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Tim S · 8th Jun 2007, 06:17

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06...set_pictured/1

COMPUTEX 2007: We managed to sneak a photo of AMD's upcoming RD790 chipset.

woodshop · 8th Jun 2007, 06:56

me thinks that AMD is just waiting till the end of it all to drop the ball that all the RD790 boards you've seen running actually have a Phenom in them

/me exits dream land

./^\.Ace./^\. · 8th Jun 2007, 13:33

OK, it sounds comparable to the Intel X38 chipset but can it do better

what can a mother board with the RD790 chipset handle

will it do SLI or just Crossfire

Ramble · 8th Jun 2007, 14:41

Just crossfire, you'll have to wait for any nvidia chipsets with Phemom support to do SLI.
That may be some time yet.

./^\.Ace./^\. · 8th Jun 2007, 21:30

I like ATI but everyone knows that if you want power then you need a few GeForce 8800's in your PC so it is a toss up for me

if i was going to build some super graphics PC then i would wait for the Nvidia chipset but if i just wanted a good pc then an Intel based board with an X38 chipset or an AMD quad core with this chipset would be just fine with me when they become available

teamtd11 · 8th Jun 2007, 21:43

Ill get 1 of these when they come out, put my am2 in it while i find fundage for a quad core :P (my current motherboard is a useless)

./^\.Ace./^\. · 9th Jun 2007, 01:02

You shouldn't complain about you board

If you see my PC, it is way older then yours and that it works awsome for doing AutoCAD 2007 2D and 3D drawings for my college assignments

So sure get a cool board when you can afford but also be proud of what you have now

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8th Jun 2007, 14:41	#4
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./^\.Ace./^\. Multimodder $./^\.Ace./^\.'s Avatar$ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 150 $./^\.Ace./^\. is on a distinguished road$	I like ATI but everyone knows that if you want power then you need a few GeForce 8800's in your PC so it is a toss up for me if i was going to build some super graphics PC then i would wait for the Nvidia chipset but if i just wanted a good pc then an Intel based board with an X38 chipset or an AMD quad core with this chipset would be just fine with me when they become available __________________ CPU: Intel i7 920 \| RAM: 6GB OCZ Reaper DDR3 1866MHz \| Mother Board: Asus P6T \| Graphics: Dual BFG GeForce GTX295 rev.B Quad SLI \| PSU: Antec TPQ-1000 \| CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8 \| Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Caviar Black, 1TB WD Carviar Green \| Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-216D \| Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 \| Monitor: LG W2343T 23" \| OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit \|
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8th Jun 2007, 21:43	#6
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8th Jun 2007, 06:56	#2
woodshop UnSeenly Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Depths Of Hades Posts: 1,379	me thinks that AMD is just waiting till the end of it all to drop the ball that all the RD790 boards you've seen running actually have a Phenom in them /me exits dream land

9th Jun 2007, 01:02	#7
./^\.Ace./^\. Multimodder $./^\.Ace./^\.'s Avatar$ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 150 $./^\.Ace./^\. is on a distinguished road$	You shouldn't complain about you board If you see my PC, it is way older then yours and that it works awsome for doing AutoCAD 2007 2D and 3D drawings for my college assignments So sure get a cool board when you can afford but also be proud of what you have now __________________ CPU: Intel i7 920 \| RAM: 6GB OCZ Reaper DDR3 1866MHz \| Mother Board: Asus P6T \| Graphics: Dual BFG GeForce GTX295 rev.B Quad SLI \| PSU: Antec TPQ-1000 \| CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8 \| Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Caviar Black, 1TB WD Carviar Green \| Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-216D \| Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 \| Monitor: LG W2343T 23" \| OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit \| Last edited by ./^\.Ace./^\.; 10th Jun 2007 at 23:55.
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