MSI Announces K9A2 Platinum 790FX Motherboard

malware · Oct 8, 2007

MSI just announced the launch of a new mainboard aimed at high performance desktop computer systems that are compatible with the latest AMD AM2+ processors. As the new line of dual and quad core AMD CPUs is due to hit the market soon, MSI prepares its own line of compatible mainboards with the first RD790 powered K9A2 Platinum motherboard in front. This new MSI product supports all current AM2 CPUs as well as the AM2+ Phenom X4, X2 and X3 CPUs that will be released in the coming months. The K9A2 Platinum comes with four PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots, support for 800/1066MHz DDR2 memory and HyperTransport 3.0. In addition to featuring a new copper-constructed Circu-Pipe cooling solution as seen on the pictures below this board has integrated 7.1 channel audio, 5 phase PWM design, one Gigabit LAN, 6x SATA 3.0 Gbps connectors, 10x USB 2.0 ports, 2x IEEE1394 connectors and MSI's Dual CoreCell technology.

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panchoman · Oct 8, 2007

whoa. i sense quad x-fire with the dual r670's coming up.... 8 cored gpu system. whoa..

and the r670's come in a single slot cooler flavor, sweet, can squeeze in an x-fi and wireless lan on there.

cdawall · Oct 8, 2007

im surprised they only put a single gig lan on it? if its aimed at highend whats up with that?

panchoman · Oct 8, 2007

cdawall said:
im surprised they only put a single gig lan on it? if its aimed at highend whats up with that?

i noticed that, but i never really noticed much of a difference with dual lan, other then port forwarding issues while trying to download them linux distros

cdawall · Oct 8, 2007

i have run dual PCI lan cards on my Pent D system and when you run combo'd i can connect faster on my DSL line not to mention lats drop significantly

panchoman · Oct 8, 2007

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=41582

well seems like msi saved the dual lan for that mobo.

DaMulta · Oct 8, 2007

This is the board that I have been planing on getting. The bios looks very good.

mandelore · Oct 8, 2007

wait... if u have dual lan, if you connect cables from ur dsl router to both you can get better latencies?

i have dual lan but just got 1 connected...

cdawall · Oct 8, 2007

mandelore said:
wait... if u have dual lan, if you connect cables from ur dsl router to both you can get better latencies?

i have dual lan but just got 1 connected...

i got better lats and speeds

Nicksterr · Oct 8, 2007

lol, that doesn't make any sense. dual lan on the mobo is used for computer-to-computer connections for better transfer speeds instead of going through a network. It doesn't make any sense to connect 2 ethernet cables from your router to your mobo, that's like have two different internet connections.

proof please?

mandelore · Oct 8, 2007

Nicksterr said:
lol, that doesn't make any sense. dual lan on the mobo is used for computer-to-computer connections for better transfer speeds instead of going through a network. It doesn't make any sense to connect 2 ethernet cables from your router to your mobo, that's like have two different internet connections.

proof please?

I was thinking something similar... 2 cables would offer my pc 2 different internal network ip's, I mean i could easily fix the ports etc etc for them, but how would a program utilise both internal ip's (both cables) at the same time??

I would like some proof, coz it this is somehow true than ive been missing out lol...

wiak · Oct 8, 2007

why do the intel board have dual lan and not the top-end amd? :/
even amd's RD790 chipset supports dual lan and even teaming
but on other tought, i realy hope this will be cheaper than intel board, the fact is RD790 boards should cost around 100 usd ^^

that might be the reason for missing a lan port

WarEagleAU · Oct 9, 2007

dude, I never knew that, but my DSL modem only has one out jack anywho <G>

Nice looking board though this isnt the true circupipe used on the x38 boards. too bad the integrated 7.1 audio wasnt of the xfi variety

ccleorina · Oct 9, 2007

Man..... can wait for this mobo out for sell........ have to get one.... :rockout:

PVTCaboose1337 · Oct 9, 2007

Pretty sexy... but lets do math:

Quadfire = 4 cards x 2 pci slots (for a dual slot cooler) = 8 slots. My case has 7, I'm pretty sure yours does to... wtf!

ccleorina · Oct 9, 2007

PVTCaboose1337 said:
Pretty sexy... but lets do math:

Quadfire = 4 cards x 2 pci slots (for a dual slot cooler) = 8 slots. My case has 7, I'm pretty sure yours does to... wtf!

You right man :rockout:

Then we need to make one more slot for Quad HD2900 X-Fire.... :roll:

PVTCaboose1337 · Oct 9, 2007

ccleorina said:
You right man Then we need to make one more slot for Quad HD2900 X-Fire....

Thats where duct tape and cardboard come in... go!

ccleorina · Oct 9, 2007

PVTCaboose1337 said:
Thats where duct tape and cardboard come in... go!

Ya man.... :roll:

ccleorina · Oct 9, 2007

Hope ATI got a HD2900XT with 1 slot cooling.... Then it will fit our case :rockout:

cdawall · Oct 9, 2007

mandelore said:
I was thinking something similar... 2 cables would offer my pc 2 different internal network ip's, I mean i could easily fix the ports etc etc for them, but how would a program utilise both internal ip's (both cables) at the same time??

I would like some proof, coz it this is somehow true than ive been missing out lol...

XP will let you its called netweok bridging but since my house is now all wifi i cant post any results but i will go see if i can dig up some results

to bridge conections open up network connections select 2+ highspeed connections and select bridge when you right click

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