AMD Motherboard Review Roundup

• t-break: ECS A790GXM-A 'Black Series':
  
  

  "The ECS A790GXM-A comes with a decent package and a plethora of BIOS options to play with for any AM2+ 140w CPU’s. And we can go as far to say the HD 3300 is the fastest IGP with DirectX 10 capabilities in the market now. Still not satisfied? This motherboard can handle and today of today’s PCI-e 2.0 cards and you could even install an HD 4870 on it and go hybrid with the IGP. And don’t say you still want more. But if you do, the CrossFireX is ready on board with full x16 speeds on both slots!
  
  The board manages to just edge past the Crosshair II motherboard on most of the tests."

  
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• t-break: Sapphire 780G Hybrid CrossFire:
  
  

  "The Sapphire 780G motherboard proved to us that the Mini ATX motherboard can not only be used for multimedia HTPCs, but can also serve as a hardcore overclocker and gaming motherboard thanks to the heatsink used to cool the MOSFETs for better stability.
  
  The board packs some great features like the LED BIOS debus display and the two pairs of DIMMs that supports up to 16GB of memory. However, an HDMI port instead of the old 15-pin VGA port on the rear panel without having to use the DVI to HDMI converter would’ve been a welcome addition."

  
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• t-break: Sapphire 770 PURE CrossFireX:
  
  

  "The Sapphire 770 ATX motherboard with AMD 9600 Black Edition CPU laid down some impressive results and sported decent features. The Sapphire 770 motherboard supports a CrossFireX setup that really makes for a nice high-end motherboard experience on a budget board. It would’ve been so much better to have the CrossFireX setup use both card with x16 bandwidth."

  
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