In the composition of AMD leo platform will enter not only the six-core processors phenom II X6 (Thuban), but also chipset 890FX and 890GX, supplemented with new south bridge SB850. The open question remained the support of SATA-600 and USB 3.0 interfaces. Now it is already possible to say that the south bridge SB850 will ensure SATA-600 support in the quantity of six ports , and here USB 3.0 support will require the old method - discrete controllers from strange developers.
Biostar company yesterday unexpectedly published on its site some details about the prepared for announcement motherboard TA890GXE on base of the integrated chipset AMD 890GX. We enumerated basic differences from chipset AMD 790GX: the support Of directX 10.1 and UVD 2.0, six ports SATA-600 with fIS-based switching function, the quantity of USB ports is increased from 12 to 14 pieces. The frequency of integrated graphic core is as before equal to 700 MHz, under the needs of video core, there are 128 mb DDR3 memory . South bridges SB850 and SB810 will also obtain the built-in generator of the clock frequency and gigabit net controller. Biostar mentions also about the support of certain asymmetric crossFire. We deal with the possibility to unite in one system two video cards from different models .
The motherboard biostar TA890GXE will be compatible with the six-core processors phenom II X6 Socket AM3. According to available data, the announcement of the motherboard BioStar TA890GXE will take place in the beginning of March, the recommended retail price in Russia will be $115.