Features Comparison
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| 890GX Motherboard Features | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row 0 - Cell 0 | ASRock 890FX Deluxe3 | Asus Crosshair IV Formula | Biostar TA890FXE | Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 | MSI 890FXA-GD70 |
| PCB Revision | 1.03 | 1.01G | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Chipset | AMD 890FX/SB850 | AMD 890FX/SB850 | AMD 890FX/SB850 | AMD 890FX/SB850 | AMD 890FX/SB850 |
| Voltage Regulator | 10 Phases | 10 Phases | 6 Phases | 10 Phases | 5 Phases |
| BIOS | P1.40 (04/23/2010) | 0801 (05/03/2010) | 506 (05/06/2010) | F1 (04/06/2010) | V1.2 (04/26/2010) |
| 200.0 MHz BCLK | 200.0 MHz (+0.0 MHz) | 200.7 MHz (+0.35%) | 200.0 MHz (+0.0 MHz) | 200.0 MHz (+0.0 MHz) | 200.0 MHz (+0.0 MHz) |
| Clock Generator | ICS 9LPRS477CKL | ICS 9LPRS477CKL | Realtek RTM880N-793 | Realtek RTM880N-793 | Realtek RTM880N-793 |
| Internal Interfaces | |||||
| PCIe x16 (lanes) | 3 (16/16/4) | 4 (16-1-16-4 or 16-8-8-4) | 4 (16-1-16-4) | 6 (16-4-0-1-16-0 or 8-4-8-1-8-8) | 5 (16-0-4-16-0 or 8-4-8-8-8) |
| PCIe x1/x4 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Legacy PCI | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| USB 2.0 | 2 (4 ports) | 3 (5 ports) | 3 (6 ports) | 3 (6 ports) | 3 (6 ports) |
| IEEE-1394 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Serial Port | 1 | None | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Parallel Port | None | None | None | 1 | None |
| Floppy | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Ultra ATA 133 | 1 (2 drives) | None | 1 (2 drives) | 1 (2 drives) | 1 (2 drives) |
| SATA 3 Gb/s | None | 1 | None | 2 | 1 |
| SATA 6 Gb/s | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 4-Pin Fan | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3-Pin Fan | 3 | None | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| FP-Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CD-Audio | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| S/PDIF I/O | Output Only | Output Only | Output Only | Both | Output Only |
| Power Button | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reset Button | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CLR_CMOS Button | Jumper Only | Jumper Only | Jumper Only | Yes | Jumper Only |
| Diagnostics Panel | Numeric | Pass/Fail LEDs | Numeric | Numeric | Numeric |
| I/O Panel Connectors | |||||
| P/S 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| USB 2.0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 (2 Shared w/eSATA) | 6 (1 Shared w/eSATA) |
| USB 3.0 | 4 | 2 | None | 2 | 2 |
| IEEE-1394 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | None |
| Network | Single | Single | Single | Dual | Dual |
| eSATA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 (Shared w/USB) |
| CLR_CMOS Button | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Digital Audio Out | Optical + Coaxial | Optical | Optical + Coaxial | Optical + Coaxial | Optical + Coaxial |
| Digital Audio In | None | None | None | None | None |
| Analog Audio | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Mass Storage Controllers | |||||
| Chipset SATA | 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s | 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s | 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s | 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s | 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Chipset RAID Modes | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 |
| Add-In SATA | 88SE9123 PCIe 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s | JMB363 PCIe 1 x SATA 3 Gb/s 1 x eSATA 3 Gb/s | None | JMB363 PCIe 2 x SATA 3 Gb/s JMB362 PCIe 2 x eSATA 3 Gb/s | JMB363 PCIe 1 x SATA 3 Gb/s 1 x eSATA 3 Gb/s |
| Add-In Ultra ATA | VT6330 PCIe | None | VT6330 PCIe | JMB363 PCIe | JMB363 PCIe |
| USB 3.0 | 2x NEC D720200F1 4 x 5.0 Gb/s | NEC D720200F1 | None | NEC D720200F1 2 x 5.0 Gb/s | NEC D720200F1 |
| IEEE-1394 | VT6330 PCIe 2 x 400 Mb/s | VT6315N PCIe 2 x 400 Mb/s | VT6330 PCIe 2 x 400 Mb/s | TSB43AB23 PCI 3 x 400 Mb/s | VT6315N PCIe 2 x 400 Mb/s |
| Gigabit Ethernet | |||||
| Primary LAN | RTL8111E PCIe | Marvell 88E8059 PCIe | RTL8111DL PCIe | RTL8111D PCIe | RTL8111DL PCIe |
| Secondary LAN | None | None | None | RTL8111D PCIe | RTL8111DL PCIe |
| Audio | |||||
| HD Audio Codec | VIA VT2020 | VIA VT2020 | ALC892 | ALC889 | ALC889 |
| DDL/DTS Connect | Unspecified | Unspecified | Unspecified | Dolby Digital Live | Unspecified |
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