AMD 790GX lineup

[D-Cyph3r]

GOD DAMMIT (no pun intended) JUST GET 'EM OUT AMD! >.<


I want to install XP on my Phenom rig, and cant do until I replace this DFI DK 790FX....

[ea6gka]

I want to install XP on my Phenom rig, and cant do until I replace this DFI DK 790FX....

why wanna replace the dfi mate?

[D-Cyph3r]

I only bought it as a temporary board to test all the other hardware (b-grade, under £50), waiting on the SB750 boards for the final build+OS install.

[Final8ty]

No plans for a four-slotter (PCIe)?

Not on the GX line.

[hstuehmeyer2000]

ASRock ODE790GX-WiFi


found it at ocworbench

[cdawall]

wow that one still uses a switch

[Oese]

only 4 way standard pwm on the dfi..

i wanna see 790FXB as well :cry:

[Nedjo]

SupoX has quite interesting layout:



Obviously they've placed NB and SB next to each other! Mybe that'll yield some better OC'ong capabilities due to shorter traces?

[Nedjo]

And here's ECS:

[cdawall]

the ECS 780G black series sucked hopefully this one will have options for chipset volts

[VVJ]

And here is an exclusive photo of the AMD RS780D+SB750 reference board

[MrMojoZ]

the ECS 780G black series sucked hopefully this one will have options for chipset volts

ECS is on this planet to make cheap motherboards and options cost money.

[cdawall]

ECS is on this planet to make cheap motherboards and options cost money.

i know that but the black series was supposed to be there oc'ing series and i find no chipset volts as a major let down...

[Tony]

i know that but the black series was supposed to be there oc'ing series and i find no chipset volts as a major let down...

I doubt you will need chipset voltage

[cdawall]

I doubt you will need chipset voltage

if you plan to use the onboard vga and want to have some fun oc'ing it then yea you do if you don't plan to use that part of the board at all why would you get a GX?

[MrMojoZ]

i know that but the black series was supposed to be there oc'ing series and i find no chipset volts as a major let down...

They have had "high end" boards in the past which came in shiny shiny boxes but were still low quality parts. I have no issue with ECS if you want bargin basement, but I would not trust them to make a product where quality control mattered.

[oldpueblo]

And here is an exclusive photo of the AMD RS780D+SB750 reference board

I'm not one to usually care about a motherboards look, but that's quite the ugly board. :p Has a kind of old-school look about it.

[SocketMan]

I had to do the same thing and put a small fan (from an old vga cooler)
on the NB. This one looks a bit like it got assembled from the 3-4 other
motherboards. As long as perf. is good - they still make cases without
side windows

[fatredwombat1]

Is it just me or has the CPU socket and RAM slots been pushed very close together and very close to the right hand side of the board? I'm assuming this is to make way for the integrated GFX but it might cause issues with large CPU heatsinks and RAM.

[BrowncoatGR]

Is it just me or has the CPU socket and RAM slots been pushed very close together and very close to the right hand side of the board? I'm assuming this is to make way for the integrated GFX but it might cause issues with large CPU heatsinks and RAM.

All AMD boards have the DIMMs and the CPU slot close together...

[Rammsteiner]

To come back at ECS's RS780D board, I actually think it doesnt look bad.

Over-Clocking
Maximizes your system performance by selecting from these overclocking options
(1) Flexible CPU/DDR core voltage adjustments
(2) Adjustable FSB/DDR ratio

Although it's still questionable by how much you can change it and as well with what steps. And most importantly, if they stick to only these options since they didnt list the multipliers but well. And their previous 780G black series show the same OC options too so... I hope it's better though because I actually like the looks and would like to try out ECS.

Also it supports 140W TDP...

And keep in mind the current 780G chipsets are meant for value/mainstream users and thus the lack of OC options sounds pretty much reasonable.

[VVJ]

I'm not one to usually care about a motherboards look, but that's quite the ugly board. :p Has a kind of old-school look about it.

Ha-ha, yeah, that’s right! But they are all for testing and debugging purposes only. I have seen an AM3 black board with SB800, it looks rather attractive! BTW, if you look at the photo of that ECS black board once again you will see that it uses an AMD reference board design.

[cdawall]

They have had "high end" boards in the past which came in shiny shiny boxes but were still low quality parts. I have no issue with ECS if you want bargin basement, but I would not trust them to make a product where quality control mattered.

haha no kidding last ECS mobo i used was the P4M800pro M which quite simply sucked but hey it oc'd a celeron 351 up to 4.2ghz and is still sitting there with that celly runnign 4.2ghz stable

[Brother Esau]

ECS SUCKS PERIOD !!!!!! I would not run one of those boards even if it were given to me and right in the trash it would go!!

[Extelleron]

What is the pricing going to be on these 790GX boards? Hopefully these will slide in at the ~$100 price point because right now to get a decent board capable of handling an overclocked Phenom requires you to spend $150+.

Are these boards going to have a solid PWM section? I know after my experience with a 770 board that is something extremely important when it comes to overclocking Phenoms.