ASUS Launches TUF Sabertooth 990FX GEN3 R2.0 - Page 2

blibba · Feb 18, 2013, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Am*

Can someone explain to me why the hell this and loads of other AMD motherboards have 32GB RAM (4x DIMMs) support, when the platform's flagship FX 8350 cannot even fully use 16GB?

Would you rather it only had two RAM slots? This way you can buy 2*4GB or 2*8GB today, and if you want more in a few years, you don't have to replace all your sticks.

Besides, if you were using an FX8 to run a great many virtual machines (a task that it is very well suited for), you might well need 32GB of RAM.

NeoXF · Feb 18, 2013, 06:06 PM

This looks a lot like my future AM3+ & Piledriver summer refresh build... if Intel fails to deliver with Haswell (and it will).

progste · Feb 18, 2013, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Am*

Can someone explain to me why the hell this and loads of other AMD motherboards have 32GB RAM (4x DIMMs) support, when the platform's flagship FX 8350 cannot even fully use 16GB?

because your informations are wrong and the 8350 can actually use 32 GB under certain circumstances

of course it is debatable if you actualy need that much ram ATM but why should they take away the possibility to do so?

Reefer86 · Feb 18, 2013, 06:20 PM

maybe just me being stupid but whats actually diffrent, what makes this a rev 2 over the first one?

MightyMission · Feb 18, 2013, 06:20 PM

I Loved my PCI soundcard(audigy 2zs platinum pro) an affordable super low latency (5ms) that had everything I needed including MIDI I/O,i would buy another board with PCI on it for that reason alone

Edgarstrong · Feb 18, 2013, 06:45 PM

Don't they release new versions of this AM3+ Sabertooth a bit too often?

KissSh0t · Feb 18, 2013, 08:03 PM

Nice motherboard is nice.

cadaveca · Feb 18, 2013, 08:06 PM

Hmm, interesting. PCIe 3.0 on 990FX!?!

Norton · Feb 18, 2013, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cadaveca

Hmm, interesting. PCIe 3.0 on 990FX!?!

ASUS is real good at hiding the bridge chip. (tucked in quietly between the 2 upper PCIEx 16 slots)

Can't locate any info on which chip they used....

Jorge · Feb 18, 2013, 11:40 PM

Asus pulls another con job on the technically clueless with PCIe 3 which is of no value at all currently - other than to dupe the technically challenged into spending their money. Asus has really been doing some questionable marketing in recent years IMO, and that of other enthusiasts.

theoneandonlymrk · Feb 19, 2013, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jorge

Asus pulls another con job on the technically clueless with PCIe 3 which is of no value at all currently - other than to dupe the technically challenged into spending their money. Asus has really been doing some questionable marketing in recent years IMO, and that of other enthusiasts.

Highly neg there dude.
I agree its not for a 990fx owner as its pointless but if I was buying now nothing else is out thats am3+ and pciex3 (though muted likely) so id at least have a look

[H]@RD5TUFF · Feb 19, 2013, 02:27 AM

Meh

ThunderStorm · Feb 19, 2013, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by [H]@RD5TUFF

Meh

Have to agree with you, this board is indeed aesthetic but it is no way near the same counterpart from Intel. ( I mean of look/meat of it ).

btarunr · Feb 19, 2013, 07:31 AM

The X79 Sabertooth lacks thermal armor, too.

progste · Feb 19, 2013, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Norton

ASUS is real good at hiding the bridge chip. (tucked in quietly between the 2 upper PCIEx 16 slots)

Can't locate any info on which chip they used....

lol didn't even notice that!

Am* · Feb 20, 2013, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by blibba

Would you rather it only had two RAM slots? This way you can buy 2*4GB or 2*8GB today, and if you want more in a few years, you don't have to replace all your sticks.

Besides, if you were using an FX8 to run a great many virtual machines (a task that it is very well suited for), you might well need 32GB of RAM.

Yes, I'd rather prefer for it to have 2 slots so it would save clearance for the gigantic coolers this thing needs to run at its best.

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Originally Posted by progste

because your informations are wrong and the 8350 can actually use 32 GB under certain circumstances

of course it is debatable if you actualy need that much ram ATM but why should they take away the possibility to do so?

Umm I'm pretty sure that it's your information that is wrong. The memory controller on the 8350 performs at around 13GB-14GB read & 11GB-12GB write speeds. With 32GBs you're going to have 2 DIMMs idling while the other 2 do all the work, and once you start using more capacity than what the memory controller can handle (over 16GBs RAM), things will get extremely slow, as one application will have to be suspended/paused while the other one uses the bandwidth. The one rule anyone should go by when buying RAM is what is the maximum amount of bandwidth that the controller can handle -- because anything above that will be wasted. 1155 SB chips can use up to 22GB at stock, 25GB when overclocked (so 1155 can more or less make the most of 32GBs of RAM), while the SB-E chips can handle around 28GB-30GB. Just because some 2011 motherboards allow for 64GB of RAM doesn't mean it's not an enormous waste of money and motherboard space.

Rei86 · Mar 13, 2013, 07:05 AM

So does anyone know what it runs?

Is it PCi-E Gen 3 x 16 with one and than PCi-E Gen 3 x8x8 for dual?

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Feb 18, 2013, 11:40 PM	#35
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