Introduction

Gigabyte introduces Mainboard that supports Quad CrossFire based on AMD 790FX chipset for AM2+ Phenom processor.

AMD is finally ready to release it's quad core desktop processor. This desktop processor is named Phenom. In the initial release of the new CPU which aims at Intel Q6600, it will come in various frequencies. There will be a GP 9500, GP 9600 and a GP 9700.

The CPU we look at is the GP 9600, it is clocked at 2.3GHz and has a multiplier of 11.5x and clock at 200MHz. The processor is rated at 1.25v. The core name of this processor is Agena. It is rated 65nm. It has 4x512K L2 cache and 2M L3 cache.

We have prepared a review of the Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 mainboard with this CPU. See how it compares to the Intel QX6700 down clocked to 2.3GHz, compared head to head.

Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (AMD 790FX) mainboard review

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/gigabyte/GA-MA790FX-DQ6/g1.htm

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