New Gigabyte A 75 motherboard

[buzznut]

New Gigabyte A75 motherboard with CPU support list:

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3927#ov

What do you think?

 

[r3xx3r]

looks awesome. but im gonna wait to see the benchmarks of the CPUs, i wonder if they will be better than the Intel Core i5 and i7 2nd Gen. I dont think adding more cores is what amd really needs to do right now, but we will see.

 

[buzznut]

looks awesome. but im gonna wait to see the benchmarks of the CPUs, i wonder if they will be better than the Intel Core i5 and i7 2nd Gen. I dont think adding more cores is what amd really needs to do right now, but we will see.

No the APU's won't for sure. AMD thinks parallel computing is the future, so they have focused more on having a power GPU on die and a decent but underwhelming CPU core. What I find particularly interesting is the their attempt at doing hybrid crossfire again. Drivers aren't mature yet, but it shows promise adding a 6000 discrete card to the on die GPU.

The Zambezi CPU's are supposed to go up against the core i5 and i7 CPU's, but we'll just have to see about that. The 8 core CPU's (FX 8130p and 8150p) look like they can handle similar workloads and high clocks.

 

[NotANerd]

The mobo has a lot of bang for the buck. I got excited after reading this and watching the video at the end. For a budget build, it seems really good.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/gigabyte-intros-llano-compatible-a75-motherboards-for-the-diy-se/

 

[buzznut]

The mobo has a lot of bang for the buck. I got excited after reading this and watching the video at the end. For a budget build, it seems really good.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/gigabyte-intros-llano-compatible-a75-motherboards-for-the-diy-se/

Thanks for the great link. I was surprised they didn't mention the crossfire capabilities. Seems to me it would make a great HTPC with better than average gaming.

 

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