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Old Mar 5, 2010, 01:40 PM   #1
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Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 Pictured

At the ongoing CeBIT event, Gigabyte showed off its latest offer of motherboards including an interesting one based on AMD's upcoming 890FX chipset. Made for socket AM3 processors from AMD, the GA-890FXA-UD5 is based on the AMD 890FX chipset with SB850 southbridge. It expands a little on the chipset's features. The CPU is powered by a 10-phase VRM. It is wired to four DDR3 memory slots that are powered by a 2-phase VRM. The AMD 890FX drives four PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots (electrical x8 when all are populated, x16 on alternate slots otherwise). There are two PCI-E x1 and one PCI. All six of the SATA 6 Gb/s ports from the southbridge are internal, while an additional GSATA2 controller gives out two SATA 3 Gb/s ports, and drives the IDE connector. Connectivity options include 8+2 channel audio with Dolby Home Theater, two gigabit Ethernet interfaces, FireWire, and two USB 3.0 ports, apart from a number of USB 2.0 ports. The board is expected to release later next month.



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Old Mar 5, 2010, 01:57 PM   #2
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i still hate the memory lay out should go blue, white, blue, white for those rams that are to big to by each other
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I like it...especially the dual lan, but I think my next board will be a Crosshair IV instead.
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woot they should have put a Marvell SATA 6Gbps controller instead of a JMicron SATA 3Gbps Controller

why? who would like 8x SATA 6Gbps ports instead of 6x SATA 6Gbps + 2x SATA 3Gbps
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did I see a floppy connector?
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did I see a floppy connector?
I didn't even notice that. I guess some people still use them, but who uses a floppy and buys a 890FX board. Enthusiast use flash drives. No floppy for me.

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woot they should have put a Marvell SATA 6Gbps controller instead of a JMicron SATA 3Gbps Controller

why? who would like 8x SATA 6Gbps ports instead of 6x SATA 6Gbps + 2x SATA 3Gbps
I guess those ports are good for Optical Drivers.
Not really a big deal yet, but why not do it anyways Gigabyte
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needs more sata ports

still looking for a 10-12 port board from gigabyte.
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so besides the dual lan and "better" crossfire possibilities there isnt much different from the 890gx? Waiting for the 890x myself.
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Urgh ... the PCI-E x1 slots are useless.

Top one blocked by heatsink, lower one blocked by dual-slot GPU.



PS Floppy Drive FTW! I still have one!
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Urgh ... the PCI-E x1 slots are useless.

Top one blocked by heatsink, lower one blocked by dual-slot GPU.



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Off Topic: What do you use it for??
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so besides the dual lan and "better" crossfire possibilities there isnt much different from the 890gx? Waiting for the 890x myself.
When AMD came out with the xxxGX line, they set the computer world on it's ear. Until then, integrated graphics were for office apps and web browsing. Finally, real graphics built in. Not only that, but the boards had a rich feature set and were overclock ready. 890x is the GX without the "G". May as well get the GX so that if you have a failure of your dedicated GFX card, you can fall back on the integrated GFX.


It was logical that this board was coming. What surprised me was when they released the GA-790FXTA-UD5, which has the same feature set. I sure hope some reviewer compares the two. (I know that the 890's will be the best going forward, I was just surprised that Gigabyte took the 790FX and made a "890FX version" with SATA6 and USB3.)
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^^ The 890GX has integrated graphics and Dual Crossfire runs at 8x/8x...The 890FX does not have integrated graphics and allows Dual Crossfire to run at 16x/16x...This also applies to the 790GX/FX chipsets.
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ah, my bad - was thinking of the x1 slot...
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cool finaly lets see that ud7 i know u got it lol

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I like it...especially the dual lan, but I think my next board will be a Crosshair IV instead.
yeah formulas looking like a better setup right now needa see that ud7 tho cause u know they have it thats hiding too they seem to want to be last to show everything havent seen asrock 890FX too only GX

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.....It was logical that this board was coming. What surprised me was when they released the GA-790FXTA-UD5, which has the same feature set. I sure hope some reviewer compares the two. (I know that the 890's will be the best going forward, I was just surprised that Gigabyte took the 790FX and made a "890FX version" with SATA6 and USB3.)
yeah u should wait to see that in UD6 and UD7 for PCB style ver up to the left like the others. im sure it will be in either one. since they have 3 high ends ( 5 6 7 ). Im not so suprised

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I see a led post error screen on this. Is this the first gigabyte to have one?
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needs more sata ports

still looking for a 10-12 port board from gigabyte.
the X58A-UD3R, UD5, UD7 i think have 10 sata port; a combination of 3 & 6 Gbps.
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I wonder what the MSRP of this would be at time of release. I like it ALOT! After switching over to Gigabyte from MSI & DFI, I am pleased with my decision.
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ah, my bad - was thinking of the x1 slot...
lol, now I forgot what I was supposed to comment on

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It has a card-reader (CF, SD, etc) integrated into it. I plug the Floppy in for shits and giggles. And to hear the floppy power up - takes me back to the old days of my family's Amiga 500.
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It has a card-reader (CF, SD, etc) integrated into it. I plug the Floppy in for shits and giggles. And to hear the floppy power up - takes me back to the old days of my family's Amiga 500.
Totally understandable for the nostalgia. I have an old 486 that still runs, and I still have some of the GIANT floppies for it too, so I understand the nostalgia aspect.
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