Three new AMD 690 Mainboards from Gigabyte

[Bastieeeh]

As AMD launched the 690G and 690V chipsets at the beginning of this March manufacturers were upset with their long postponement. Today all all the fuss is forgotten and Gigabyte introduced three mainboards based on those chipsets. Two of them are micro ATX sized boards(GA-MA69VM-S2, AMD690V; GA-MA69GM-S2H, AMD690G), the third is a full ATX sized one (GA-MA69G-S3H, AMD690G). The mentioned motherboards support DDR2-800, all have four memory slots, of course the Socket AM2 for the CPU, a single PCIe x16 slot, at least a single PCIe x1 slot, two PCI ports, four SATA II connectors, one PATA port and Gigabit Ethernet and 8-channel audio.
The difference between the two µATX boards besides the different chipsets used is the support for HDCP (over HDMI) and an IEEE1394a port featured by the 690G based Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2.
The ATX sized Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H features a single PCIe x4 slot (CrossFire ready) and three PCIe x1 slots in total.

I came across a funny mistake on Gigabyte's German website. There it reads the GA-MA69VM-S2 I was just writing about is actually powered by an Intel 975X chipset. Look at the last picture or if you don't trust me follow this link.

Update: If you would like to see real life pictures of the AMD 690 board, check out our Gigabyte coverage during the CeBIT.




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[pt]

i'm wondering why these boards (with 690 chipset) are tking so long to get to portugal

 

[Darksaber]

if you would like to see real life pictures of the AMD 690 board, check out our coverage during CeBIT:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CeBIT_2007/Gigabyte/

@pt:
Well let me know what board you want, we could arrange something from Austria to Portugal. They are even selling the nFoce 650i boards already.

cheers
DS

 

[pt]

if you would like to see real life pictures of the AMD 690 board, check out our coverage during CeBIT:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CeBIT_2007/Gigabyte/

@pt:
Well let me know what board you want, we could arrange something from Austria to Portugal. They are even selling the nFoce 650i boards already.

cheers
DS

the i650 are already selling here for some time now
but am2 nop
shops are only selling c2d now
i'm going to ask some more shops, if not i will talk to you

 

[BXtreme]

ME TOO!!
ALL shops around me are selling c2d's
Who killed AM2 ?

 

[WarEagleAU]

Nice boards. One question. How is a PCIe X4 slot Crossfire ready? Is it CXF Ready by using the integrated IGP?

 

[Zalmann]

i'm wondering why these boards (with 690 chipset) are tking so long to get to portugal

You're not alone, they take just as long to get down under (aka Australia). We're at the arse end of the world out here most of the time.

 

[ktr]

You guys should start an resale business in your country. If this are rare to find, and in demand, you could make some major bing-bing.

 

[Zalmann]

There are some specialist retailers here who deal with the high end enthusiast "bleeding edge" technology stuff, but they charge an arm and a leg, don't know how much they make with thier turnover.

 

[Zubasa]

Nice boards. One question. How is a PCIe X4 slot Crossfire ready? Is it CXF Ready by using the integrated IGP?

That is the same way the Intel 965P chipset Crossfire
You can certainly CF X1650XT with that since the internal bridge CF shouldn't get too big of a performance hit.
(Assuming there are PCI-E x4 X1650XTs.... )
Oh yes there are PCI-E x1 X1300s, that will be an "impressive" CF.
Quad Crossfire ready with X1300s...

 

[pt]

There are some specialist retailers here who deal with the high end enthusiast "bleeding edge" technology stuff, but they charge an arm and a leg, don't know how much they make with thier turnover.

precisely