Gigabyte is First in With Their 890GX Motherboard

[Soultribunal]

With the upcoming Phenom II X6 Processors it was only a matter of time before all the speculation ended and new boards started appearing on store shelves. Gigabyte looks to be the first with their entry level GA-890GPA-UD3H. Based on AMD's 890GX and SB850, these new boards will feature full support for the next generation of Phenom's when they st... [ Read full article ]

[Sagath]

Originally Posted by Soultribunal

It is interesting to Note that IDE is still supported even on the newest boards in the stable.

My understanding is that Gigabyte does this because some ultra-highend overclockers say IDE handles overclocks better then SATA, even when you lock the bus on SATA. *shrug*

3oh6 could probably enlighten us if this is true or not.

[Soultribunal]

Originally Posted by Sagath

My understanding is that Gigabyte does this because some ultra-highend overclockers say IDE handles overclocks better then SATA, even when you lock the bus on SATA. *shrug*

3oh6 could probably enlighten us if this is true or not.

Hmmm first I ever heard of that. I really think at the point where you can afford this board and the CPU's it supports you should by now have SATA devices. IDE support is just one more thing on a board that no longer needs it.

My thoughts at least,

ST

[bojangles]

Originally Posted by Sagath

My understanding is that Gigabyte does this because some ultra-highend overclockers say IDE handles overclocks better then SATA, even when you lock the bus on SATA. *shrug*

3oh6 could probably enlighten us if this is true or not.

When I was over at his house he was using SATA. I do not recall seeing ribbon cables .

[martin_metal_88]

They are probably doing it for cheap people who still have old IDE drive ( and claim their pc is slow haha ) that want to upgrade over a years. I buy the board now, in 6 month some better memory and then a CPU and when everything is in the house up and running...I have to change them again because now they suck But there is also a secure way to do. I still have on my second rig a 500GB IDE drive that is a total backup of the computer. He can still be pretty usefull and I use it to troubleshoot friend pc that are older so IMO IDE can still stay on mid range and low end board for 1 more year but NO MORE! and all High End board should leave them ho yeah!

[MarkOne]

Guy I have a bad news for Gigabyte lovers ...AMD ban the unlooking of the CPU on the 890 chipset board... no more option in the BIOS to do so

only ASUS, include a switch on the board to do so

here the link of the source

AMD officialy banned Core unlocking on 890 chipsets! - XtremeSystems Forums

[DkRk]

The OP of that 'xtremesystems' thread is a bit of a moron, lol. It's not really surprising that AMD would disallow unlocking on the SB850. After all, wasn't ACC mainly there for overclocking the first generation, AM2+ Phenoms, and the fact that it could unlock cores in the AM3 models merely a fringe benefit?

Yes, it's nice to see people get something for nothing, but unlocking cores cuts into AMD's margins. Seeing as the company is on a shoestring budget compared to Intel, I can't blame them for wanting to close off that avenue, and saying that if you want a quad-core, you have to pay the premium for it.

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by DokkRokken

Yes, it's nice to see people get something for nothing, but unlocking cores cuts into AMD's margins. Seeing as the company is on a shoestring budget compared to Intel, I can't blame them for wanting to close off that avenue, and saying that if you want a quad-core, you have to pay the premium for it.

I agree with you ..if you want a quad you buy a quad...