Monday, January 11th 2010
ECS AMD 890GX Motherboards Pictured
Two of ECS' upcoming motherboards based on AMD's 890GX+SB800 chipset, supporting socket AM3 processors have been pictured: the A890GXM-A Black Series, and the IC890GXM-A. The two are ATX motherboards which build slightly on the chipset's features on offer.
The A890GXM-A Black Series is the higher-end part aimed at overclockers and performance users. It has an elaborate heatsink that covers the 890GX northbridge and CPU VRM area, which makes use of a heatpipe for uniform heat dissipation. It is marked with "Six Core CPU Support", indicating that it is ready for AMD's upcoming "Thuban" six-core desktop processor. The CPU socket is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots to support dual-channel memory. DDR3 memory with speeds over 1800 MHz are supported by overclocking.
Expansion slots include two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x8 when both are populated) with ATI CrossFireX support, a PCI-Express x16 (electrical x4), two PCI-Express x1, and one PCI. The storage system shines with native SATA 6 Gb/s support. The SB800 southbridge gives out five internal and one external SATA 6 Gb/s ports. IDE is done away with. Connectivity includes two gigabit Ethernet interfaces, an 8-channel HD Audio codec, eSATA, and USB 2.0. Display connectivity includes DVI and D-Sub, at least. The chipset embeds a DirectX 10.1 compliant IGP with SidePort memory support.
The second motherboard, the IC890GXM-A, is a simpler model aimed at home PC and media users. It has a simpler CPU VRM, the motherboard doesn't have a problem handling DDR3 memory at speeds of 1600 MHz. It claims support for six-core AMD desktop processors as well. The changes become more apparent with the expansion slots, where you will find one PCI-Express 2.0 x16, a PCI-Express x16 (electrical x4), and two each of PCI-Express x1 and PCI. There's just the one gigabit Ethernet controller, alongside the usual 8-channel audio, USB 2.0, eSATA 6 Gb/s, and display connectivity which includes DVI, and D-Sub. It is indicated that AMD's 890GX chipset will be released in April. These two could be expected to come out around that time.
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The A890GXM-A Black Series is the higher-end part aimed at overclockers and performance users. It has an elaborate heatsink that covers the 890GX northbridge and CPU VRM area, which makes use of a heatpipe for uniform heat dissipation. It is marked with "Six Core CPU Support", indicating that it is ready for AMD's upcoming "Thuban" six-core desktop processor. The CPU socket is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots to support dual-channel memory. DDR3 memory with speeds over 1800 MHz are supported by overclocking.
The second motherboard, the IC890GXM-A, is a simpler model aimed at home PC and media users. It has a simpler CPU VRM, the motherboard doesn't have a problem handling DDR3 memory at speeds of 1600 MHz. It claims support for six-core AMD desktop processors as well. The changes become more apparent with the expansion slots, where you will find one PCI-Express 2.0 x16, a PCI-Express x16 (electrical x4), and two each of PCI-Express x1 and PCI. There's just the one gigabit Ethernet controller, alongside the usual 8-channel audio, USB 2.0, eSATA 6 Gb/s, and display connectivity which includes DVI, and D-Sub. It is indicated that AMD's 890GX chipset will be released in April. These two could be expected to come out around that time.
27 Comments on ECS AMD 890GX Motherboards Pictured
I have had to do that with several brands and Of course Jetway does take the lead on that BS,ECS 2nd, Biostar 3rd, Asrock 4th and of course ASUS and Gigabyte but ASUS and Gigabyte boards did work mostly from the get go.. ***MY EXPERIENCES may not be typical***
I did not include MSI in Those examples cause I'll just now be going on my 3rd MSI board (next Wednesday I'm getting a MSI 770-C45) the rest of those brands I have had 5+ boards