M4A89GTD PRO Review by me!

Aleksander · Jun 5, 2012, 09:47 PM

M4A89GTD PRO

Specs

CPU	AMD Socket AM3 ;Phenom™II /Athlon™II /Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Chipset	AMD 890GX/SB850
System Bus	5200 MT/s
Memory	4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered
Expansion Slots	2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 support ATI CrossFireX™ technology(@dual x8 speed)
VGA	Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 4290 GPU
6 xSATA	6.0 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10
LAN	Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2
Audio	ALC 892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
IEEE 1394	VIA® 6308P controller supports 2 x 1394a port(s)
USB	14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x24.4 cm )

Ok, so today i got the motherboard. It is hot, slick and powerful.
The only thing is that it has some stupid things too. Overall it is good.
I did only 1 bench as i only had 1 game at all!
Just kidding, but with others it was all the same story as with m4n68
so nothing too much to apprechiate. It has the onboard 4290, but that is
nothing to apprechiate when you have, even a 9500GT.
9500GT outperformed the integrated card with 1.5x in games like Tomb Raider
Legend and 2.5x times with deus ex. I did not do photos, because it had some
problems with the print screen on these games, i don't know why.
Assasin's creed ran at 25fps with 9500GT and 16fps with 4290.
So if you think that 4290 is cool, i don't think so. I even think that my old 7600GS was
faster. Since i am waiting for another card, can i use it in pair with 9500GT???
Also, the board i had and this one, are identical in power, don't buy this one if you think
it is just more powerful! It is the same.
When it comes to 4 rams and double cards, than it is ok. It has 6 more usb places than m4n68.
This benchmark is not very detailed, as i only did it for someone who was suspicious i wont buy things in the threads.....

Here is a pic:

Another one:

Another:

AnOtHeR:

Ugh:

Here are the dirt showdown bench
m4n68:

m4a89gtd pro:

On the second test, the car was first, while in the first, the car was positioned 4th.
It has to do with the position of the car of course, because it takes more graphic processing to
run with 4 cars, instead of a single car. This is why the results are a bit weird.
Anyway, the board had the same power.

Norton · Jun 5, 2012, 10:21 PM

That new board is much stronger and has many more features than your old one.

Example: The new board has 8+2 power phases which is at least 2 times more than the old board.

It may not show up as speed but try some overclocking and stability testing and you will see the difference.

Aleksander · Jun 5, 2012, 10:23 PM

I have a question though
Can i sli my 9500GT with the card i will get? (Amd or Nvidia)
Does the stability and overclocking stand for the gpu too?

manofthem · Jun 5, 2012, 10:29 PM

That motherboard doesn't support nvidia sli; it does amd crossfire. There may be some hack for sli.

I had the M4A89TD Pro when I had my 1090t, and I loved it, never any problems. It was a solid board too with overclocking, both cpu and ram. Both very nice.

Norton · Jun 5, 2012, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aleksander Dishnica

I have a question though
Can i sli my 9500GT with the card i will get? (Amd or Nvidia)
Does the stability and overclocking stand for the gpu too?

That board supports Crossfire not SLI (there may be a hack to use SLI though... I'm not sure how that works)

GPU overclocking is a function of the quality of your graphics card, its power and cooling system, and your power supply. However, a quality motherboard and a good overclock can assist you in reducing system bottlenecks and bring out more performance from a high end GPU.

Aleksander · Jun 5, 2012, 10:45 PM

ok, got it!

_ALB_R3D X · Jun 5, 2012, 10:55 PM

I've had that one too.
Pretty nice board for the time...only thing that bothered me was the use of the second PCI ex if you wanted full x16 and VGA Switch Card went to the first PCI ex
http://www.teknologji.net/2011/05/evilnom-retaliation/
This is my board paired with an PII X4 965...awesome couple!

Aleksander · Jun 5, 2012, 11:07 PM

Just did a little test on overclock and it is awesome!
Cant believe these results:

brandonwh64 · Jun 5, 2012, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aleksander Dishnica

Just did a little test on overclock and it is awesome!
Cant believe these results:
http://i49.tinypic.com/2wqc0oo.jpg

nice clocks on this unlocked chip

Aleksander · Jun 5, 2012, 11:21 PM

I tried reaching a bit more to 4Ghz but that made it reboot

Anyway, with the last mobo i had, i couldn't overclock at all!

System Name:	Mercury
Processor:	Phenom II x4 B50
Motherboard:	ASUS M4A89GTD PRO
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper TX3
Memory:	6GB Ram (4GBx1 Corsair 2GBx1 Nanya)
Video Card:	PowerColor AX6770 V2.0
Hard Disk:	1TB Hitachi, 500 GB WD Blue
Optical Drive:	DVD-RAM
CRT/LCD Model:	Philips 247E-LPH 24" 1920x1080
Case:	Mercury
Sound Card:	Integrated Realtek
PSU:	Corsair 750TX
Software:	Windows 7 64-bit
Benchmarks:	Maybe it is time to benchmark :D

Jun 5, 2012, 10:21 PM	#2
Norton WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northeast, USA Posts: 5,159 (9.96/day) Thanks: 5,395 Thanked 10,103 Times in 3,182 Posts System Specs	That new board is much stronger and has many more features than your old one. Example: The new board has 8+2 power phases which is at least 2 times more than the old board. It may not show up as speed but try some overclocking and stability testing and you will see the difference. __________________ *Why sit on the Bench* when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!- World Community Grid (FTW) CPU crunchers- FX-8350(4.4)/FX-8150(4.0)/FX-6200(4.0)/ PII 1045T/PII 1045T/i7-920/Xeon (6c/12t)....(44 cores/54 threads) GPU crunchers- no WCG GPU work available Folding@Home- 2x GTX 580's WCG-TPU Team thread- crunch for our Team/see what we do...**

System Name:	My Fortress/Trish (WCG #1)/Julia (WCG #2)/Junior (WCG #3)/Norton3 (WCG #4)/My Niece (WCG #5)/TBA
Processor:	FX-8350/PII 1045T/1045T/FX-6200/FX-8150/Xeon (6c/12t)/i7 920
Motherboard:	ASUS M5A99X Evo/ ASUS M4A79XTD Evo/Biostar A880GZ/Biostar A880GZ/ASUS M5A97 EVO/EVGA X58 SLI 3- x2
Cooling:	Xig Night Hawk/ AMD stock hp/Xig Gaia/Xig Night Hawk/Xig Night Hawk/H70/Phantek
Memory:	2x4GB G.Skill Ares DDR31866/2x4GB DDR3 1600/2x2GB DDR31600/2x2GB DDR31600/2x4GB DDR31600/2x3GB/2x3GB
Video Card:	HD 7870/8400GS/IGP/7770/HD 7870/3x HD 7770's
Hard Disk:	2xWD 640(Blue)/WD 80/WD 160/WD 320 (2.5")/WD 160(2.5")/WD VR 150GB/WD 320
Optical Drive:	DVD/RW (if used)
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell 2208WPF, 2409W / Dell 1907FP (shared)
Case:	Silverstone Fortress FT01B/Source 210/Source 210/Fractal Define Mini/Fractal R4/HAF 932/TBA
Sound Card:	on board (All)
PSU:	Corsair HX850/700w (Rosewill)/Antec HCG-620/CX500 v2/TX850/AX1200/TX550M
Software:	Windows 7 HP 64/Win7 Pro 64/ Vista 64bit/Win7 Pro 64/Win7 Pro 64/Win7 Pro 64/Win7 Pro 64
Benchmarks:	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

System Name:	Mercury
Processor:	Phenom II x4 B50
Motherboard:	ASUS M4A89GTD PRO
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper TX3
Memory:	6GB Ram (4GBx1 Corsair 2GBx1 Nanya)
Video Card:	PowerColor AX6770 V2.0
Hard Disk:	1TB Hitachi, 500 GB WD Blue
Optical Drive:	DVD-RAM
CRT/LCD Model:	Philips 247E-LPH 24" 1920x1080
Case:	Mercury
Sound Card:	Integrated Realtek
PSU:	Corsair 750TX
Software:	Windows 7 64-bit
Benchmarks:	Maybe it is time to benchmark :D

Jun 5, 2012, 10:29 PM	#4
manofthem Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: WPB, FL Posts: 3,332 (3.86/day) Thanks: 2,080 Thanked 2,510 Times in 1,274 Posts System Specs	That motherboard doesn't support nvidia sli; it does amd crossfire. There may be some hack for sli. I had the M4A89TD Pro when I had my 1090t, and I loved it, never any problems. It was a solid board too with overclocking, both cpu and ram. Both very nice. Last edited by manofthem; Jun 5, 2012 at 10:29 PM. Reason: error correction

Jun 5, 2012, 10:23 PM	#3
Aleksander Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,028 (2.39/day) Thanks: 648 Thanked 280 Times in 228 Posts System Specs	I have a question though Can i sli my 9500GT with the card i will get? (Amd or Nvidia) Does the stability and overclocking stand for the gpu too?

System Name:	Manofthem-PC [] Manofthem-PC2
Processor:	i7 2600k @ 4.5 [] i7 3770k
Motherboard:	Asus P8P67 Pro [] MSI Z68GD55
Cooling:	Water [] Air
Memory:	Samsung 8GB 1866 [] Samsung 8GB 1866
Video Card:	2x 7970's [] 7870 LE
Hard Disk:	2x 830's 256GB / 1.5TB / 2TB [] 500GB
CRT/LCD Model:	Shimian Achieva QH270-Lite [] Acer 27HL
Case:	CM Haf 932 [] Blawkhawk Advanced
Sound Card:	SB X-Fi Titanium [] Onboard
PSU:	Corsair 1000HX [] XFX 550Pro
Software:	Windows 8 Pro x64 [] Windows 7 Ult x64

Jun 5, 2012, 10:45 PM	#6
Aleksander Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,028 (2.39/day) Thanks: 648 Thanked 280 Times in 228 Posts System Specs	ok, got it!

Jun 5, 2012, 10:55 PM	#7
_ALB_R3D X Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tirana,Albania Posts: 246 (0.38/day) Thanks: 83 Thanked 70 Times in 61 Posts System Specs	I've had that one too. Pretty nice board for the time...only thing that bothered me was the use of the second PCI ex if you wanted full x16 and VGA Switch Card went to the first PCI ex http://www.teknologji.net/2011/05/evilnom-retaliation/ This is my board paired with an PII X4 965...awesome couple! __________________ I work only for money,if you want loyalty hire a dog. Clear CMOS: 1.) immediately following a new build, before power is applied 2.) immediately following any hardware change/upgrade 3.) after flashing BIOS.

System Name:	Th3 R3D X
Processor:	Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.0Ghz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
Cooling:	CoolerMaster V6GT
Memory:	Kingston KHX1866C9D3T1K2/8GX @2133Mhz(11-13-13-32)
Video Card:	ASUS Radeon HD6950 2GB CrossfireX
Hard Disk:	Hyper X 3K 90GB(OS+BF3),WD 500 + Samsung HD502HJ
Optical Drive:	LG DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung P2350,Full HD,2ms
Case:	Cooler Master HAF X
Sound Card:	OnBoard
PSU:	Cooler Master Silent Pro 850W
Software:	Win 7 Ultimate 64bit

Jun 5, 2012, 11:07 PM	#8
Aleksander Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,028 (2.39/day) Thanks: 648 Thanked 280 Times in 228 Posts System Specs	Just did a little test on overclock and it is awesome! Cant believe these results:

System Name:	The StarCrunch Defender!
Processor:	I7 2600K @ 4.5ghz 1.32V
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling:	Corsair A70 Push/Pull
Memory:	G-Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB DDR3 1866mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte 7970 3GB Reference Card at boost clocks
Hard Disk:	2x 500GB WD Blue Raid 0 / 1TB WD Black
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD/R/RW SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic VG2227wm 1080P
Case:	NZXT Tempest 410 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek (Azalia)
PSU:	Corsair 750TX
Software:	Windows 7 Home X64

Jun 5, 2012, 11:21 PM	#10
Aleksander Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,028 (2.39/day) Thanks: 648 Thanked 280 Times in 228 Posts System Specs	I tried reaching a bit more to 4Ghz but that made it reboot Anyway, with the last mobo i had, i couldn't overclock at all!

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 + Antec EA430D won't power on	erek	General Hardware	1	Sep 24, 2010 08:29 PM
Asus M4A89GTD pro @ Memory issue (new Ram needed??)	Hellfire	Motherboards & Memory	1	Jun 29, 2010 07:06 AM
[FS] Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB3	dumo	Buy/Sell/Trade/Giveaway Forum	1	Apr 21, 2010 07:42 PM
ASUS M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 Motherboard Pictured	btarunr	News	53	Feb 18, 2010 04:16 PM
1st detailed pictures of Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3	ICEEXOL	Motherboards & Memory	8	Feb 13, 2010 03:19 PM