AMD Phenom Upcoming Board (RD790) - RoundUp

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Q: What is RD790?
A :
- RD790 is next generation AMD/ATI Chipset support AMD K8 (AM2) & K10 processor (Barcelona, Phenom).


RD790 Improvement Features :
- Dual or single AMD CPU configuration
- Supports socket AM2+ and socket F CPU
- Support CrossFire , Trifire and 4GPU on plan
-> Allowing maximum of four physical PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots at x8 lanes bandwidth or 2 PCI-E x16 slots at maximum bandwidth (16x-16x or 8x-8x-8x-8x CrossFire)
- Providing a total of 52 PCI-E lanes, 41 lanes in Northbridge
- 65nm Architecture
- Support HyperTransport 3.0
- Support for HTX slots
- Support of PCI-E 2.0
- Supports Dual Gigabit Ethernet
- Discrete chipset cache memory of at least 16 KB to reduce the latencies and increase the bandwidth
- Northbridge runs at 3 W when idle, and maximum 10 W under load


Motherboard Vendor that already have RD790 on pipeline :-
SOCKET AM2
AMD : Hammerhead
- 4 x PCI EXpress 2.0
- 1- 2 slot gap from each other
- 4 SATA

ASUS :
- 2 x PCI EXpress 2.0
- 2 slot gap from each other

GIGABYTE : GA-M790-DQ6
- 4 x PCI EXpress 2.0
- No gap slot from each other
- 6 SATA
Spec: http://www.gigabyte.com.tr/products/...-m790-dq6.html
Preview : http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/giga...790-DQ6/g1.htm

MSI : K9A2 Platinum
- 4 x PCI EXpress 2.0
- 1 slot gap from each other
- 6 SATA
Preview : http://www.hardspell.com/english/doc...p?news_id=1362

DFI :
- 3 x PCI EXpress 2.0


SOCKET 1207
AMD : Wahoo
- 3 x PCI EXpress 2.0


Q: TriFire ? Whats that?
A:
- 3 VGA Card Duct Tape together via Crossfire link
- TriFire Setup Demo : http://youtube.com/watch?v=R7EZmYth6TM


Q: QuadFire ? Whats that?
A:
- 4 VGA Card Duct Tape together via Crossfire link



Q: How do i install AMD next generation processor on RD790 board?
A:
- Installation guide demo : http://youtube.com/watch?v=SYvupXNmaKQ


Any head up? The MSI board looks to have best layout for QuadFire setup...