Gigabyte Announces AMD Dragon Platform Motherboard

Author: Cássio Lima Date: January 22, 2009 - 9:05 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx... Gigabyte has announced its first motherboard based on AMD Dragon platform, MA-790FXT-UD5P. This socket AM3 motherboard is part of Durable 3 series, features AMD 790FX chipset (SB750 southbridge chip), supports DDR3 up to 1,666 MHz (max. 16 GB), has two PCI Express x16 slots, three PCI Express x1 slots, two PCI slots, one ATA-133 port, 10 SATA-300 ports (six controlled by the southbridge chip and four controlled by Gigabyte SATA2 chip), one floppy disk drive port (controlled by ITE 8720 chip), two Gigabit Ethernet ports (Realtek 8111DL chip), three Firewire ports (two on the rear panel and one via the Firewire bracket connected to the internal header) and 12 USB ports (eight on the rear panel and four via the USB brackets connected to the internal headers). No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

CES 2009: Zotac Releases GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Motherboard

Author: Cássio Lima Date: January 10, 2009 - 11:01 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: CES 2009: Zotac Releases GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Motherboard Zotac has launched GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi, a mini-ITX motherboard targeted to Intel (socket 775) platform featuring an nVidia GeForce 9300 GPU (internal clock of 450 MHz and 16 stream processors). This card has two DD2 slots (max. 8 GB up to DDR2-667/800), one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, one eSATA port, two SATA-300 ports, 12 USB ports (six available on rear panel and the other six available thru adaptors), Gigabit Ethernet, audio 5.1-channel audio, built-in wireless network 802.11b/g and VGA, DVI and HDMI outputs. No word on pricing and availability has been disclosed. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

ECS Announces Its First AM3 Motherboard

Author: Cássio Lima Date: December 23, 2008 - 5:29 PM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/NewsRoom/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1228&... ECS has just announced the launch of A790GXM-AD3 Black Series, its first AM3 motherboard designed for the upcoming 45-nm AMD Phenom processors that will feature an integrated DDR3 memory controller. This board is based on AMD 790GX + SB750 chipset, has on-board video (Radeon HD 3300), two PCI Express x16 slots, four DDR3-1333 slots, six SATA-300 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 8-channel audio, HDMI connector and supports CrossFireX and Hybrid CrossFire technologies. No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Manufacturers Launch Intel X58 Motherboards

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 18, 2008 - 5:11 PM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: See below a list with the manufacturers that already launched motherboards based on Intel X58 chipset for the newest Intel Core i7 processors. ASUS Rampage II Extreme P6T WS Professional P6T Deluxe P6T Deluxe/OC Palm ECS X58B-A Black Series EVGA EVGA X58 SLI Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME GA-EX58-UD5 GA-EX58-DS4 MSI Eclipse SLI X58 Platinum Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Manufacturers Launch GeForce 9300 Motherboards

Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 16, 2008 - 8:07 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: See below a list with the manufacturers that already launched motherboards based on nVidia GeForce 9300 chipset. ECS EVGA MSI Zotac Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

nVidia Launches GeForce 9400/9300 Chipsets

Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 15, 2008 - 8:50 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html nVidia has just introduced its first chipsets for the Intel platform to support Hybrid SLI: GeForce 9300 and GeForce 9400. Both chipsets feature on-board video with a DirectX 10 engine and are single-chip solutions. The only difference between them is the clock rate under their graphics engine run. On the table below we compare the basic specs from these two new chipsets.  Chipset GeForce 9400 GeForce 9300 GPU Clock 580 MHz 450 MHz Graphics Processors 16 16 Graphics Processors Clock 1,400 MHz 1,200 MHz DirectX 10 10 Shader Model 4.0 4.0 FSB 1,333 MHz 1,333 MHz DDR2 800 MHz 800 MHz DDR3 1,333 MHz 1,333 MHz PCI Express 2.0 2.0 USB 2.0 Ports 12 12 SATA-300 Ports 6 6 RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 0, 1, 0+1, 5 ATA-133 Ports No No Hybrid SLI GeForce Boost GeForce Boost Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

EVGA Launches nForce 790i SLI FTW Mainboard

Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 3, 2008 - 9:07 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=132-YW-E180-A1&family=Mot... EVGA has just launched nForce 790i SLI FTW mainboard, as its own name implies, it is based on the latest high-end chipset from nVidia for the Intel platform. What is new on nForce 790i compared to its predecessor, 780i, is the support for DDR3 memories and PCI Express 2.0 support generated by the chipset itself. This EVGA mainboard supports Intel 45-nm processors based on socket 775 and DDR3 memories up to 2,000 MHz (8 GB max), has three PCI Express x16 slots, two PCI Express x1 slots, two PCI slots, nine SATA-300 ports, tem USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the rear panel and four available thru I/O brackets), two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two Firewire ports and it has other features like on-board CMOS clear, reset and power switches (which are quite convenient for overclockers), a POST (Power On Self Test) diagnostics display, advanced 8-phase voltage regulator, 100% solid state capacitors, 100% ferrite core chokes and BIOS for extended range voltage settings. It’s MSRP is of USD 339.99. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

MSI Launches ‘P45-D8 Memory Lover’ Motherboard

Author: Cássio Lima Date: August 26, 2008 - 6:15 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=652 MSI has launched ‘P45-D8 Memory Lover’, a motherboard equipped with eight memory slots, four of them used by DDR2 memories (up to 16 GB) and the four remaining used by DDR3 memories (up to 8 GB). So you can use your DDR2 memories on this board and as soon as DDR3 price declines you can upgrade to this technology by just replacing the memories. P45-8D Memory Lover is also equipped with one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot, three PCI slots, 8-channel high-definition audio and a heat-pipe installed on north bridge and south bridge chips. No word about pricing and availability. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

AMD Launches 760 GX Chipset

Author: Cássio Lima Date: August 6, 2008 - 8:53 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~1274... AMD has just launched 790 GX chipset equipped with ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics engine and supporting Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC), a technology that optimizes overclocking potential of Phenom processors. AMD 790 GX also supports Hybrid CrossFireX and CrossFireX, HyperTransport 3.0, Cool'nQuiet 2.0 and Unified Video Decoder (UVD) technologies. Paired with SB750 south bridge, 790 GX chipset supports 12 USB ports and six SATA-300 (RAID 0,1,5 and 10) ports. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Gigabyte Unveils EP45-Extreme Motherboard Series

Author: Cássio Lima Date: July 31, 2008 - 7:31 AM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Gigabyte has officially unveiled EP45-Extreme motherboard series targeted to overclocking enthusiasts. Two boards were launched within this new series: GA-EP45T-EXTREME e GA-EP45-EXTREME. The only difference between them is that the former supports only DDR3 up to 1,900 MHz, while the latter supports only DDR2 up to 1,600 MHz. Both boards are based on Intel P45 chipset (with Intel ICH10R south bridge), support FSB up to 1,600 MHz, two PCI Express x16 slots (one of them running a x8), one PCI Express x4 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot, three PCI slots, six SATA-300 ports, one IDE port, one floppy disk port, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and they support up to 12 USB 2.0 and three Firewire (IEEE1394a) ports. On the audio section a Realtek ALC889A codec is used. It features a 106 dB signal-to-noise ratio, 7.1+2 channels (translation: besides the 8-channel surround sound, it features an extra stereo channel, usually used for audio streaming) and DTS Connect compatibility (i.e. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD audio compatibility). Motherboards from EP45-Extreme series also have a myriad of overclocking options and a copper heat-pipe used for liquid and traditional cooling. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

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