Stephen ECS A790GXM-AD3 @ OC Club
“The ECS A790GXM-AD3 brings new technology to those who are on a tight budget but do not want to be left in the dust when it comes to their hardware. Competitively priced however, there are a some shortfalls that will not fully give you an edge. In the video benchmarks, the scores were close, but sometimes the ECS board was slower than the MSI board with the same chipset.”
ECS A790GXM-AD3 @ TBreak
“The A790GXM-AD3 is an AM3 Socket motherboard from ECS for AMD Phenom II processors supporting Dual Channel DDR3 1333 memory architecture. The integrated graphics platform is designed from the AMD 790GX chipset, powered by the ATI Radeon HD 3300 DirectX 10 based graphics core. The ATI Hybrid Graphics capability gives full ATI CrossFireX. The A790GXM-AD3 delivers advanced features such as HyperTransport 3.0 Technology, PCI Express® Generation 2.0, ATI PowerPlay, AMD Cool’n’Quiet 2.0 and Low Power Design bring the Green power effect into play.”
Gigabyte EX58-UD4P @ Motherboards.org
“Gigabyte has done their usual stellar job with the EX58-UD4P motherboard. This board overclocked to 3.8GHz on air without voltage tweaks. Had the board reached 4GHz as several of the X58 boards have reached, this product would have received the Editor’s Choice award. As it is, the board receives a Hot Product Award, which is no mean feat.”
ECS A790GXM-AD3 @ PC Per
“The ECS A790GXM-AD3 is a great entry-level, budget-minded AM3 motherboard that gives end users more than enough features to quench their thirst for higher performance, easy of use, and stability. The BIOS was absolutely fantastic in terms of usability and also had plenty of advanced features for overclocking. Overall, I didn’t see too many flaws with this board. It was rock solid during our benchmarks and was a decent overclocker.”
ASUS M3A78-T @ PC Per
“Using this board with the 790GX chipset was an absolute pleasure and AMD has truly made some giant strides in the integrated graphics arena.
There are many reasons and uses for onboard graphics as a primary video solution, and with the integration of HDMI and HD 1080p support, I can see many HTPC users foaming at the mouth to upgrade their current home theater setups with this technology.”
ASUS P6T @ TechWare labs
“The introduction of the Core i7 processors into the market marked the beginning of one of the largest redesign feats for motherboard manufacturers. ASUS was one of these motherboard manufacturers that attempted to redefine the expectations of performance. Today TechwareLabs will take a look at their budget model – P6T. Will it stack up to the expectations or will it be a miss for ASUS?”
Zotac IONITX-A-U @ PC Per
“The Zotac IONITX-A-U motherboard, with the Atom 330 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics core is an impressive motherboard for its size, for its power consumption and for the features it includes. The problem with the ION platform is that it can’t compete in raw CPU-based tasks with the likes of the AMD Athlon X2 7750, or even the Intel Celeron processor for that matter, simply because the Intel Atom core is so limited in its computational power.”
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe @ FutureLooks
“Today we are taking a look at another motherboard for the new Dragon platform. This latest motherboard from Asus is said to support the new Phenom II 955 chip, and has both a rather boastful price tag and feature set. Let’s see if the combination works for the most recognizable motherboard manufacturer in the world.”
ASUS M4N82 Deluxe SLI @ Bjorn3D
“We’ve been running our Phenom 2 reviews on an Asus M4A78T-E board and it’s a very capable board driving speeds of up to 4 GHz on selected Phenom 2 X4 CPU’s. It’s not a particularly fancy board so we decided to look at one of the Asus M4N82 Deluxe SLI boards.”
ASUS Maximus II Gene @ Motherboards.org
“As the GTX260 is a pretty balanced video card in the scheme of things against the competition from ATI and other cards in this price range, the MSI card would logically be a faster version of that card. The card easily overclocked to the highest level I’ve ever seen on a GeForce GTX260 216 core card including the Superclocked and Black Edition cards from other manufacturers.”