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MSI Announces Two Models of AM3 Motherboard

January 22nd, 2009 by Sue Motherboard, MSI4 Comments

After Asus and Gigabyte brought out AM3 motherboard, MSI has now announced its 790FX-GD70 and 790GX-G65 motherboard featuring AMD 790FX/SB750 chipset.

790FX-GD70 supports ATI CrossFire technology which enhances 3D game performance, making it to be a good choice for gamers. It supports 4 xPCI-E 2.0 x16 cards, enabling 4 high-end graphics card to work at the same time. It also supports four dual-channel DDR3 1333 memory slots up to 16GB, 5-phase DrMOS power design and APS (Active Phase Switching). 790FX-GD70 is equipped with 8 SATA, 1 eSATA hard disk interface and one IEEE1394.

790GX-G65 motherboard supports ATI CrossFireX and Hybrid CrossFireX. It features DVI and D-Sub port, 5 SATA, 1 eSATA and 1 IEEE1394 interface.

Besides, these two models of motherboard both support OC Dial and MAX FSB Advanced Overclocking Technology, but no words on pricing or availability for now.

4 Responses to “MSI Announces Two Models of AM3 Motherboard”

  1. Insider Says:
    January 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    Wow, this one looks really great, I’m going to buy that black one for sure. Perfect match for my quad setup.

  2. Emm Says:
    January 24th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    Hm… 6 + 2 S-ATAs… that sounds nice, this way if a S-ATA optical drive would be used it wouldn’t interfere in a RAID setup.

    Sad thing about the DDR3, rumors have it that PHII is struggling on DDR3 systems… I hope it’s just rumors and that AMD will make it working and stable!

    Overall… NICE ! ! !

  3. HollowFox Says:
    January 24th, 2009 at 4:59 am

    I’ve think it’s because DDR2 is so cheap and abundant that AMD/INTC are holding off on DDR3. Give it a year or two and DDR3 will be cheap as dirt. Then DDR4 will be rearing it’s head.

  4. What Next? Says:
    February 8th, 2009 at 10:05 am

    Pink and blue slots? Brown PCB? Purple connectors? It’s like they want you to not buy the cheaper model or they are color blind.

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