Monday, November 5th 2007
Gigabyte Debuts Three AMD 790FX Based Motherboards
Motherboard maker Gigabyte unveiled the specifications of three new motherboards with the AMD 790FX chipset. The GA-MA790X-DS4, GA-MA790X-DS5 and GA-MA790X-DQ6 all have support for AMD's upcoming AM2+ Phenom processors, 1066MHz DDR2 memory and PCI Express 2.0. The GA-MA790FX-DQ6 is the most advanced version. This motherboard uses a special cooling system with two heatpipes and features support for CrossFireX. The other two motherboards only support regular CrossFire. The boards will be available later this month.
GA-MA790FX-DQ6
Sources:
DarkVision Hardware, TechConnect Magazine
- Supports AMD AM2+ Phenom/AM2 Athlon 64 series processors
Dual Channel DDR2 1066 memory support for remarkable system performance - Quad PCI-E 2.0 x16 graphics interfaces with ATI CrossFireX support for extreme gaming performance
- Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function and IEEE 1394a connection
- Integrated dual LAN with Teaming function to provide twice bandwidth of transmission speed
- High quality 8-ch ALC889A High Definition audio with DTS Connect support, featuring 106dB Signal to Noise Ratio and Full Rate Lossless Audio with Blu-ray/ HD DVD playback support.
- Ultra Durable 2 motherboard features High Quality CPU Power design with Ferrite core chokes, Low RDS (on) MOSFET and Solid Capacitors.
- Durable Capacitors that take advantage of Japanese manufactured SMD (Surface Mount Device) Solid Capacitors for enhanced system durability.
- Re-engineered Thermal Design featuring All Copper Silent-Pipe and Crazy Cool
- External SATA2 design makes you enjoying "easy to use, easy to go, and easy to play"
- Supports AMD AM2+ Phenom/AM2 Athlon 64 series processors
- Dual Channel DDR2 1066 memory support for remarkable system performance
- Dual PCI-E 2.0 x16 graphics interfaces with ATI CrossFireX support for extreme gaming performance
- Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
- Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE1394
- High quality 8-ch ALC889A High Definition audio with DTS Connect support, featuring 106dB Signal to Noise Ratio and Full Rate Lossless Audio with Blu-ray/HD DVD playback support.
- Ultra Durable 2 motherboard features High Quality CPU Power design with Ferrite core chokes, Low RDS (on) MOSFET and Solid Capacitors
- Durable Capacitors that take advantage of Japanese manufactured Solid Capacitors for enhanced system durability
- Re-engineered Thermal Design featuring All Copper Silent-Pipe and Crazy Cool
- External SATA2 design makes you enjoying "easy to use, easy to go, and easy to play"
- Supports AMD AM2+ Phenom/AM2 Athlon 64 series processors
- Dual Channel DDR2 1066 memory support for remarkable system performance
- Dual PCI-E 2.0 x16 graphics interfaces with ATI CrossFireX support for extreme gaming performance
- Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
- Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE1394
- High quality 8-ch ALC889A High Definition audio, featuring 106dB Signal to Noise Ratio and Full Rate Lossless Audio with Blu-ray/HD DVD playback support.
- Ultra Durable 2 motherboard features High Quality CPU Power design with Ferrite core chokes, Low RDS (on) MOSFET and Solid Capacitors.
- Durable Capacitors that take advantage of Japanese manufactured Solid Capacitors for enhanced system durability
24 Comments on Gigabyte Debuts Three AMD 790FX Based Motherboards
That's still a lot of money for the DS4
the price of the ds4 is actually cheaper then many good p35 and 680i boards..
DS4 = $99.00 - $109.00
DS5 = $149.00 - $179.00
DQ6 = $189.00 - $269.00
damn!!!! what cards are they using for the quad config.?
BTW has anyone even seen a quad crossfire setup before... :eek: I can't see how those 4 cards in that ^^ pic won't overheat in a second, and what is the point of having quad crossfire when you have to do it with mid range single slot cards... Surely 2 high end cards would be better. Non the less though it would be pretty wicked to give it a go.. :respect:
R.