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Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT UD5P @ Motherboards.org

“From a platform point of view the Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard fits the bill as a motherboard that supports AMD’s latest CPUs on the AM3 platform including the 810 we used for this review. Features-wise this board has all of the features that an enthusiast will want from a new AM3 motherboard except for one. For those expecting to run three or four ATI cards in CrossfireX mode will be disappointed as this board only has two PCI Express x16 slots but that is not the target audience of this board.”

ASUS Rampage II GENE @ TBreak

“Asus’ Rampage II GENE is an amazing motherboard that will suit the gamer most. It is packed with features such as CrossFire and SLI support, can accept up to 24Gbytes of DDR3 memory and also features superb overclocking options. In fact, its overclocking options are almost identical to those offered by its bigger brother, the Rampage II Extreme.”

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.”

ASUS Maximus II Gene @ Bjorn3D

“At the same time we were all shocked at the cost it would cost us to upgrade to this newer standard, ranging anywhere from 800-1200 USD at a minimum. With the cost of this new CPU standard in mind, lot of people decided to hold on to there Intel socket 775 platforms, which still proven to be a good solid platform for gaming and anything we saw fit for the use of our computers with out the large expense of moving to a entirely new CPU socket and motherboards, including memory.”