
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