Wednesday, August 23rd 2006
Sapphire PURE CrossFire RD580 Motherboard for Socket AM2
Sapphire Technology has just announced two new motherboards for Socket AM2 processors in its PURE CrossFire series. The PURE CrossFire PC-AM2RD580 motherboard based on the latest CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset and new SB600 Southbridge, comes with its unique white design and dual 16x PCI-Express graphics slots. It supports AMD's powerful AM2 Sempron, Athlon64, FX and dual core processors as well as up to 4GB of Dual Channel DDR2 memory. On board features of the Advantage board include both Gbit and 10/100 LAN, 4x SATA-II plus 4x SATA-II RAID, two ATA133 ports, ten USB 2.0, one parallel port and high definition 8-channel sound with SPDIF out. The other PC-AM2RD580ADV board has the same features as the PC-AM2RD580. The only difference is that D580ADV has 2 PCI slots while the PURE RD580 has only one. Both board allow changing the CPU, bus and memory voltage through the BIOS.
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37 Comments on Sapphire PURE CrossFire RD580 Motherboard for Socket AM2
How friggin difficult is it to copy the ATI reference mobo and do it properly? Evidently more difficult than Sapphire can handle. Oh, and yes their prices are out in the ozone because they ain't even close to reality. Hopefully now that AMD owns ATI they'll dump the Asian mobo loser companies and go with reputable mobo companies only.
Not to mention THIS BOARD IS TARGETTED AT OVERCLOCKERS.
Seriously dude, you post this "omfg only 2 pci slots them newbz" every mobo review and its annoying. Get a clue. WE DONT CARE.
If you use 4 pci slots, you need to stick with a pentium 3. You obviously dont need overclocking features.
10 usb ports! you dont need a usb pci card. Good sound! sound card is dependent on what you prefer. 1 reason.
Board has boatload of sata and ide slots. you dont need a pci hdd controller.
THERE IS NO REASON TO USE PCI ANYMORE!!!
And also most people that use PCIe cards with high-end boards only use it for sound cards, like the SoundBlaster X-Fi or Audigy series, but soon sound cards will be PCIe too, like PCIe X1 or X4. Most onboard sound is getting better, and some motherbaords even have SoundBlaster L!ve too. If you want to use PCI still, move to an older system.
(disgregard my system specs, I'm testing out a newer motherboard)
You however, are not 90% of the market. They don't really give a crap. seriously.
2.) moving your computer often with a tv tuner? Buy an Ati All In Wonder. Problem solved. Not only is it pci-e 16x, but its integrated into the video card. You can even buy an x1900 AIW already. Too bad the Abit Kn9 is single pcie... NF5...;) also, since when has epox had this "overclocking reputation"? Or have I been around too much to notice noone runs these? :roll: My Epox NF2's were decent.. better than my MSI's, but not near abit.
All in wonders don't interest me, they have a huge cluster of wire. but, they're still a good option, the only thing stopping me is money to upgrade.
As far as new motherboards, I'm trying to stay away from nforce chipsets, with respect to heat generation and power consumption. I read from some seemingly respectable sites that Epox does well with overclocking. Their MD580 board has me interested as well. As far as abit boards overclockability, I guess the via chipsets I've been using just aren't up for it, as they don't do all that well. but then, that's not really abit's fault.
ryboto listen dude. rd580=high end crossfire chipset. so most rd580 mobos will have 6/7 slots. there will be two pci-e16 spaced 2 slots apart for proper cooling. under the top slot will more then likly be a pci-e1, then more then likly a pci-e4 for best compatability. under the pci-e4 will be a second pci-e16 with another pci-e1 under it. that brings a total of 5 slots which leaves 2 for pci, and thats if they follow atx spec. there may only be 6 slots total which leaves u with one pci. what do powerusers with dual video cards need in slots? well more then likly a sound card or physics card. but then again how many people do u know with physics cards... theres oodles of usb these days and built in ethernet is hard to beat. maby u should get with the times dude.
As ffor DFI boards, when they actually work, they are some of the best clockers. They are not the be all end all overclocking board. Most high end boards overclock just as well. My ASUS board is just as fast as the DFI version, just lacks a few options in bios that I have worked around quite easily. DFI boards also like to just plain die, are easy to set settings that cause parts to pop and generally are a pain in the ass. I'd take my ASUS board over any DFI board any day.
One last thing. look at the posts by the person who started all this arguing, oldschool. This guy is a troll who loves to post stuff like this and bitch about everything. Get a grip buddy. If computers piss you off so much, pull the plug out of the wall and get a life.
forums.techpowerup.com/search.php?searchid=297776
Look at his last 30+ posts. All completely argumentative with nothing but personal gripes and no useful information at all. Sad............
You cant expect to keep things for years simply "upgrading" other components, anymore...
AM2 = 939 pins, different layout ;)
DDR2 is not simply a "revamp" of DDR, its very very different... normal 939 CPUs wouldnt be able to handle it anyways...