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I suppose this board is XL-ATX form factor like the 890FX one right?
Just one LAN port? Seriously Gigabyte WTF... why are all motherboard vendors just adding one LAN port on their high end motherboards?
Great looking board,best I've seen so far with the new AMD chipsets.:)
Edit: and 8+2 Driver mosfet VRM for CPU,NICE!!!
I think MSI board has the same VRM setup,new AMD boards are looking good.
is an e-atxQuote:
Originally Posted by Chrono Detector
Loving 3rd Party manufacturers putting SLI support on AMD chipsets now :D :up:
-PB
wooooww nice :D
Interesting why on PCB is labelled HT3.0,as Bulldozer and 900 series of chipsets should support HT3.1.
Probably because the vast majority of users have no use for a second port, and those who do should get a proper nic with two ports. If one gigabit port isn't enough perf for you (assuming you're teaming them), is 2 really that much better? I'm more baffled by the fact that they bothered to include IEEE 1394.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrono Detector
--Matt
Maybe because it's like $1 or less to add? It's a VIA PCI controller and I doubt they cost every much at all these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattkosem
Very odd slot layout though with two x4 slots, of which the first one is more or less useless unless you have a single slot graphics card.
Oh write that's elegant. I loved the colouring on the P67-UD7, and I'm glad to see that they have carried it over to the AMD range as well. AS For having only one network port, how many people actually use more than one port? Not how many people WANT more than one, how many people are going to choose another board because of the lack of a second network port. I'm willing to bet that it's under five percent. Considering the price of adding a second controller and the clutter on the back panel, it's not worth adding another network port.
Might as well be my next board!
Does anyone else get all excited to see SLI FINALLY working properly on AMD and without the need for an nvidia chip installed?
Its the best decision Nvidia has made in years.
Nice! :toast:
looks nice :up:
4way sli? I don't see 2x nf200
the first thing i thought was - 6* 24port raid cards :eek:
a ud7 missing a lan port. face palm. they were so close.
http://www.gdm.or.jp/review/mb/gigab...09_800x600.jpg
nice board ;)
Next board with the 8 core amd beast and 16gb ram = workhorse
price estimate? i think has to break 300$ easily
NICE !!!
I love the fact that Gigabyte has finally improved what really was desired for a LONG time, that shifty 1x PCI-E on top blocked by a fancy looking heatsink - they have finally quit that silly idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
BONUS !!!!
Also a little sense of humor on this board;
The recycle logo with trashbin is just next to the "2X CopperPCB ---- 4Way CrossfireX", made me giggle a tiny bit none the less.
Its not a third party solution.Its native, amd supports it, and nvidia licensed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulbagz
Also to another poster.You dont need nf200 chip for four way sli, as 990FX has 2x16 OR 4x8 pci ex configuration.
looking forward to benching 4way with 580 :D
STFU noob, your watercooling cannot handle it :D :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
LN2 is so overrated :ROTF:
The Lan port is RED. It's next to the 6 audio ports on the righ.Quote:
Originally Posted by bamtan2
Not hard to miss. :p:
uhh...the lan port is there...they just decided to use a red port rather than normal black? to the right of the 2 blue USB 3 (im guessing)Quote:
Originally Posted by bamtan2
Marc you putting your foot in your mouth again man
he was to have 20 lan ports so his internets is 1337 leet :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DragoonXX
Hell no, putting my foot in my doctors mouth.... Christ I best stop here :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
Nah; just recall your solution last; was it 3 setups for the loops? :)
Actually going to do 4-way SLI soon myself, please let me know if you got any software solution..... Will be 1 reference and 3 unique design products...
Eh, why crying over lan? Who uses onboard Lan? I'd rather have an onboard GPU, gaming is for the dogs and suckers, people game on consoles, PC is for farmville. Now a quality NIC, that's rare, and is needed. Why fuss over one NIC, any power user is going to just go buy an intel NIC, no reason to even ship a high end mobo with one, unless you are going to give us a good one.
Ahh so all they had to do was license it?Quote:
Originally Posted by XRL8
I read that AMD didn't like the whole idea, but its their chipset? =/
-PB
I never cared abotu NIC, and not bought a NIC since 1gbit was implanted on motherboards... But hey, I guess Im not a poweruser ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by crash5s
Hope the bios is not jacked up like my z68-UD3P but love the looks
What do people use 2 lan ports for? :confused:
Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller
it is missing a port. there is a hole where the second port used to be. ud7 usually comes with 2x lan.Quote:
Originally Posted by DragoonXX
for the people wondering, certain power users need more lan ports to connect more lan devices.
for the people suggesting we just buy more lan cards for more lan ports. no kidding. or buy an expensive motherboard with more lan ports.
Man i hope bulldozer can compete with sandy bridge.
I'm one of the users who uses two LAN ports and I share my internet connection with multiple computers, yes I could just buy another network card but I prefer the convenience of having an extra LAN port, so freaking stupid that Gigabyte had to remove the extra one.
will those that have dual LAN ports be in parallel or is it one is in the other out?
One thing's for sure, they will be more competitive now than in their Phenom II vs Nehalem days, though I doubt they'll be up to par.Quote:
Originally Posted by HelixPC
Really nice..but actually it's missing uefi
Not so long ago nvidia was producing its own chipsets for AMD, so they didnt want to AMD to have this functionality.Now the game changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulbagz
Besides SLI always WORKED on amd chipsets, you just needed to use an easy driver hack.
Eew, using a PC as a router? How 1996.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrono Detector
--Matt
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...eIfSerious.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by crash5s
Nice, yeah I never knew because I never dabble in the AMD bin.Quote:
Originally Posted by XRL8
Good looking board, hope AMD raise their game and really take the fight to Intel, makes for better products at better prices, pretty sure that's what anyone here would want to see :up:
-PB
2 lan port is good for teamming, one gigabit per sec is 125MB/s two, is near 250MB/s ...
So when you have a SSD you can have a better dowload/upload, in local ethernet.
Whats that port next to the SATA ports?
http://www.gdm.or.jp/review/mb/gigab...22_800x600.jpg
sata power directly from the board is my guess
its for GPUs.
they just replaced molex with sata cable for this.
More juice to the GPUs? I guess thats handy when using several graphics cards.
more than two.Quote:
Originally Posted by eXa
i think :p
time to completly rebuild my tj, gotta jump on that board for sure, sataconnector instead of molex is TEH look
...that is NVIDIA's doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulbagz
Yes, note it's a male plug. It's meant to be connected to the PSU.
Nice looking board.
I dont understand what all the hubbub is about with the second NIC. They are normally :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty realtek/marvell nics anyways. If you're going to be doing any work needing teamed/bonded/trunked what have you NICs you should be using a quality Intel add-on card, or to a lesser extent Broadcom.
Yes, has been mentioned over 9000 times already.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeepBeep2
-PB
I use it, I want it, I pay for it. Here is the other UD7 that just came out:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBlueChanell
http://cdn5.tweaktown.com/content/4/...2Bmg0Ge-JY.jpg
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/410...ew/index3.html
keep your standards high!
agree, why i got with my old E6600 mobo 2 lan, just on on my asus with my Q6600, Q9550,Quote:
Originally Posted by bamtan2
And i should got just one with an amazing ( and expensive ) motherboard with the most amazing architecture incoming ... ?
( & the 2 last motherboards was high ends ... )
Just Evry one repeat after me ;
I WANT ; 4 USB 3.0, 2 LAN TEAMEABLES, HD Audio, AT LEAST 2* 16x PCI-E, AND A :banana::banana::banana::banana:O STAR IN BUDDLE !!! :up:
If you don't ask for, nobody will give you, they'll give less for more higher price :shocked:
...
LAST GRAPHICS CARD I BOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING !!!!
Even not a cable ...:shakes:
lol like i bought it bulk awesome, for an Asus 6970 ... !!!
And there is never enough USB 2.0, so if some manufacturers read that, sell us a lot of brackets in bundle ...
it's crazy to ask for bundle :rolleyes:
Now that made me LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown
the board looks really nice but a few things caught my eye.
1st Gigabyte normally always ship their top end board with Dual lans... (not that it's a big deal or anything)
2nd Gigabyte has also been shipping the high end boards with way to much USB 3.0 as in every port was 3.0 now back down to 2 3.0 ports????
3rd Only one 8pin CPU power and 1 extra Sata power connection for running lots of Video cards???
Not that any of these make a huge difference in the real world. It's just interesting to see them taking out some of the "premium" features they normally use to sell the top end boards.
love the colors though. however I will wait to see the ROG board.
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 listed on Gigabyte's website
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3880#ov
"Smart Dual LAN
GIGABYTE Smart Dual LAN technology features intelligent LAN port auto-switching between the 2 physical Gigabit LAN chips; offering hassle free, zero downtime, high speed network connectivity."
Taken from Gigabytes product page. Does this mean that It has two lan chips with only one port or does this mean that it realy has two ports and the pics are wronge?
yea I get to take alook at one of these soon enough, looks like a sick board indeed. Finnally some attention to the AMD side
Looks like Gigabyte just copy and pasted info from one of their older motherboard's info and pasted it onto the 990FX-UD7 page, very misleading and epic fail from Gigabyte.
BIOS Logo:
http://i9.aijaa.com/b/00032/8094426.bmp
Now that SATA power connector looks fragile compared to old Molex.Quote:
Originally Posted by eXa
No joke. They should have just used a 6-pin PCI-E power connector like MSI or even an 8-pin . It'd be way less fragile and bring (I'm guessing) 3-4x as much power.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mats
--Matt
mine should be here soon.... we will see how it goes. I have a 1090T to start with then a bulldozer when it becomes available.
That power connector is on the OC board, and I have used it a lot, its Saturday and great for case cable managment, or just for SATA area power with SATA drive and you g\otta extra just plug it in.
Edit: I was just tired....:rofl::rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by sin0822
Yeah I looked the other day and it had 890-FX as the chipset?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrono Detector
-PB
sin0822: I was just tired and a bit confused, I get the cable management part. Just wondering where in the world is it Saturday..:shrug::ROTF:
i used it Saturday LOL
i can see those i/o ports getting painted black ;)
nah they will stay red, prob the whole lineup change red, because they are using either the etron tech USb 3.0 controller.
I dont know about you sick bastards, but I already have 2 usb3 devices, so this "2 usb3 ports on the back" thing just isnt flying with me. what does a brother have to do for some expansion room. buy an asrock apparently
As usual Gigabyte placed the 16x slots quite close together on the UD5 but didn't on the UD7. WTF Gigabyte, but at least this one has 5 PCI-E slots instead of 4 on previous boards.
Just found the following available for pre-order here in the UK at Aria. :D :clap:
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...900+Chipset%29
£209.99 inc. VAT - Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7
£169.99 inc. VAT - Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5
£99.95 inc. VAT - Gigabyte 990XA-UD3
Gigabyte wouldn't be making a board like this for BD if it weren't at least in the same ballpark as Sandy...
So cca. 120£ for 990FXA-UD3 , could be my next board if asrock is not much cheaper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly
Get a hub then.Quote:
Originally Posted by bamtan2
I agree, you could spend $50 or whatever on a usb 3 hub after buying the $300 motherboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMojoZ
but if I can, I will choose to get a motherboard with enough usb3 ports. I don't want to start off with a handicap.
This board has four, but you are still complaining. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by bamtan2
I find it hilarious that MB manufacturers are all claiming that their new boards are 4-way SLI/crossfire motherboards. Too bad that only applies to having two crappy Dual GPU cards. :rolleyes:
I prefer ClrCmos at back panel