Monday, January 11th 2010
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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.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.
27 Comments on ECS AMD 890GX Motherboards Pictured
x8x8x8x8 for quadfire so why not full x16x16
sorta weird.
X48, X58 790FX 890FX
P55 P45 790GX 790X 780G
H57(or w/e) 780G
G35 740V
Its something like that ;) they compare to eachother, AMD usually wins on GPU performance, Pci-E performance in some cases, 890FX outdo X58 in Pci-E i think :P
Only the 8 pack.
Anyway I see both boards only using 3+1 phase, hopefully its enough to keep the CPU cool and stable.
ECS is a budget board maker, and people need to understand that. Just depends on if the board you get works or not. :D
faceplam/
What is worse, we have switched to MSI X58 Pro. Updated the latest BIOS. Installed 2x3 1.65 Team DDR3 Kits. Guess what? We could not install Windows 7 on it. Google it... MSI have problems with memory modules. After removing the two modules, finally we were able to install 7.
High end NO
Stable and worth the price....YES
No the Black series are not up to par with GB or ASUS top Line boards but they completely squash the competition at there price range
EDIT: Jetway took ECS's role as Bottom of the line Boards
1-support amd new 6 core cpu
2-sata 3
3-dual gigabit lan
4-8 channel audio
still disappoint things
1-USB 2.0
2-DDR3 max frequency still we need clocks over 2000ghz
3-with new cpu support IGP should be from 5xxx DX11 not DX10.1