ECS A790GXM-AD3 Black Series motherboard

Written by IT News on 7:10 PM

The reports are in, and claimed that the ECS, a leading manufacturer of computer motherboards, has just announced its first AM3 phenom II X4 DDR3 motherboard. In this context, is the first company to introduce a new motherboard that will give its full support AMD's next-generation phenom processors, called buff II. The new motherboard will also support the new DDR3 memory modules, which provides for one of the highest-performance desktop platforms in the market, based on AMD's past and future technologies.

The A790GXM-AD3 based on AMD's 790GX chipset and is part of the company's Black Series motherboards, support for it has not been released 45nm phenom II processors. Thanks to the built-in DDR3 support of the chip, System and users are provided with support for up to an impressive 32GB of dual-channel DDR3 1333MHz memory. Designed as a product of technology and computer enthusiasts, the last ECS mobo boasts the BIOS utility, MIB II, which will offer a series of detailed tweaking options. Among some of the key factors for the Board in a real overclocking tool, we should mention the 5-phase power design with unique cooling system.

With ATI Radeon HD 3300 integrated graphics core, the Board provides native support for Microsoft DirectX 10 and also for ATI Hybrid Graphics technology. The latter allows the game users to improve the performance of their systems by adding an ATI Radeon graphics cards on one of the two x16 PCI Express 2.0 expansion slots on the motherboard.

The back of the card is designed to provide a range of functional connectivity options, such as on-board HDMI connector, with the support of HD3300 graphics core. Although users will be able to take advantage of the integrated Easy CLEAR button, an accessible way to clear the CMOS functions of the Board.

Not a word on pricing yet, but to fully benefit from all the overclocking capabilities of the Board, you must wait until AMD finally presents his new fan II processors, which will be released in early 2009.

[source softpedia]