AMD Phenom Upcoming Board (RD790) - RoundUp

[tictac]

Thanks... 1st page update

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The green pcb on those reference board has some strange appeal.

[T2k]

and you shoud start learning to use the edit button to avoid triple posts.

Umm what? I have made three posts. Just as I wanted.

So perhaps you should learn using your eyes & brain before you open your mouth (for nothing useful).

[tictac]

LOL ...

Update with
- Preview link for MSI and Gigabyte RD790 board on first page...
- QuadFire instalation preview
- TriFire Demo on 3GHz Phenom

[JumpingJack]

guys? K10 shouldn't it be pinless?

Socket 1207 is land grid array, AM2 (and AM2+) is still flip-chip pin grid array....

[hawkeyefan]

i like the dfi layout. two useable pci slots is ideal, cause i mean, unfortunately its not very realistic that pci-e cards will really become widely used in the lifetime of the board.

great point. Even with three VGA with double slot coolers, looks like you only lose the second PCI slot.

Has anybody got folding clients working for the 2xxx series? Gaming/folding monster. Er...hopefully

[Jamesrt2004]

Umm what? I have made three posts. Just as I wanted.

So perhaps you should learn using your eyes & brain before you open your mouth (for nothing useful).

You just proved his point right,

he meant putting three posts in a row though

when you could of just edited the one post to put in the extra info

[tiro_uspsss]

I'm curious: is there anyone out there who uses more than, say 3-4 SATA drives?
I mean from 3 drives it makes much more sense to buy an almost noiseless gigabit NAS box w/ RAID for $400-500 and keep it running 24/7 as your all-purpose server (besides serving my file server needs I stream music, movies etc from mine).

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1176389229

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=152007

[T2k]

You just proved his point right,

he meant putting three posts in a row though

when you could of just edited the one post to put in the extra info

Ummm what's wrong with you people... let repeat for you too, slowly, so hopefully all of you (less-than-bleeding-edge) guys can grasp it (after reading and interpreting, of course): I DID WANT to post three separate, standalone posts.

Which part you cannot comprehend, seriously?

[T2k]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1176389229

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=152007

ROFLMAO!

[adamsleath]

Socket 1207 is land grid array, AM2 (and AM2+) is still flip-chip pin grid array....

really?

i like the lga thang (ive bent a few pins on amd cpus and it is a worry - wot if a pin snaps orff?)

changem all to lga imo.

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LOL ...

Update with
- Preview link for MSI and Gigabyte RD790 board on first page...
- QuadFire instalation preview
- TriFire Demo on 3GHz Phenom

Imagine running the Sapphire Dual X1950Pro 8 GPU cores

[xVeinx]

Imagine running the Sapphire Dual X1950Pro 8 GPU cores

Imagine how much heat you would have from that region

[EvlUndrWareNome]

Imagine how much heat you would have from that region

for real... youd have an AC unit blowing straight into the case.

[tictac]

QuadFire beta test with Gigabyte RD790 board indicates it still have issues with Catalyst 7.8 ... they said it will be sorted up with a new driver later

OCworkbench didnt post the test benchmark screenshot... as they are not allowed (Pressure by AMD )

LinK:
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=67028

[JohannesRS]

Still, the only FASN8 like boards are the new ones from Asus (somewhere ele posted) and the AMD model?

[EvlUndrWareNome]

I love the AMD model, simple layout and no blingy bling.

[SOLDNER-MOFO64]

IMO the MSi board looks like it has super-el-cheapo-nasty heatsinks on it.

The northbridge HS looks like a kids creation......a "lets make this unique shape" kindof idea.

The DFi looks sweet, very nice indeed

Shame all the boards are using the single IDE approach aswell. I know most AM2 boards are this way now, but not all. ASUS Nforce 4 AM2 boards have them......shame they didn't implement 2x on these boards since lots of people still require 2x IDE channels.

I mean they still include a bloomin' FLOPPY connector??????

[funnyperson1]

IMO the MSi board looks like it has super-el-cheapo-nasty heatsinks on it.

The northbridge HS looks like a kids creation......a "lets make this unique shape" kindof idea.

The DFi looks sweet, very nice indeed

Shame all the boards are using the single IDE approach aswell. I know most AM2 boards are this way now, but not all. ASUS Nforce 4 AM2 boards have them......shame they didn't implement 2x on these boards since lots of people still require 2x IDE channels.

I mean they still include a bloomin' FLOPPY connector??????

Thats because the NF4 chipset still supported two IDE channels. None of the newer chipsets do, in fact the Intel chipsets don't even have support for one IDE channel, they all have third party chips on board to support IDE.

I for one miss the second IDE channel and wonder what the point is in getting rid of it, not like that extra connector cost them anything.

[SOLDNER-MOFO64]

Thats because the NF4 chipset still supported two IDE channels. None of the newer chipsets do, in fact the Intel chipsets don't even have support for one IDE channel, they all have third party chips on board to support IDE.

I for one miss the second IDE channel and wonder what the point is in getting rid of it, not like that extra connector cost them anything.

yes i agree, like I say, they haven't dropped the floppy connector, so what gave them the idea people are phasing out their IDE drives?

A tad premature considering the amount of IDE devices still in use.

Which are there more of.....users of a floppy drive on a BRAND NEW enthusiast board.....or users with 3x or 4x IDE devices?

[KTE]

Yeah, I always look for 2 IDE connectors for general use. Not sure why they want to instantly move over to strictly SATA.

[BrowncoatGR]

So i'm the only one that wishes IDE good riddance? Its a cabling nightmare and the sooner it dies the better.

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So i'm the only one that wishes IDE good riddance? Its a cabling nightmare and the sooner it dies the better.

Getting rid of old technology allows for more rapid adoption of newer technology. So SATA over IDE would be nice.

[biohead]

omg not true native quadfire lol!!1!

[SOLDNER-MOFO64]

omg not true native quadfire lol!!1!

4 seperate cards on a single mobo platform...........sounds NATIVE to me.

It's not like they're runnin' 2x 7950's and calling it QUAD-FIRE.....I don't think AMD lie about their tech like that OTHER company

2x DUAL-CORE = QUAD-CORE..............not

So i'm the only one that wishes IDE good riddance? Its a cabling nightmare and the sooner it dies the better.

Getting rid of old technology allows for more rapid adoption of newer technology. So SATA over IDE would be nice.

There are many people with IDE HDD's or CD/DVD-RW's which would still like 2x IDE connectors. You guys may prefer not to have them, but you can simply opt to not use them.....no biggie.

WE....however CANNOT use them without buying additional hardware......and that sux.

They've left the floppy connector.............you know......that cabling nightmare?

I once used a floppy to flash a bios..........in like 1997 ffs.

I don't need nor use one.......and I'm bloody sure a lot more guys use 2x IDE's rather than a floppy.....but they LEAVE floppy and remove an IDE, leaving just one